International Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics

Gain analytical and practical insights for effective business processes with our Master in Supply Chain & Logistics. The program aims to provide key skills in relation to supply chain management through an in depth focus on application of information technologies, integration of digitization systems, and blockchain for optimizing processes.

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Formula International

Method On Campus

Language English

Start Date April 2025

Enrollment 73%

Available seats 12

Scholarship valid until December 30th

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International Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics Overview

Gain an in-depth understanding of supply chain and sustainability strategies.

The master program focuses on equipping you with tools needed to carry out effective analysis and design of global supply chain operations, management of logistics, and make informed decisions with the use of block chain and other digital applications. In addition to this you will cover topics such as business analytics and circular economy in modern supply chains, decision making in logistics and reverse logistics inventory, and procurement strategies.

Learning Outcomes

Supply Chain Expertise: Develop broad skills in tools and techniques for planning, scheduling, operations, and control in supply chain and logistics.
Strategic Innovation: Apply business strategy, research, and design principles to innovate supply chain and logistics processes.
Lean Management: Utilize Lean concepts and tools for effective supply chain and logistics planning and operations.
Digital Transformation: Leverage digital solutions and Operations Technology to drive supply chain digitization.
Sustainable Innovation: Evaluate opportunities for innovation in supply chain sustainability from ecological, social, and governance perspectives.

Shape your professional path through 4 pillars:

Real link with companies

An international network of companies’ partners to help young and senior professional in building their careers and RBS to create the better learning experience possible, thanks to Business Practice LAB, Company visits, in class exercises and exclusive lecturers.

Internationality

Rome Business School is proudly the most international business school in Italy, being able to immerse our students in a stimulating environment, thanks to our international faculty, our exclusive Bootcamps in Silicon Valley, Barcelona, Paris, Rome and Tuscany and mixed ethnicity in our classes.

Professional Impact

Our higher purpose is to build managers and leaders. For this reason, we’ve built our Masters around our student’s professional and personal growth, providing different service and experiences, just like our Career Service, multiple company meetings, Company Shadowing, Individual Coaching sessions and a soft skills program.

Higher Purpose

Following our motto, Better Managers for a Better World, an entire section of our Masters is fully dedicated to higher purpose in business, Corporate Social Responsibility and creation of a sustainable approach and mindset to business

Why choose our International Master in Supply Chain and Logistics Management?

Career Impact

+32% average salary Increase, after 1 year of completing the Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. They work in prestigious companies like: Leroy Merlin, Glovo and Pirelli.

Gain Experience

The master gives a great exposure to companies and industry professionals. Students will obtain practical skills by carrying out activities such as:

Preparation for the Supply Chain Professional certification – ASCM (APICS) Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)– administered byAPICS

Practice Lab with DHL Meet the managers, do a hands-on class and create an accurate supply chain model with different entities.

Capstone Project, work on a real company’s challenge, or on a challenge of your company. Participants will be assigned on real project led by the involved companies with the goal to deliver results with real business impact.

International Bootcamp

Think big and go global, choose among 4 continents and 12 International Bootcamps. Choose among the bootcamps in Silicon Valley (US), Paris, Rome, Tuscany, Barcelona, Nigeria, Qatar, London, Dublin, Grand Tour of Italy, Porto or China, and have an immersive and stimulating experience, focused on the topics of the business world and network and learn from top company managers.

Get prepared for Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)  certification

The Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) certification is highly regarded for supply chain business operations. Since its launch in 1973, over 120,000 professionals have gained from this globally recognized certification. Employers value CPIM designees for their proven expertise in streamlining operations. Now, ASCM (APICS) is enhancing the CPIM program to better meet the needs of the supply chain workforce while preserving its strong knowledge base and integrity in supply chain education.

Program Content Highlights

Comprehensive, end-to-end approach to the Supply Chain Management.
Understanding new technologies applied to the Supply Chain and future development to achieve best performances.
Managing innovation and the implementation of sustainability goals into the Supply Chain (reverse logstics and CSR).

Among our Partners:

International Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics:

Participants will gain skills in Logistics and Supply Chain, learning how to efficiently plan and manage demand, optimize the supply chain, and create eco-logistics strategies. They will emerge as innovative and responsible leaders, fully prepared to make an impact in the world and achieve career milestones. The master program offers extensive exposure to industry companies and professionals.

