The logistics sector is becoming a key player in the economic development of Spain. Over then next few years Catalonia will be considered the most important logistics platform for its region of activity, that is to say, all of southern Europe. An array of infrastructures that have created the proper conditions to help Catalonia become an important point of reference as a logistics centre is being built right now including: the expansion of the port and airport, the AVE extends service to Barcelona, and the Zona Franca and the Poligono del Prat are being promoted. And, if we look only 250 or 300 kilometres away, there are cities like Zaragoza or Valencia nearby, which provides Catalonia with an important strategic position. In light of all this it is evident that Spain needs professionals capable of designing, managing and applying new technologies to companie's logistics chains, distribution and transportation systems and logistics operators.
This Executive Master's course in Supply Management offers high level training and is oriented towards practical applications for businesses. This course is a gourmet product that, as a differentiating element, offers first rate speakers, logistics directors from some of the most important companies in the sector and professors specialised in logistics from the University of Cranfield (United Kingdom) and the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC). This master's course also boasts strategic partners like Accenture and other corporate sponsors.
The UPC wants to boost training and research in logistics and has entrusted this mission to the Instituto de Organización y Control de Sistemas Industriales (The Institute for Industrial Systems Organisation and Control) which already includes this mission as one of the most important parts of their action plan. Under the premise "Logistics at the UPC", the university has initiated a campaign, together with companies in the logistics sector, to create a training centre focused in this area.
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Aims
• To put into question the current organisational and management systems in the logistics chain.
• To strategically analyse, orient and define the entire logistics chain and all of its different sectors, implementing and adapting new technologies to boost companies logistics services.
• To design and implement new systems and methodologies to improve the management of the relationships among providers, businesses, operators and end clients.
• To effectively manage personnel teams that need to collaborate with the cultural change implied in implanting an integrated strategy of Supply Chain Management.
Who is it for
• Professionals in directorial and management positions or those with directorial potential.
• Department managers and technicians working for industrial and service companies in the different areas of logistics (purchasing, provisioning, manufacturing, shipping, storage and distribution).
• Professionals working for logistics operators and shipping companies.
• Professionals possessing university degrees working in other sectors who wish to develop and redirect the professional careers towards the Supply Chain Management world.
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