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Logistics & Supply Chain Management / Loighistic & Bainistíocht An tSlabhra Solá.

Winner of the prestigious 'Education Award' at the Irish Logistics and Transport Awards 2018. Judging Co-ordinator: Seamus Kavanagh - Executive Officer, Irish International Freight Association commented “DIT’s BSc in Logistics & Supply Chain Management displayed a thorough strategy to continuously engage with Industry, thereby improving its content offerings and maintaining relevance of the programme for the benefit of their Students. The wide reaching number of companies involved with the Work Experience module and Career Guidance service offerings demonstrated a clear focus on the development, preparation and eventual employment of Individuals from their time as Students, to Graduates and finally as employed Logistics & Supply-Chain Professionals.” What is. Logistics & Supply Chain Management? The aim of the programme is to provide an intellectual formation and a path to personal development which will develop a graduate equipped with a comprehensive understanding of the philosophies and theoretical perspectives which inform sound logistics and supply chain management. The graduate will be provided with the wide-ranging knowledge and skills necessary to function as an effective professional, in a national and international context. The graduate will display a capacity for critical enquiry, will be flexible, adaptable and capable of working in an environment of persistent change and will have the capacity to engage with experience and further learning opportunities in a quest for continuing lifelong learning. Scholarships. First year students enrolling on this programme who have obtained 500 points or more in their Leaving Certificate will be awarded a first year entrance scholarship of €1,000 in recognition of their outstanding performance in the Leaving Certificate Examination. What are my. Career Opportunities? Career opportunities in logistics and supply chain management continue to grow. Even during downturns in the business cycle, when companies are cutting costs, the demand for able and experienced supply chain mangers remains high. Opportunities in logistics and supply chain management include: Manufacturing, purchasing and procurement; quality management; inventory and materials management; forecasting and planning; business and systems analyst; operations and production management, retail support, transport and logistics, consultancy and research. What other options do I have after completion? Students who successfully complete this programme, and reach the appropriate honours standard, are eligible to progress to postgraduate level studies in a wide range of Masters Degrees in DIT and elsewhere in Higher Education. Each year a number of students progress onto further studies through research, undertaking an MPhil or their PhD studies. Learning Outcomes: What will I Study? This programme is a Business Honours Degree with a major specialisation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and consists of three strands; Logistics and Supply Chain Management Business Management Information Management. In order to win in today's marketplace companies must continuously improve productivity, whilst lowering costs, and bringing quality products to market quicker than ever before. It is innovative and effective supply chain management that is key to gaining competitive advantage, reducing costs and making firms more profitable. The programme seeks to: Introduce the student to business and management with a focus on the function of the supply chain Develop in students an ability to apply supply chain management and business processes and functions to actual logistics and supply chain management scenarios Introduce students to the basic concepts and functional areas of supply chain management and to place these in the overall context of the strategy objectives of the organisation Develop a high level of technical competence and skill in the logistics, information technology and management areas as required of competent business professionals Facilitate the student’s ability to transfer acquired knowledge and skill to workplace situations Raise the student’s knowledge and competence in logistics and supply chain management to the level of strategic decision making. Module Listing. Year One. Communications & Professional Skills Contemporary Issues in Management Economics Introduction to Supply Chain Management Inventory & Forecasting Management IS Practical & IT fundamentals Principles of Management Quantitative Analysis Transport Systems. Year Two. Commercial & Transport Law Health & Safety HRM Information Management Management Accounting Management Science Operations Management Transport & Distribution Planning. Year Three. Database Systems Electronic Business Project Management Finance Procurement Management Warehouse Design & Management Work Placement or Study Abroad Option (Erasmus) Year Four. Business Decision Making or Entrepreneurship Global Supply Chain Management Partnership & Outsourcing Quality Management & Process Improvement Strategic Information Systems Strategic Logistics Management Strategic Management Supply Chain Optimisation Research Project. Placement/Internship. Students can avail of a placement in the third year of the course. The student will have an opportunity to acquire relevant, real world experience in a business setting. Placement partners include leading companies in all the key business sectors. This placement is usually paid. Are there study abroad options? For semester two of third year, students can select one of the following: (a) Study in one of the College’s partner Universities in Europe, where modules are delivered in the English language. Students take suitable modules from the courses on offer in that partner institution and sit examinations and other assessments there. (b) A period of structured work placement in an organisation, across a broad variety of sectors. Students will have the opportunity to experience, in an appropriate business setting, the application of many of the Logistics and SCM business concepts, methodologies and issues they have studied on the programme. Further Information. College of Business. T : 01 402 3030 (Declan Allen) T: 01 402 3031 (Nicola Lancaster, School Administrator ) What our Students say! Recent BSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management graduate, Stephen Sweeney , explains how the programme prepared him for his role as Trainee Graduate Manager in Logistics with Lidl Ireland . “As a graduate of the programme, the opportunities that have been open to me during my four years at DIT have been numerous and have allowed me to develop a business concept from a first-year assignment into a start-up business. The internship in year three also offers students the opportunity to gain real and relevant experience in an organisational environment.” "After graduating from DIT with a BSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, I found that my degree widened the range of jobs I could apply for and got a job straight away as an inventory analyst in Unilever Ireland . I am currently back in DIT undertaking PhD research using simulation and optimisation technologies in supply chain management." "When I graduated, I started working as a logistics administrator in Independent Express Cargo, where I did my work experience as a part of my degree. Besides giving the specialist knowledge and skills desired by modern companies, the course has the advantage of creating opportunities to establish career links." Key Course Info. CAO Code: DT358. Qualification Awarded: BSc (Logistics & Supply Chain Management) Level 8 / BSc (Loighistic & Bainistíocht An tSlabhra Soláthair) Leibhéal 8. Duration: 4 years. Type of Programme: Honours Degree. Number of Places: 40 approx. Location: DIT Aungier Street.