Welcome to

Master Program in Business Process Control &

Supply Chain Management; Frontiers in Logistics & Supply

Chain Management 120 credits) credits)!

Hello,
my name is Hana Hulthén and I am director for master program in Business Process Control & Supply Chain Management, Frontiers in Logistics & Supply Chain Management. You are one of the students that will start this autumn, and if you accept your place, you will have four interesting semesters ahead of you. If you already know that you will not attend the program, please notify me via email (hana.hulthen@lnu.se) as soon as possible. The Program Introduction will take place on Monday, September 2, 10.15-12.00 on Campus in Växjö, room K1211 (K-building – 1st floor). In the afternoon, there will be a lecture on Study Skills and Academic Writing starting at 13.15 – 15.00. Your presence is mandatory! Please, see the rooms and dates for the program introduction and for your first course 4FE170 here:
https://cloud.timeedit.net/lnu/web/schema2/ri1Y7X1QQYwZ16QvQ5076975y2Y95Z7.html


Program and Course Registration
You must register by the start of the program or course to keep your study place. If you are studying on a program, you must register for all courses at the start of each course to continue to be considered an active student on the program. If you are studying courses that run over several semesters, you must register at the start of each semester to continue to be considered active on the course.
You register in Ladok for students. The registration period opens one week before the start of the course and ends one week after the course start (26/8 – 8/9, 2024). When registering, you show that you are an active student at Linnaeus University. I highly recommend you visit www.lnu.se/en/student/new-student/. There you will find all important information you might need to know prior your studies at Linnaeus University.


Orientation day/days
Orientation days from Linnaeus University and the School of Business and Economics will take place August 29-30. You will receive both practical and academic information. More specific information will be sent out a couple of weeks before the semester starts, including a schedule to the orientation day/days. You can visit the following link for more information https://lnu.se/en/student/preparing-for-your-stay/.

Obtain a student account
You must have a student account in order to register for courses, and in order to get access to the study material of each course on the learning platform MyMoodle. On www.lnu.se/en/student/new-student/ you will find information on how to get your student account. You must register to start studying on the program to which you have been admitted.

Pay your tuition fee
To participate in the program and in courses, you need to pay your tuition fees in time, observe the deadlines. More information about tuition fees can be found at: www.lnu.se/en/student/new-student/tuition-fees-and-scholarships/

Your first course “Logistics Management in Supply Chains” (4FE170)
You study one course at a time for full time. The first course “Logistics Management in Supply Chains” (course code 4FE170) starts on Tuesday, September 3, 8.15 – 12.00. Your participation at this lecture is mandatory. You should expect to be scheduled a lot in this course.
It is also a good advice to rehearse your basic logistics textbook (we use Logistics and Supply Chain Management by Patrik Jonsson, McGrawHill) during the summer. Also, you are strongly encouraged to start looking for a case company (any type of private or public organization in any sector abroad or in Sweden for which logistics is an important aspect) to conduct a scenario planning project during the course.


Contact Person for 4FE170
In case of questions regarding the course 4FE170, please, contact the course responsible, Helena Forslund, helena.forslund@lnu.se.

Course Syllabus
The 4FE170 course syllabus including literature list can be found here:
https://kursplan.lnu.se/kursplaner/syllabus-4FE170-4.pdf

Course Schedule
The session plan can be found in TimeEdit under the course code 4FE170. Please visit:
https://cloud.timeedit.net/lnu/web/schema2/ri1Y7X1QQYwZ16QvQ5076975y2Y95Z7.html

Very welcome to Linnaeus University!

Hana Hulthén
Program director
Master in Business Process Control & Supply Chain Management
Frontiers in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
hana.hulthen@lnu.se
Linnaeus University: +46772-28 80 00

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