Operations and Supply Chain Management

The Operations and Supply Chain Management program from University of Liverpool is aimed at graduates in management, engineering and science, practising operations professionals and non-sector professionals who wish to increase their understanding of operations and supply chain management.

The Operations and Supply Chain Management program from University of Liverpool provides a theoretical and practical exposition of the factors that are necessary for effective operations and supply management in today’s global and highly competitive markets.

Key Features

• In addition, it demonstrates how successful operations performance can shape and influence the sales and profit ambition of a business. You will develop a profound understanding of the processes and techniques for developing operations strategy and managing operations and supply chain activities.
• Learn via innovative teaching techniques including interactive games, cases and simulations
• See real-world scenarios with industry visits
• Supported to work towards gaining full or chartered membership of our accrediting bodies. Graduates of the program will be exempt from the academic requirements of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS, subject to renewal) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK (CILT)
• Apply your knowledge by undertaking a work-based project which is undertaken in conjunction with industry. Recent projects have been undertaken in collaboration with organisations including Bibby Distribution, Corus, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett Packard and Jaguar Land Rover. ‌

Career prospects

Operations and supply chains are essential to competitive performance. Opportunities are provided for participants of the program to analyse and examine the most up-to-date, cross-sectoral developments in operations and supply chain practice through a series of industrial lectures and a best-practice industry visit.

You will have access to a specialist, in-house postgraduate careers team and have access to one-to-one careers guidance, workshops, seminars, and employability initiatives.

It is expected that program graduates will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to reach senior managerial positions and become the operations, logistics and supply chain management strategists of the future.

Graduates of the MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Liverpool are now working for:

• Accenture
• Airbus UK
• Aptuit
• Boots
• Caterpillar
• Daimler Chrysler
• Deloitte Consultants
• Diageo
• EWS Industrial
• Ford Motor Company
• GE, Glaxo Smithkline
• Great Bear Distribution
• ICU Medical
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Maersk
• NYK Logistics
• O2
• Princes Foods
• Reckitt Benckiser
• Rolls Royce
• TDG
• Unilever
• Unipart
• United Utilities
• Westinghouse
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
• University of Liverpool.

In roles such as:

• Project Consultant
• Operations Manager
• Account Strategist
• Assistant Buyer
• Supply Planner
• Supply Chain Analyst

Courses include:

• Supply Chain Operations Management
• Strategic Operations Management
• Service Operations Management
• Operations Modelling And Simulation
• Digital Business Technology And Management
• Strategic Purchasing Management
• Lean Thinking
• Logistics And Physical Distribution (Ebus609)
• Enterprise Systems With Sap
• Big Data Analytics For Business