BSc (Hons) Business and Supply Chain Management

Do you want a career where no two days are the same and where your communication skills and ability to think-up creative solutions will be highly valued?

Recent events such as Covid and Brexit have shown how vital our supply chains are. Ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time and at the right cost is hugely important to life as we know it. What's more, we need to make sure those supply chains are sustainable and aren't harming our environment.

On this course, you'll learn risk management, strategic management, logistics management and how to procure goods and manage supply lines. You'll use professional software, systems and tools and explore the ethics and sustainability of global supply chains. You'll graduate with a set of management and specialist skills that will be hugely in demand in the workplace.

Course highlights

• Stand out in the employment market with your knowledge of procurement; unlike many undergraduate supply chain degrees, this course has a real focus on global procurement (the sourcing and purchasing of goods), rather than purely the movement of goods (logistics)
• Portsmouth is a vital supply chain hub, and there are great opportunities here to do a paid placement year with local companies like IBM and Boeing
• Be taught by academics who have supply chain industry experience and research expertise in data-driven supply chains
• Practise your skills through our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) immersive simulation game using real SAP reports
• Benefit from module options that include business analytics and data modelling, skills that are in demand in the industry
• Gain a range of core management skills such as risk management, leadership and developing team creativity alongside your specialist supply chain skills
• Improve your global employability by spending a year abroad at a partner university in Europe, Asia, Australia or North America

Joining this course in the 2nd year

This course is open to both international and UK students. If you're an international student who doesn't quite meet our entry requirements, you can join this degree course in the 2nd year after completing the undergraduate pathway to Business and Management at International College Portsmouth.

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