5% Start with Managerial Core

35% Get Into Focusing and Specializing

10% Being an innovative and responsible leader

10% Electives

15% Business in Action

5% Global Trends Lab

20% Capstone Project

Develop core managerial skills & gain analytical & practical insight into effective supply chain management

During the first module of the International Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, students will learn notions of:

Managerial Economics
This module aims to prepare students by providing them with the essentials of entrepreneurship and business planning.
Management Accounting for Decision Making
The course focuses on the financial aspects of business decisions giving students an overview of the accounting tools useful and most used for short and long-term decision making such as cost management, budgeting, CVP analysis, and investment appraisal techniques.
Business Strategy
Through this module, students will know how to understand the long-term direction and strategy of a company, and will be able to identify the strategic business units of organizations.
Financial Statement Analysis
This course aims at equipping students with an understanding of financial statements and their usefulness for decision making.
Project & Operations Management
With this module, students will be able to manage projects, examine data and information, and have a diagnostic approach in solving problems.
Marketing: Traditional and Digital
Students will learn the application of marketing principles in organizational decision making.
Human Resource Management
This subject area focuses on strategic human resource issues such as workforce acquisition, development, motivation and retention.
Data Analytics for Managers
This course is designed to equip students with the basic knowledge needed to analyze and interpret large sets of data, to make effective business decisions and strategies.

Integrate logistic & global supply chain main business strategies with digitalization

During the second module of the International Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, students will learn:

1)Business Strategy and Supply Chain

Integrated Supply Chain Management
Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing and Logistics
Aggregate Planning and Forecasting
Procurement Management
Risk Management in SC
Quality Management
Continuous improvement and Design Thinking

2)Managing the Supply Chain

Manufacturing and Service Operations
Global Logistics Management
Inventory Management
Warehousing and Warehouse Management Systems
Transportation and Transportation Management Systems
Logistics outsourcing
Maintenance Management

3)Digital Supply Chain

Information Systems for Supply Chain Management
Digitalisation, Blockchain & Industry 5.0
Operations Technology
Supply Chain for eCommerce
Implementing change & agile approach

4)Supply Chain Law and International Markets

Law and Global Supply Chain Management
Regulatory in Logistics

Manage new technologies to perform sustainable global supply chains

During the third module of the International Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, students will explore:

5)Reverse Logistics, Sustainability, CSR and Supply Chain Finance

Reverse Logistics & Sustainability
Circular Economy in Supply Chain and Logistics
Financial Supply Chain

6)Innovative Trends and Best Practices in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Best Practices in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Case studies, Business games)
Future of Supply Chain and Servitization
Building ethical and responsible organizations

Why Electives?

The goal of Rome Business School is to develop future managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are ready to capitalize on the benefits of digitalization, go global, and have a positive impact on society.

Electives are ideal tools for students to improve their employability by focusing on high-demand skills.

Electives assist students in carving out a niche for themselves and becoming more competitive.
Electives expose students to courses they might not have encountered otherwise.
Electives provide a one-of-a-kind curriculum that fosters life and career skills.
Elective courses are organized in 7 main areasof interest:

Macro Area I 

Next Gen Business: Innovation, AI and Digital Growth

Area 1: Innovation & Growth
Area 2: AI4 Business: Shaping the Future
Area 3: Tech & Digitalization

Macro Area II

Global Business Excellence

Area 4: Industry Business Excellence
Area 5: International Business
Area 6: Global Electives with RBS international partner Business Schools
Area 7: Introduction to preparation for professional certifications

Practice Lab | In partnership with

Rome Business School Practice Lab is the place where theoretical concepts are put into practice and participants learn through experience. The Lab is run by DHL managers who will examine different specialist knowledge, work on exercises, and network while sharing their experience and expertise with the students. This Lab is entirely run by DHL managers with whom you will create strategies to guide customers through the customer’s journey of DHL.

Business in Action - Hands-on Lab

The Global Trends lab consists of 2 virtual sessions:

Session 1: How to Find Sources to Identify Global Trends Identify sources and monitor Global trends Deep Dive into the Global World Trends Shaping the World of Today – guest speakers from UN, UNIDO, ILO. Examples of Global Trends:

The Future of Work
Ethics of AI and Big Data
The World in 2030: Future Scenarios

Session 2: Understand the impact of global trends on businesses, and explore ways in which businesses can adapt and transform based on future trends and forward-thinking strategies

Capstone Project

At the end of your educational experience, you will have the chance to prove your abilities by tackling a real business challenge. Use your talent to identify opportunities and create a truly innovative strategy.

