Purchasing Logistics and Supply Chain Management with Data Analytics (Taught)

This MSc prepares you for a range of management careers in logistics, procurement, supply chain, inventory and transportation. You develop the attributes and skills expected of postgraduates, as recognised by professional industry bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), while gaining practical knowledge of important concepts, tools and methodologies including JIT and Lean. The data analytics units enable you to synthesise complex information, with topics including big data, programming and the importance of analytics in decision making.

Course accreditation
This course is accredited by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). Accreditation demonstrates that our degree meets a globally recognised benchmark for logistics and transport training, equipping you with the depth of knowledge and technical prowess required to excel in the industry.

Facilities and specialist equipment

• Modern business analytics suite with industry-standard hardware and software

• Advanced simulations and learning resources from Harvard Business Publishing

• Reuters trading room offering live ‘stock-market’ data for a realistic investment experience

• Business pods, boardroom areas and IT suites designed to simulate a professional office environment

Your student experience

Flexible courses designed to accommodate your work and life commitments with block delivery and different entry points through the year.

Our business and management courses rank 4th overall in their subject field in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2024, with top 3 rankings for teaching, engagement, learning community and course organisation.

Learn from academics who use their active industry engagement to shape course delivery and ensure you keep up to date with the latest advancements in the field.

Benefit from assessments linked to live projects where you engage with industry professionals and find real business solutions.

Study with staff from our Operations and Project Management Group, benefitting from their direct involvement in cutting-edge research as well as collaborative, international learning opportunities.

Our practice-based approach develops your understanding of financial analysis; contract and procurement; and digital business management.

Alongside specific subject expertise, develop transferable skills including team working; negotiation skills; leadership; confidence; and the ability to apply critical and creative thinking to complex and unclear problems, developing innovative solutions.

Gain additional qualifications through PRINCE2 professional exams.

Learn to evaluate and interpret complex data, research sources and methodologies with practical exercises grounded in everyday scenarios.

Unlock invaluable insights in our Global Guest Speaker series of talks, which features representatives and business leaders from prominent industry organisations.

Take part in subject-specific field trips to sites such as PW Gates Logistics and the Volvo distribution centre as well as attending the annual CILT conference.

Study the essential techniques and methodologies used in today’s workplace, from JIT and TQM to Six Sigma and lean principles.

Apply your learning to real-world challenges through authentic assessments; case studies; and your choice of Master’s capstone dissertation, live project or professional practice.

Solve real-life problems working with the University’s Research and Innovation Service (RIS) where you can assist local businesses and SMEs to up-skill and innovate.