The document summarizes a Master's program in Transport and Supply Chain Management (TSCM) at a university. The program focuses on designing and organizing flows of goods, services, information, and money in supply chains and transportation networks. Coursework covers topics like distribution logistics, transport economics, decision-making, and network analysis. Students complete practical projects and a thesis. Graduates obtain jobs in supply chain management, logistics consulting, transportation coordination, and more, at companies like IBM, Philips, DHL, and KLM.

1. MASTER BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
TRANSPORT & SUPPLY
- SPECIALIZATION IN
CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Faculty of Economics
and Business Administration

2. Contents
• Introduction
• Goals and focus of TSCM
• Courses
• Some student projects
• A job as …

3. Introduction
• The Netherlands is renowned for its expertise in trade,
transport and logistics.
• Main ports in the Netherlands used to transport
enormous flows of goods and passengers.
• Logistics is an important tool to control these flows.
• Main focus is on design and operation in supply chains
and transportation networks in profit and non-profit
service environments.

4. Contents
• Introduction
• Goals and focus of TSCM
• Courses
• Some student projects
• A job as …

5. Goals and focus of TSCM
• Focus: design and organisation of flows of goods and
services and related flows of money and information in
supply chains and transportation networks.
• Objectives include:
– Understand similarities in the behaviour of transport
company belonging to different sectors.
– Learn to analyse and solve logistical problems at a
company level and at a supply chain level
– Develop solution approaches to design supply chains.
– Understand the impacts of government regulation on
transport and supply chain management.

6. Why TSCM?
Rutger Kroon,
Master’s graduate in TSCM
Data quality coordinator with JF Hillebrand Group AG
Here’s what made me choose for TSCM:
It’s dynamic, tangible and down-to-earth
…in the end it’s about getting products from
A to B, keeping both the economy up and
running.

7. Contents
• Introduction
• Goals and focus of TSCM
• Courses
• Some student projects
• A job as …

8. Overview of Courses
Period Courses # EC
1 Distribution Logistics & Supply Chain Management 6
Transport Economics and Management 6
2 Decision Making in Supply Chains 6
Network Analysis // Supply Chain Execution & Geo-Logistics 6
3 Research Seminar (I): Managerial Integration Project 3
Ethics 3
4 Research Seminar (II) & Master Thesis: Start Thesis 3+3
Airline Business // DL & Inter-organizational Systems 6
5 Optional course/Capita Selecta TSCM 6
Master Thesis 6
6 Master Thesis 6
Legend: Compulsory topic Select at least 2 of 4 Optional course

9. Courses: in short…
• Three core courses to get in depth knowledge of
transportation and supply chain management.
• Specialization courses that focus in more detail on either
the transport sector or SCM.
• Micro and meso perspective (e.g., transport and logistics
processes)
• Macro perspective (e.g., government regulations and
environment)
• Real-life supply chains and transportation networks will
be studied in several courses.

10. Period 1: DL & SCM and TEM
• DL & SCM:
– Review key concepts and trends in a supply chain
– Discuss tools for analysing + redesigning supply
chains
– Discuss integration with commercial issues
– Focus on interrelation from strategic to operational
level
• Transport Economics and Management:
– Discussion of economic foundations of pricing and
network strategies in transport sectors,
– Discuss the implications for the transport policy

11. Period 2: DMSC
• Decision Making in Supply Chains aims to provide you
with knowledge and experience in decision making
support tools (spreadsheet, simulation) to deal with
complex logistics decision problems in supply chains.
• Simulation is a technique to model proposed or existing
processes. A simulation model gives the opportunity to
make key decisions quickly before implementing
changes in an existing system or building a new system.

12. A case: designing an airport
• With simulation we can address questions as:
– How to organize and design all processes such that
customers are satisfied and operating costs are
minimized?
– How many employees are required at each of the
processes?
– How to avoid bottlenecks in the airport?

13. Specialization courses (period 2)
• Network Analysis
– Basic applied network theory
– Government interventions in network sectors
– Clustering and spill-over effects between firms
– Network sectors (e.g. telecom, transportation, energy)
– The economics behind standard setting
• Supply Chain Execution & Geo-Logistics
– Warehouse Management
– Transport Management
– GIS (geographic information systems)
– RFID, GPS

14. Research Seminars period 3 & 4
• Research Seminar (I) is a practical project where you
can show your skills in identifying, analysing and solving
real-world problems.
• In Research Seminar (II) we present an overview of
suitable research methods that you can use in designing
your research framework.
– Start of writing your master thesis

15. Specialization courses (period 4)
• Airline Business
– Airline pricing,
– Airline cost,
– Network design
• Distribution Logistics & InterOrganisational Systems
– Transport planning & management
– Collaborative planning
– Smart supply networks

16. Why TSCM?
Each division has a vital role to play in a company.
Where would we be without ICT and finance,for example?
But if you are not able to deliver goods or services on
time, then it is virtually impossible to operate or even
survive in the world of business. Every company needs a
firm focus on Transport & Supply Chain Management.
Sharina Estrada
Master’s graduate in TSCM
Entrepreneur and owner of TryOnline BV

17. Contents
• Introduction
• Goals and focus of TSCM
• Courses
• Some student projects
• A job as …

18. Master Thesis Topics
• Kelly Andersen: Stilte Zone: From ineffective dissatisfier
to effective satisfier
• Nicole Rem: Dynamic pricing: a strategic tool in food
retail to reduce overstock
• Ruben van Loon: To park or not to park? A stated
preference approach
• Roel van Anholt: Efficient dispatching through utilizing
twin load capability of vehicles at container terminals
• Mettin Westveer: Measuring performance during the
immediate response of a sudden natural disaster
• Jordy Estrada: Liberalisation of the mid-atlantic route

19. Contents
• Introduction
• Goals and focus of TSCM
• Courses
• Some student projects
• A job as …

20. Our graduates have a job as..at companies as..
• Supply Chain Manager • Ernst & Young
• Business Consultant • IBM
• Project Manager • ING
• Business Analyst • Cisco Systems
• Buying manager • TNO
• ERP consultant • SAP Nederland B.V.
• Logistics SC consultant • TNT
• Operational portfolio manager • DHL Exel Supply Chain
• Distribution manager • Philips
• Transport coordinator • Delta LLoyd
• Global Procurement Business Analyst • Corus
• Testengineer • Volkswagen Pon
• Operations Manager • PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Brand executive • Getronics
• Supply chain management trainee • Canon Europa N.V.
• Consumer goods professional • Capgemini
• Chairman • KLM
• Ph.D. candidate • G-Star
• Stork Fokker

21. Questions?
NOTE: the premaster programme will change from September 2013 on. Go
to the stand in the Foyer to find out all about it.
www.feweb.vu.nl/logistics
logistics@feweb.vu.nl