As a synthesis of the master's degree, in the Final Master's Project (TFM) the educational process is completed by concentrating the application of all the competences developed during the different subjects.
Over two periodsand with the guidance of a tutor, a paper is prepared where a supply chain of a real business is analyzed and the improvements that must be carried out to make it more efficient and competitive are proposed.
The work will be publicly defended before a court, being required to have passed all the subjects of the program.
Professors
No particular prior knowledge is required
- Develop professionals capable of managing the company’s supply chain areas: Purchasing, Production, Warehousing, Transportation Systems, and Budget Management.
- Train professionals with knowledge of the international environment, e-Logistics, information technologies applied to the supply chain, project management, and Lean Logistics.
- Develop professionals capable of understanding the fundamental role that new technologies play in business innovation, in their supply chains, and in the development of logistics projects.
- Develop professionals capable of analyzing, developing, and managing the supply chain as a competitive advantage for the company, leading the technological and operational changes required to achieve this.
- Develop professionals capable of having a strategic and integrative vision of the various areas that make up business management, in order to facilitate the development of their professional career.
- Train professionals capable of developing with a cross-functional vision of the business, with the ability to organize, plan, and successfully manage supply chain projects in both B2B and B2C companies.
Realization of a research project or on a practical case in a real company.
For more details see the "TFM Elaboration Guide".
Face-to-face modality and Online Guided
The methodology used is based on Project Based Learning (PBL), so that the subject is organized into:
- Work sessions supervised by the teachers, who act as mentors of the work to be done, providing suggestions and guidelines. It will be the responsibility of the students to investigate and deepen the best practices for the development of a project.
- Presentation and final defense before a court, which will evaluate the subject.
Face-to-face modality and Online Guided
The TFM will be evaluated by a tribunal composed of a president and two members.
The evaluation of the subject will be based on the individual performance of the student and the defense of the work before a court, according to the following distribution:
- Work of the subject (50%)
- Court filing (50%)
The grade is out of 10 and is passed with a grade equal to or greater than 5.
To defend the TFM, students must have passed all the subjects of the master's degree.
Face-to-face modality and Online Guided
- Depth of supply chain analysis
- Adaptation of the improvement proposals to the reality of the company
- Economic valuation of the proposals
- Professionalism of the presentation (convincing argumentation, persuasiveness,... )
- Graphical presentation (structure, easy to follow, supports arguments)
- Instructions for official registration in e-Secretary
- TFM preparation guide
- TFM regulations
- Cover template
- Evaluation criteria
- Confidentiality agreement with the company
- La Salle’s waiver of intellectual property rights