DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE OTHM LEVEL 7 DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATION IS TO BROADEN LEARNERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO PREPARE FOR A FIRST PROFESSIONAL ROLE AND FUTURE CAREER IN THE FIELD. IT IS ALSO SUITABLE FOR LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONALS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR CAREER LOOKING TO ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL PROFESSIONALLY.

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS QUALIFICATION WILL EQUIP LEARNERS WITH THE SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO FURTHER THEIR CAREER AS A LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONAL AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMBARK ON FURTHER STUDY TOWARDS A RELEVANT MASTER’S PROGRAMME WITH ADVANCED STANDING.

COURSE SPECIFICATION

EQUIVALENCES

OTHM LEVEL 7 DIPLOMAS ON THE REGULATED QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (RQF) ARE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS MASTER’S DEGREES. HOWEVER, THEY ARE SHORTER (120 CREDITS) AND LEARNERS WILL HAVE TOPROCEED TO THE DISSERTATION STAGE (60 CREDITS) WITH UNIVERSITY TO ACHIEVE A FULL MASTERS PROGRAM. QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE OTHM LEVEL 7 DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY

CHAIN MANAGEMENT CONSISTS OF 6 MANDATORY UNITS

FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF 120 CREDITS, 1200 HOURS

TOTAL QUALIFICATION TIME (TQT) AND 600 GUIDED

LEARNING HOURS (GLH) FOR THE COMPLETED

QUALIFICATION.

MANDATORY UNITS

• LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (20 CREDITS)
• SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING, MODELLING AND
• ANALYTICS (20 CREDITS)
• PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT (20
• CREDITS)
• SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS STRATEGY (20
• CREDITS)

DURATION AND DELIVERY

THE QUALIFICATION IS DESIGNED TO BE DELIVERED OVER

ONE ACADEMIC YEAR FOR FULL-TIME STUDY, BUT IT IS

ALSO FLEXIBLE IN ITS DELIVERY IN ORDER TO

ACCOMMODATE PART-TIME AND DISTANCE LEARNING.

THE QUALIFICATION IS DELIVERED FACE-TO-FACE,

THROUGH LECTURES, TUTORIALS, SEMINARS, DISTANCE,

ONLINE BY APPROVED CENTERS ONLY.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

FOR ENTRY ONTO THE OTHM LEVEL 7 DIPLOMA IN

LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

QUALIFICATION, LEARNERS MUST POSSESS:

 AN HONORS DEGREE IN RELATED SUBJECT OR UK

LEVEL 6 DIPLOMA OR AN EQUIVALENT OVERSEAS

QUALIFICATION

 MATURE LEARNERS WITH MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

(LEARNERS MUST CHECK WITH THE DELIVERY CENTER)

 LEARNERS MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD OR OLDER AT THE

BEGINNING OF THE COURSE

ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS: IF A LEARNER IS NOT FROM A

MAJORITY ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY MUST PROVIDE

EVIDENCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPETENCY.

• SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (20
• CREDITS)
• BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS (20 CREDITS)

PROGRESSION

ACHIEVING THE OTHM LEVEL 7 DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS

AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATION

ENABLES LEARNERS TO PROGRESS INTO OR WITHIN

EMPLOYMENT AND/OR CONTINUE THEIR FURTHER STUDY.

AS THIS QUALIFICATION IS APPROVED AND REGULATED BY

OFQUAL, LEARNERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PROGRESS TO

MASTER’S TOP-UP PROGRAMMES AT MANY UNIVERSITIES

IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS WITH ADVANCED STANDING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT IGF.EDUCATION.

ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION

ALL UNITS WITHIN THIS QUALIFICATION ARE INTERNALLY

ASSESSED BY THE CENTER AND EXTERNALLY VERIFIED BY

OTHM. THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE CRITERION

REFERENCED, BASED ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL THE

SPECIFIED LEARNING OUTCOMES.

TO ACHIEVE A ‘PASS’ FOR A UNIT, LEARNERS MUST

PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE

FULFILLED ALL THE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND MEET THE

STANDARDS SPECIFIED BY ALL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA.

JUDGEMENT THAT THE LEARNERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY

FULFILLED THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA IS MADE BY THE

ASSESSOR.