The specialisation in Operations Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management aims at developing and testing new concepts to be applied to Operations Management, Lean Management, Procurement and Purchasing Strategies, Supplier Qualification Approaches, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Project Management, Service Management and Management of Innovation and Technology. Moreover, the programme and its faculty strive to create adequate conditions to motivate a qualified set of candidates to obtain their PhD degree. 

The degree is structured around three main objectives: 

• Provide PhD candidates with a selected set of knowledge and research skills, so that they can develop independent, skilled and innovative research that generates significant contributions to the field

• Encourage and support PhD candidates in communicating the results of their research through the presentation of papers at conferences as well as the publication of articles in top scientific journals 

• Enhance the candidates’ academic and professional careers by providing world-class competences and state-of-the-art knowledge

1. World-class faculty will provide a systematic, detailed, integrated and advanced training in applied research in a few selected areas of Operations Management such as operations strategy, design & management both in industry & services, e-commerce & logistics, sustainability, value creation in/by supply chains, strategic purchasing & transportation, marketing & logistics, servitisation, organizational structuring & re-engineering
2. The programme comprises theoretical, conceptual, methodological and research dimensions, providing the tools to investigate relevant gaps, in order to produce innovative frameworks and practices that should be able to push forward both the academic and professional careers of the candidates
3. A dynamic learning environment with smart supervision arrangements empower candidates’ towards the development of their research skills, resulting in advanced competencies in literature reviewing, outstanding research design and conduction, analytical and innovative mindsets and adequate writing and oral reporting, at an international level

• Procurement and Purchasing Strategies, Supplier Qualification Approaches 

• Supply Chain Management 

• Logistics and Distribution 

• Lean Management 

• Management of Innovation and Technology 

• Operations Management in Industry and Services 

• Sustainable Operations 

• Service Management 

• Quality Management 

• E-Commerce and e-Business Models 

• Inter-organisational networks 

• Industrial Ecology and Eco-Logistics 

• Design and Evaluation of Manufacturing Systems 

• Organisational Structuring, Re-engineering and Information Systems Design 

• Strategy and Operations 

• Computerised Simulation 

• Project Management