Tackle a real company challenge. You can choose to be part of a small team and design a Marketing plan for a new business or develop a strategy to increase online sales or create a loyalty offering for different generation.

You will be given two case studies from two real companies that will allow you to test your knowledge learnt during the master’s course.

Previous years’ experiences 

The Practical Challenge:

Illy is known and admired on five continents for the high quality and unmistakable velvety taste of its coffee, anoutstanding blend made up of nine types of pure Arabica. The challenge is developing in the Procurement Excellence area with the principal target to review and improve the procedures and standards in the Supplier Lifecycle Management, in particular in the Risk Monitoring and Audit Management.

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Previous years’ experiences 

The Practical Challenge:

Bialetti, a point of reference in the market of coffee-making products, is a brand of the Bialetti Industrie S.p.A Group, whichworks in the production and marketing of Houseware products. The challenge consists of an analysis of the current logistic service and evaluation of potential different services based on market opportunities.

Rome Business School International Bootcamps experiences

There’s the opportunity to experience an intensive and fully immersive business experience during a week, facing challenges, dealing with managers, students and lecturers, and creating your own project that will be presented at the end of the Bootcamp Experience.

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Rome Business School International Bootcamps experiences

Change your life forever: discover where the World Technology was born and grown. From microprocessors to computers, from browser to social media, from sharing economy to crypto currencies.

The challenge is how to combine creation and management in a luxury house as in all types of companies.

Sup de Luxe welcomes every year more than 500 students from all over the world. Since its creation, the school has enjoyed an undeniable success with its network of 3.500 graduates.

Develop a completely new business idea through the Google Ventures Methodology: The Design Sprint. How innovation and entrepreneurship are leading the change of the global market.

The aim is to mix together contents and network to become leaders in the strategy of your current or future company.

Experience Italy through a native person’s perspective by a cultural exploration and understanding of not only the process of winemaking, but mostly the convivial importance of food and wine.

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how to do business, generate growth as a socially responsible leader and discover the giant of Africa.

Discover and develop unique opportunities to grow in a dynamic environment with a traditional yet modern approach to business.

Participating in a Bootcamp in London is an extraordinary experience that combines intensive and immersive learning in a urban environment rich in opportunities. The city itself is a melting pot of cultures and innovation, offering a vast network of professionals and leading companies. A Bootcamp in London allows you to gain cutting-edge skills in a cosmopolitan and stimulating atmosphere, preparing you for global work challenges and creating valuable connections for your professional future.

A Bootcamp in China is an extraordinary adventure that immerses you in a country rich in history, culture, and innovation. This intensive journey allows you to acquire top-notch skills, discover new professional perspectives, and create global connections in a setting where the ancient and the modern blend in a unique harmony. Participating in a Bootcamp in China is an extraordinary opportunity for personal and professional growth that will open up new horizons for you.

Faculty

Highly qualified international university professors, trainers, and business managers who come from a range of operational and professional fields—from merchandiser to lawyer, from entrepreneurship to coach and speaker—hold the Rome Business School’s International Master in Supply Chain and Logistic Management. The educational strategy aims to provide students with the knowledge and abilities that the market currently demands.

Program Director

Bernardo Nicoletti

Bernardo Nicoletti began his career in 1983, working as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Alitalia Airlines. He then served as Vice President and then CTO at GE Money, before moving to the GE Oil & Gas team as CTO and Chief Information Officer (CIO). He later worked for SBD as Director and for AIG UPC Universal Processing Center as CIO for Latin America.

He was then Director for Europe and the Middle East at TranSigma Partners, a process-oriented consultancy covering three key areas: cybersecurity, process transformation and strategy delivery. In the meantime he also covered the role of Chief Process Improvement Leader at the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo (ICS), and those of Process Improvement Leader and (subsequently) of Temporary CIO and Procurement Leader at CDI Manager Srl, a leading special purpose company in the Temporary Management and in Executive Search.

To date he holds various roles: Director for almost 15 years at Pinion Services Limited; Member of the Advisory Committee at Roaring Pride Ventures; Professor in Procure Management, Supply Chain Management and Operations Management at Temple University and at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. As a business consultant, he actively applies his theory of Lean and Digitalize, based on the joint application of Lean Six Sigma and Digital Transformation. He has also published twenty books and several chapters, which have been translated into many languages, including Chinese: The Future of Fintech and Banking 5.0., Agile Procurement, Lean Procurement, Procurement 4.0 and Supply Network 5.0, Lean and Digitize.

