Logistics Management
Focus on global supply chains. Founded on economics principles and practice-oriented. A variety of different questions follow from analyses of logistics processes. What are the special features of global goods purchasing and distribution? What framework conditions shape international trade? And how and where are intercultural aspects taken into consideration?
Your heart beats for...
A Degree Program with a Future
- The contents of the different modules are tailored to work together and cover the entire process chain – from international purchasing to production to global distribution.
- You will address realistic questions in international logistics with the help of business games and case studies.
You will bring one of the following educational backgrounds:
- General university entrance qualification (Abitur)
- Specialized university entrance qualification
- Advanced technical college certificate (Fachhochschulreife)
- Vocational qualification
Six-week internship in the logistics field, which can be completed by the end of the 3rd semester. Relevant completed training programs can be offset against requirements.
German language level: C1
1. Semester
Compulsory modules
- Business Mathematics
- Introduction to Business Administration
- International Procurement Logistics
- Introduction to production management
- Introduction to external accounting
2. Semester
Compulsory modules
- Introduction to business informatics
- Business statistics
- Marketing
- Operational cost and performance accounting
- Models and processes in logistics
3. Semester
Compulsory modules
- Factory planning and work preparation
- Operational investment and financing
- Introduction to controlling
- Fundamentals of private commercial law
- International distribution logistics
4. Semester
Compulsory modules
- Business and Commercial English
- Human Resource Management
- Information Management
- Management of international supply chains
Compulsory elective modules
- Microeconomics
- Risk Management in International Investments
- N.N. 1*
* Supplementary compulsory elective module/elective subject from the range of modules/subjects offered by the OWL University of Applied Sciences approved by the Examination Board in accordance with Section 8b (4)
5. Semester
Compulsory modules
- Transport and Loading Technology
- International economic relations in logistics
- Scientific work / seminar on logistics
Compulsory elective modules
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Business ethics and sustainability management
- N.N. 2*
* Supplementary compulsory elective module/elective subject from the range of modules/subjects offered by the OWL University of Applied Sciences approved by the Examination Board in accordance with Section 8b (4)
6. Semester
Compulsory modules
- International Trade
- International Logistics Management
- Communication and negotiation in international logistics
- International Logistics Simulation Game
Bachelor thesis
- Bachelor thesis
- Logistics colloquium
As a student, you will gain
- Logistics expertise founded on economics principles
- Select competencies that prepare you for specialist and management positions in international companies
- Well-developed methodological expertise
In addition, the program promotes your ability to work on a team and conduct project work
- Willingness to compromise, empathy and communication skills
- Independently developing and presenting your own solutions
- Reflecting on the process
Work in industry, trade or logistics services:
- Global purchasing / acquisition management
- Global sales / distribution
- Logistics project management
- Logistics controlling
- Assistant to the general management
- Marketing / customer service
- Internal or external corporate consulting
The guiding idea behind our research is the smart economy, where digitization and innovative, sustainable business practices create new fields of action. We want to understand these fields of action, and support companies to shape them actively alongside social and economic needs.
... the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
- directly to decent work and economic growth
- directly to industry, innovation and infrastructure
- directly to responsible consumption and production
- directly to partnerships for the goals
Studying at Innovation Campus Lemgo
At the Innovation Campus in Lemgo, you will study at one of the most exciting technology locations in NRW. Here you will find state-of-the-art laboratories and teaching rooms as well as science-to-business factories. For example, the Centrum Industrial IT, in which companies from all over East Westphalia-Lippe (OWL) have their branches. Or the Smart Factory OWL, which showcases data and AI management. In the Future Food Factory OWL, which is unique in Europe, something similar is happening in relation to food production. New work and transfer meet at InnovationSPIN. Here, TH OWL, the district administration and the skilled trades demonstrate transparent cooperation and a spirit that allows new things to emerge. In addition to Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, the campus is also home to two vocational schools and the national handball league team TBV Lemgo-Lippe. And best of all, the campus also has student residence halls with short distances to the university and the city.
Information
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- Study plan
- Manual of course modules
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