38012 (P4/2022) Current Topics in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, Helsinki

The course provides an enhanced understanding of current topics in supply chain management (SCM) focusing on basic SC concepts analysed through the latest and emerging topics in commercial and non-profit supply chains. SCM is defined as the ‘planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities …includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners [and] integrates supply and demand management within and across companies’. Indicative content includes

  • A brief overview of SCM concepts;
  • Identification and discussion of current SC topics; and the
  • Investigation of their implications for each supply chain member, and for SCM as a whole.

38014 (P4/2022) Emerging Issues and Challenges in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, Helsinki

This course provides an enhanced understanding of emerging issues and challenges in supply chain management (SCM) and social responsibility. SCM is defined as the ‘planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities …includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners [and] integrates supply and demand management within and across companies’. This holistic view of SCM allows identification of emerging developments and/ or trends that have the potential to alter or disrupt competitive balance, planning assumptions, cost structures, and conventional timelines in supply chain practices.

Indicative content includes but is not limited to a brief overview of SCM; discussion of important and active trends emerging at the time of the course; investigation of their implications for SCM and related activities; and development of potential solutions to address disruptive implications on global and national levels.

For example, indicative topics are important at the beginning of 2020 include, inter alia, supply chain (in)visibility and (de)globalisation; logistics skills, skills shortages and human resources; technology such as the internet of things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, blockchain, cyber-security and artificial intelligence (AI)/ machine learning; sustainability, corporate responsibility including migration and supply chain slavery, and the circular economy; and (de)consumption, e-commerce and services.

38011 (P3/2022) Operations Management, Helsinki

Operations are important in each activity, from business, through public sector to NGOs. Their design influence profits and offering in non profit organisations. This course is focused on both manufacturing and service operations. Studying operations design in variety of contexts, providing solid basic understanding of key Operations Management concepts.

This course is focused on themes such as:

  • Links between strategy and operations
  • Differences and similarities between production and services
  • Process design
  • Outsourcing and offshoring
  • Quality in manufacturing and services
  • Lean management
  • Technology in Operations
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Operations Management and Sustainability

38022 (P2/2021) Företagslogistik, Helsingfors

Kursen i företagslogistik fokuserar på logistiska koncept, funktioner och aktiviteter. Kursen följer Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals definition att logistik: "omfattar att på ett effektivt sätt planera, genomföra och kontrollera förflyttning och lagring av material och produkter från råvara till slutlig konsumtion och returflöden av framställd produkt, och som syftar till att tillfredsställa kundens och övriga intressenters behov och önskemål".

Kursen erbjuds för alla studerande som är intresserad av logistik och försörjningskedjor, och rekommenderas för den som ämnar byta huvudämne till logistik och samhällsansvar.

38015 (P2/2021) Supply Chain Strategy for Sustainability, Helsinki

Course introduces principles and practices that facilitate responsible and sustainable supply chain strategies and operations. Course is accessible to students from each of the MSc routes with an interest in supply chain management (SCM) and/or environmental issues.

Indicative content includes but is not limited to a brief overview of corporate strategy and SCM; concepts of sustainability in general and pertaining to SCM; reverse and closed-loop supply chains and the circular economy; concepts of cleaner production and sustainable procurement and sourcing, packaging, storage and transportation; supply chain sustainability risks and resilience; sustainability standards and legislation pertaining to supply chains; and how to ‘green’ a supply chain.

The course can be taken as part of the study module in Corporate Responsibility.


38020-2 (P2/2021) Humanitarian Logistics: Part 2, Helsinki

The aim of the course is to discuss the application of logistical concepts and principles in the humanitarian setting and to show the importance of supply chain management and logistics for the realization of the aid operations. At the end of the course students should be familiar with the humanitarian context and be able to apply logistical principles in different application areas.

The course is the second part of 38020 Humanitarian Logistics. In order to be eligible, please enroll in 38020-1 Humanitarian Logstics: Part 1 (MOOC) in Moodle and follow the instructions.

The course can be taken as part of the Study Module in Corporate Responsibility (but observe the pre-requisites).

38020-1 (P2/2021) Humanitarian Logistics: Part 1 (MOOC), Helsinki

The aim of the course is to discuss the application of logistical concepts and principles in the humanitarian setting and to show the importance of supply chain management and logistics for the realization of the aid operations. At the end of the course students should be familiar with the humanitarian context and be able to apply logistical principles in different application areas.

The course can be taken as part of the Study Module in Corporate Responsibility (but observe the pre-requisites).

38018 (P1/2021) Supply Chain Risk and Resilience, Hki

Supply chains are exposed to a variety of risks that may result in supply chain disruptions. This course focuses on the management of such risks, in order to make supply chains more resilient. The course contains risk management, supply chain resilience, and analysis of critical infrastructure. The course aims to provide a basis for professional analysis and research on risk and security management in logistics and supply chain management, including:

  • Theories and methods of risk and security management with regard to risk, threat and vulnerability;
  • Risk management with risk analysis and risk assessment and management of vulnerabilities in customer and supplier relationships, infrastructure as well as logitics flows
  • Analysis of how environmental changes affect flows in the supply chain (including globalization, outsourcing, consolidation, regionalization, customer requirements, legislation, e-commerce, international terrorism and demographic change) with regards to demand on security
  • Preventive security at different levels, related to accidents, disasters, and genuine uncertainty (eg asymmetric information), through risk sharing, risk avoidance, risk reduction and risk transfer
  • Environmentally sustainable transport flows, international relations and social segregation in the transportation of a vulnerability perspective
  • Effective methods to increase supply chain resilience
  • Analysis and interlinks between different critical infrastructure elements

The course can be taken as part of the study module in Corporate Responsibility.