Enrico Camerinelli Vice President Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Italy Roundtable

Enrico Camerinelli holds the positions of Vice President of the Round table of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Italy and Senior Strategic Advisor for Aite Novarica Group. The lecturer interacts with Supply Chain Managers, Procurement Officers, Finance Directors, showing them how and why to use innovative technologies such as Blockchain, Digital Manufacturing, B2B marketplaces and platforms for Working Capital optimization. Enrico Camerinelli is a subject matter expert and a member of the team that facilitates domestic and international trade transactions through the development of the international supply chain reference model for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. He is also the author of "Measuring the Value of the Supply Chain," a book on the link between financial results and supply chain performance. As far as Rome Business School is concerned, he teaches the course ''Digitalisation & Supply Chain 4.0''

Raffaele Mannella Program Director of Master in Entrepreneurship

Over 26 years of experience as Export Manager, Entrepreneur and Project and operations Manager, related to enterprise software applications and professional services. Passionate about Project Management, especially in the Information Technology field. In 2005, he co-founded Comtaste S.r.l., an IT consulting company in which he still servs as CEO, mainly taking on strategic projects for the company and directly managing key clients, among which several multinational companies such as Adobe, Google and HP. In 2019 he founded TS Mood Srl, an innovative startup dealing with online booking services for the tourism industry.

Alessandro Iacoponi Director EUTECH IoT Chamber

Alessandro Iacopini has professional experience in IoT (Internet of Things), Industry 4.0, Supply Chain Management and Operations, B2B, Research and development, Engineering and Commodities, Augmented and Virtual Reality. He currently works as Business Partner - Commercial & Program Manager, at WEL Srl, providing IoT solution for industry, commerce and tourism, He is also a MISE accredited manager and has working experience as Commercial Director at Magneti Marelli.

Andrea Appolloni Prof. of Sustainability, Operations and Innovation Management

Andrea comes with an exceptional educational background, holding a PhD in Management, an MBA in International Business, 4 Master's degrees, and a Post-graduate qualification obtained in China. With over 20 years of experience, he has held various roles, including Senior Consultant Analyst at Accenture, External Researcher at Confartigianato Imprese and Leonardo, Research Project Member at Fondazione Italiana Accenture, FEACO, and ASSOCONSULT Confindustria, Research Collaborator at the Ministry of Economic Development, Member of the recruitment process commission at the Ministry of the Interior, Senior Research Associate at CNR, Senior Content Moderator at the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), and more. Simultaneously, he pursued an academic career, often working as a Visiting Research Scholar, Fellow, and Lecturer at various institutions, including Cranfield University, University of Tennessee, Tianjin University, ETH Zurich, ELIS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, LUISS Guido Carli, Dalian University of Technology, and others. Currently, he holds several roles, such as Expert Evaluator at the National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes of the Ministry of Education, External Collaborator for Research and Teaching Activities at IBM, Expert Member at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Coordinator of the Marie Curie Project Horizon 2020 at the European Commission, Training Expert at Snam and the State Police, and more.

Valerio Dal Monte Managing Director - Nextaly

With more than 20 years of experience, he is now CEO of Nextaly and President of Telco Soluzioni Digitali and Com.net S.p.A. His background has names like IP or Alitalia, where he worked as Chief Procurement Officer and Vice Preseident Procurement & Supply Chain.

Fabio Tiozzo Helping Manufacturing and Supply Chains Leverage Emerging Digital Technologies

I have over 30 years of experience in advanced digital solutions for supply chain and manufacturing planning and scheduling across a broad spectrum of industries. I am a manufacturing and supply chain digital transformation consultant at Tiozzo Consulting and a former project leader at IBM. My role is to assist clients in understanding how these technologies can improve the efficiency, transparency, resilience and sustainability of their supply chains. As a speaker at international conferences and lecturer at universities such as POLIMI, business schools and graduate schools of management, I enjoy sharing my insights and best practices with students and professionals.

