Strategic Management of Logistics and Supply Chains in the Digital Economy

The programme forms a modern understanding of the processes of solving strategic tasks both at the level of the company's logistics department and at the level of the supply chain management structure.

Basic disciplines (1st year):

• The Methodology of Scientific Research in Management: Theory of Logistical Integration and Research Methods in Logistics;
• Strategies In Management: Logistics Digitalization Strategies;
• Economics: Strategic Budgeting and Logistics Controlling.

Specialization "Innovative technologies in supply chain management"

Trains specialists who form the company's strategy, are able to manage the logistics network, identify key business processes, and audit logistics.

Basic disciplines of specialization (1st year):

• Supply Chain Digital Transformation;
• Digital Technologies for Strategic Decision Making in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Elective courses (1st year):

• Supply Chain Diagnostics;
• Innovative Technologies in Manufacturing Companies Supply Chains;
• Optimization Models and Instruments for Supply Chain Planning;
• Multimodal Transportation in Global Supply Chains.

Module "Key seminars" (1st year):

• Scientific Workshop "Integrated Systems in Logistics and Supply Chain Management";
• Scientific Workshop "Modern Transportation Technologies in Global Logistic Systems";
• Mentor's Seminar.

Specialization "Digital logistics"

Prepares the company's top management specializing in individual digital technologies, which include blockchain, the Internet, big data analytics, which are actively used in logistics.

Basic disciplines of specialization (1st year):

• Design of the Logistics Infrastructure Facilities;
• Management of Logistic Risks in Supply Chains.

Elective courses (1st year):

• Integration and Advanced Planning in Logistics;
• Interfunctional Conflict Management and Logistics Coordination;
• Digital Technologies for Strategic Decision Making in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Module "Key seminars" (1st year):

• Scientific Workshop "Integrated Systems in Logistics and Supply Chain Management";
• Scientific Workshop "Digital Technologies in Logistics""
• Mentor's Seminar.

The programme is designed as an innovative educational product aimed at the formation of strategic-level logisticians. The purpose of the programne is to train highly qualified logisticians in Russia – integrated logistics managers, supply chain coordinators, analysts and researchers who know the international methodology of strategic logistics and supply chain management in various sectors of the economy based on the integrated paradigm and the use of innovative digital technologies.

A special feature of the programme is the focus on the systematic solution of strategic problems in the context of the evolution of logistics and SCP in the digital economy. The programme forms a modern understanding of the processes of solving strategic tasks both at the level of the company's logistics department and at the level of the supply chain management structure. The knowledge and skills acquired as part of the master's programme will allow graduates to work in logistics departments and departments of the USP on strategic planning, organizational development, as well as in analytical departments and consulting companies.

The Master's programme "Strategic Management of Logistics and Supply Chains in the Digital Economy" has a number of competitive advantages that allow graduates to acquire, on the basis of their knowledge, a prestigious profession, competitive wages and rapid career advancement:

• The Master's programme is exclusive and has no analogues in Russian universities. The complex nature of the system of knowledge, skills and abilities, laid in the foundation of the preparation of masters, allows you to create an innovative educational product that forms widely erudite graduates: top managers, supply chain coordinators, analysts and researchers who own the international methodology of strategic management of logistics business processes in supply chains and the use of innovative approaches to the theory of CCP.
• International recognition. Internationalization. The Master's programme "Strategic Management of Logistics and Supply Chains in the Digital Economy" was included in the list of the best master's programmes in the world in 2021 (the only one among Russian universities) in the new field "Supply Chain Management" of the QS Business Masters rating and took the prestigious 34th place.
• The teaching staff. Leading Russian professors and practitioners of leading Russian companies participate in the implementation of the Master's Programme.

The programme implements the principle of active project and research activity of HSE students.

Research seminars include:

• "Integrated Systems in Logistics and Supply Chain Management" (1st year);

Specialization "Innovative technologies in supply chain management":

• "Modern Transportation Technologies in Global Logistic Systems" (1st year);
• "Innovation Technologies in Digital Logistics and Supply Chain Management" (2nd year).

Specialization "Digital logistics":

• "Digital Technologies in Logistics" (1st year);
• "Business Processes Re-Design in Supply Chains" (2nd year).

The programme structure includes the following educational modules:

• Module "Key seminars";
• Internship module;
• The professional module (Basic Components) consists of a basic part (3 disciplines), a block of compulsory disciplines (5) and 8 elective disciplines;
• An additional module (Magolego disciplines), consists of disciplines of the university-wide pool;
• Final State Certification (FSC), includes Final Qualification Paper.

Leading foreign and Russian companies with logistics services and management departments in their structure are actively implementing modern digital SCM technologies and innovations. As the practice of Russian business shows, the heads of many companies associate the further development of their business and the strengthening of competitiveness with the introduction of the concept of digital logistics/SCP.

Graduates of the programme have sufficient theoretical and practical skills in the field of digital logistics/CCP to work in organizations and enterprises of various fields of activity, such as:

• Large industrial holdings, manufacturing and trading companies;
• Logistics companies and 3PL providers;
• Consulting and IT companies.

No enrolment in 2023