Maastricht University Global Supply Chain Management and Change

09/12/2025

14/11/2023

Hello all☺️

Today we'll have a quick&dirty recap on one of the first period courses - Supply Chain Operations🏗️

Overall the first period is quite number intensive as both courses are quantitative ones.🧮
No worries, all other courses are qualitative.😏

In Supply Chain Operations you'll focus on the following areas:
🏭Facility location & layout
📉Sales & Operations Planning
🏗️Inventory Planning
💻Material Requirement Planning
⌛Scheduling

You will read book chapters and articles on current events or similar case studies on the various focal points and convert these into formulas. 📚📝

The gained knowledge on company and supply chain understanding will be practically applied throughout the period in form of a company case simulation, a computer case, and a real life company case which tackles a real issue from a company and by the end of the period will also be presented to the company.👨‍⚖️

11/11/2023

We really enjoyed meeting some of the potential program candidates today at the Master’s Open Day!🥰

Below you’ll find our answers to the most frequently asked questions – maybe those are the same as you have 😊

If they aren’t and you would like more information, just reach out via a PM!📬

1. What is the difference between IB Supply Chain Management and Global Supply Chain Management?📚

Especially the group size and practical approach make a difference. We are about 30 students divided into 2 tutorial groups. So, we interact a lot with each individual student. The practical approach is already evident in the first week, in which we attended an introduction day at the logistics companies in the Venlo area. In the first period, we also worked on a business case with 2 different companies. Here we were provided with real data and we had to analyse and propose solutions to the business problems presented.
In addition, the curriculum for GSCMC is fixed, whereas with IB you are somewhat freer in your choice of course combinations. However, since we are a smaller campus, we have a direct line with all professors, the planning office and the program coordinator. Our feedback is listened to, and attempts are made to integrate it.

2. I’ve studied "XY", am I eligible for the master’s program?🧑‍🎓

Sadly, we can’t answer specific admission questions for you. Please reach out to the admission office or have a look on the program website and the list on admission requirements.

3. When does the master’s program start?⏲️

The master program starts only in September. If you’d want to join the pre-master of GSCMC you can do so in February or September.

4. I’m not a number person, is the first period on the quantitative methods still manageable?🧮

I won't lie to you, the first period of 7 weeks will be a challenge for you if you don't like dealing with numbers. However, that's only the first period of the program. The following courses have an increased focus on management. Also, the small groups support a great group atmosphere and students help each other as much as they can😍

09/11/2023

Company Case📚📊

Our study program places particular emphasis on practical relevance and therefore on the applicability of the knowledge taught.📉

In the second week, the companies SPGPrints and KLG visited the Venlo campus and presented us two individual problems in the context of two different company cases. We were free to choose which problem and which company we wanted to analyse and propose possible solutions to. This gave us the opportunity to apply our theoretical knowledge directly in practice and experience real business situations.👀🕵️

SPGPrints is a leading global provider of integrated solutions for rotary and digital printing in the textile and industrial sectors. As part of a business case, we worked on improving sales forecasting and visualisation.📊
It was very interesting to see how important sales are in the entire global network and how the individual country units are connected with each other.🌍

KLG is an international logistics service provider who offers its customers a wide variety of products, ranging from transportation to value-added services in warehousing. 🏗️
Their project focused on the optimization of their crossdock located in Venlo and reducing internal movements. 🛺
Through this project, the students received the opportunity to visit the crossdock and understand all the restrictions and factors influencing the internal movement.🦺

Check out their LinkedIn!

SPGPrints
https://www.linkedin.com/company/spgprints/?utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=SPGPrints

KLG Europe
https://www.linkedin.com/company/klg-europe-logistics/?utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=KLG%20Europe

30/06/2023

Dear GSCMC community,

as of July, we will no longer actively post on Facebook. We invite you to follow our student ambassadors on Instagram where they will continue to post about student life, research, events, and everything that makes our programme thrive.

212 Followers, 31 Following, 159 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from GSCMC Campus Venlo ()

21/03/2023

So, why Global Supply Chain Management and Change?

Our Head Professor Bart Vos explained it beautifully last Saturday: "We need to always be prepared. We cannot become too comfortable knowing that our perfectly aligned supply chain will work all the time. Disruptions and disasters are always around the corner."

With the philosophy of Kaizen - continuous improvement - we are proud that in Global Supply Chain Management & Change, efforts are continuously being put in to improve the course and keeping knowledge up-to-date.

There is no better time now to pack up your knowledge about Global Supply Chain with our unique course being offered by Maastricht University, where you are heading on an adventure into the unknown.

No Supply Chain is ever perfect. Improving Supply Chains means improving lives.

Click the link in our Instagram bio to start exploring the world of Supply Chain!

📸: March 18th, 2023.

13/10/2022

Great news today for Maastricht University Campus Venlo, as we are celebrating the #1 Dutch award for both MSc Health Food Innovation Management and MSc Global Supply Chain Management and Change! These courses are ranked the best in Best Studies Survey 2022 conducted amongst University's in the Netherlands.

Big shoutout to the staffs, together with the students, for relentlessly putting in their effort to improve the facility and programme courses over the years! Today, some cake to celebrate this Milestone. 😉


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#2022

05/10/2022

More to be proud of for GSCMC campus Venlo!
MSc Global Supply Chain Management and Change was ranked number 1 by ‘The best studies’ ranking. The Best Studies ranking, based on the National Student Survey (NSE), is composed of students’ ratings in six categories: facilities, education, design of the programmes, teachers, testing, organisation and communication. We are very proud of this great result and will continue to work hard to maintain our top position and make further improvements.

02/09/2022

GSCM&C 2022/23
It’s going to be an exciting journey.
Here are some snaps from the team building activities.

17/06/2022

Students of GSCM&C had an opportunity to visit CEVA logistics in Venray. It was an amazing opportunity to learn about the company and it provided the students with valuable insights of their operations.