Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Department of Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Faculty of Management and Economics. Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia.

Description

Upon completing the courses of the programme, the learners shall acquire the necessary knowledge (what is expected of them to know), the skills (what is expected of them to understand) and competences (what is expected of them to apply) in the Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Specifically, they:
Knowledge
• understand the importance of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in order to acquire a competitive advantage from the businesses and organisations at a local, national, and global level;
• acquire the necessary scientific knowledge regarding Logistics and Supply Chain Management and apply modern practices and technologies;
• acquire the appropriate theoretical background regarding the main operations of Logistics and Supply Chain Management;
• acquire knowledge about the basic elements of the main logistic procedures, such as: customer services, procurements, production support, transports and distributions, stock management, storage, and returns.

Skills
• provide the main ideas, principles, and techniques for the successful design, execution, monitoring, and control of the procedures of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management;
• support an integrated perception concerning the applications, tools, and techniques for the analysis, evaluation and application of the best possible practices in order to resolve problems of Logistics and Supply Chain Management;
• analyse the practices, challenges, and opportunities of the market with regard to the Logistics and Supply Chain Management sciences.

Competences
• promote the science of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management through the application of research activities;
• apply and evaluate the performance of strategies with regard to the following operations of added value of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Procurements, Material Forwarding, Demand Forecasting, Stock, Order Processing, Storing, Packaging, Transports, Spare parts and repairs, Customer service, Dealing with returned products, Recycling and removal of wastes;
• apply specialised software applications and innovative technologies in support of the decision taking procedure in order to improve the procedures of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Further Information

The Department of Supply Chain Management and Logistics aims to educate students in order to become scientists of Logistics, who, based on their theoretical and applied scientific training, disseminate, use, and promote modern technology in the field of Logistics Administration.

The curriculum offers to students the necessary knowledge and competences in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Specifically:

It trains students with the necessary scientific knowledge regarding Logistics and Supply Chain Management in order to apply and promote modern practices and technologies.

If offers to students the appropriate theoretical background regarding the main operations of Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

It offers to students the main ideas, principles, and techniques for the successful design, execution, monitoring, and control of the procedures of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

It promotes the sciences of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management through the application of research activities.

It provides students with the necessary background on key issues of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management sciences, allowing them to continuously stay up to date about technological achievements and actively participate in the creation of new and modern technologies.

It supports the competences of students with regard to the practices, challenges, and opportunities of the market with regard to the Logistics and Supply Chain Management sciences.

It provides an integrated understanding of the tools and techniques required for the analysis, the evaluation, and the application of the best possible practices and solutions at an international level.

It provides knowledge about the basic elements of the main logistic procedures, such as: customer services, procurements, production support, transports and distributions, stock management, storage, and returns.

It provides the necessary knowledge in order for graduates to be able to correlate and apply specialised software applications and innovative technologies of the business units and organisations in a supply chain / chain of value.

Relation To Employment

The vocational rights are described in Presidential Decree 174/2006, Article 3 (Government Gazette Α’, no. 184/5-9-2006).

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification have those who have completed at least the secondary education (level 4).
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 7 or 8.

Ways To Aquire

Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.