Grazia Torrente  Owner Torrente Vignone Studio Legale Internazionale

Grazia Torrente is a lawyer specializing in civil and international law and also Lecturer in Transportation and Logistics Law at Milan State University in the Fashion Law Master's Program and Catholic University in the SCHMIDT Master's Program on New Technologies. She has a Master's Degree for Corporate Lawyers from Bocconi University - 1999, Master's Degree in International Commercial Arbitration from Queen Mary University - 2007. He also works as a Senior Associate at Eversheds Bianchini. He has been the owner of Torrente Vignone Studio Legale Internazionale for 11 years. His areas of specialization are logistics, domestic and international road transport, product labeling, merger filings with the Competition and Market Authority, financial services, and hotels and accommodations. The Master's program teaches the module: Legislation related to Supply Chain and International Markets.

Your Mentors

An International Leading Team | CAB

The Corporate Advisory Board embodies the spirit of collaboration between the academic world and the real management sphere by becoming one of the key players in the Quality Assurance Process, the process of continuous improvement of the Rome Business School’s range of Management Training programs.

Composed of 103 Leaders, Managers and Professionals from key areas of National and International Businesses, through the Corporate Advisory Board, Rome Business School activates a process of continuously updating its training programs, relying on numerous business interactions and inputs provided by the members of the committee in the annual meetings and discussions with the school.

103 Members

19 CEO and General Management

16 Operation & IT

Career and Entrepreneurship Services

Throughout your International Master in Supply Chain Management, you will be accompanied and supported by our Career Services team. With over 10 years’ experience in education, we help young talents and managers to build their future, guiding them along the path that best suits their capabilities, desires and professional goals.

To give our students the best support achieving their professional objectives, we’ve structured our Career Service into two core areas:

Occupational Pathways

The Occupational Pathways will help you develop the knowledge, market insights and tools that you need to pursue a successful career in a specific industry. You will benefit from valuable connections with top companies and recruiters. 

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Entrepreneurial Pathways

Are you planning to start up your own business or dreaming about becoming the fresh and innovative driving force within an organization? We will equip you with skills and knowledge to discover, test and improve your entrepreneurial skills, develop a business idea and finally launch your own business.

master in supply chain students studying

The master is particularly suitable for those who want to pursue a career in the following roles:

Supply Chain Manager
Inventory Manager
Operations Director
Procurement Manager

Logistics Manager
VP of Procurement
Project Manager
Materials Manager

Admission process

Rome Business School puts a lot of effort into upholding the highest level of excellence in the courses we offer. Because of this, all applicants must go through and successfully pass a selection process with the following structure in order to ensure the eligibility of the candidates:

Evaluation of credentials

Application Confirmation

Selection Interview

Admission

Enrollment

The admissions process’s purpose is to certify a candidate’s eligibility to enroll in the International Master in Supply Chain and Logistics Management. When evaluating candidates, the academic background, prior experiences in the Master’s programme themes, and motivation will all be taken into account. Following submission, the application will be examined by the Rome Business School’s academic committee. It is critical to include all required documentation in order to ensure the application’s acceptability.

International Master in Supply Chain and Logistics Management:

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Payment

Payment of the participation fee of

€ 8,900 – October 2024
€ 8,900 – April 2025

be made in the following ways:

Installments from moments of enrollment (earlier enrollment for more installments)
Full Payment with an additional discount of -10%

Scholarships

Based on their personal profile, experience and proven motivation, the candidate may be awarded a scholarship to partially cover the participation fee. In fact, Rome Business School offers the most deserving candidates the opportunity to benefit from 7 different types of scholarships. These partial economic hedges can consist of 6 months of interest-free financing.

Early Enrollment Incentive
Lifelong Learning Scholarship
Academic Excellence Scholarship
Executive Women Scholarship
Entrepreneurial Grant
Better Managers for a Better World Scholarship
Student Loan Assistance Grant

Competition for scholarships increases as the starting date approaches and funds are limited, so it is advisable to apply as soon as possible.

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Student Testimonials

Enrica C. - Italy UPS – Solutions Engagement Consultant

I would recommend it to anyone who wants to enrich their knowledge and skills and is looking for a way to complement their work activity that allows organizational flexibility.

Nicoleta L. Termoficare – Purchasing Lead

There are a couple of reasons for choosing Rome Business School. First, its growing reputation and positive feedback from former students, secondly, it is affordable and finally, the location of Rome Business School – being in Italy made me feel like home.

Laura M. Coca Cola HBC – Cross Border Planner

The opportunity to have an international experience both academic and professional was one of the main reasons why I chose RBS. The master in Supply Chain Management is an excellent booster to my career and has given me amazing opportunities in the labour market.

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