
OVERVIEW
About This Programme
The Higher Diploma in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management is designed to equip professionals with the advanced knowledge and strategic skills needed to excel in management roles across diverse industries. Whether you’re looking to elevate your career or deepen your expertise in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM), this program prepares you to lead with confidence in today’s global marketplace.
One important feature of this programme is that it has been designed for students whose first language is Chinese, or who have proof of proficiency in the language.
Bilingual programme
24 month | fulltime
fast track degree
Practical and theoretic modules
Guided career sessions
MODULES
Designed to explore beyond subject knowledge
By the end of the programme, graduates will be able to demonstrate the Logistics and Supply Chain Management related knowledge, which will be further developed and integrated into broader business knowledge, skills and professional values and ethics.
Principles of Management
Management is defined as the function that coordinates the efforts of people to accomplish goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively in business and organization. Management comprises planning, controlling, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling an organization or initiative to accomplish a goal. It is a core module to all Business Management/Studies.
Theories of International Trade & Practice
The emergence of Globalization has a huge impact on International Trade and Practice. The development of International Business Theories also proved that International Trade does contribute to reducing the cost of products and services that benefited the world through trading among different countries. Incoterms is also taught in this module.
Business Accounting
Accounting is the measurement, processing and communication of financial information about economic entities. Accounting has been called the “language of business”, measures the results of an organization’s economic activities and conveys this information to a variety of users including investors, creditors, management, and regulators. Practitioners of accounting are known as accountants.
Business Economics
Economics is the social science that studies the behaviour of individuals, households, and organizations (called economic actors, players, or agents), when they manage or use scarce resources, which have alternative uses, to achieve desired ends. Agents are assumed to act rationally, have multiple desirable ends in sight, limited resources to obtain these ends, a set of stable preferences, a definite overall guiding objective, and the capability of making a choice.
Human Resource Management
Human resources management is a function in organizations designed to maximize employee performance in service of their employer’s strategic objectives. HR is primarily concerned with how people are managed within organizations, focusing on policies and systems.
Customer Service Excellence
Customer service is the provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase. It is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction – that is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation. The importance of customer service may vary by product or service, industry and customer. Customer service plays an important role in an organization’s ability to generate income and revenue. A customer service experience can change the entire perception a customer has of the organisation.
Financial Management
Financial Management refers as the efficient and effective management of money (funds) in such a manner as to accomplish the objectives of the organization. It is the specialized function directly associated with the top management. The significance of this function includes how to raise the capital, how to allocate it i.e. capital budgeting. Not only about long term budgeting but also how to allocate the short term resources like current assets. It also deals with the dividend policies of the shareholders.
Marketing Management
Marketing management is focuses on the practical application of marketing techniques and the management of a firm’s marketing resources and activities. Globalization has led firms to market beyond the borders of their home countries, making international marketing highly significant and an integral part of a firm’s marketing strategy.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
To understand Logistics and Supply Chain Management from their theoretical basis, on their definitions, operation pattern, their importance in business development, their business economic value creations, enhance business competitiveness through Supply Chain Management, the effect on global economic development by the Logistics Management, and the future development trends on Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Demand Management and Customer Service
The essence of Demand Management is to further the ability of the firm throughout the supply chain, from manufacturing to the customers, to collaborate on activities related to the flow of products, services, information and capital. The desired end result should be to create greater value for the end users or consumers. Customer service realize the meaning of customer service, and understand its importance to logistics and supply chain management, elements of customer service, performance measures for customer service and implementing customer service standards, expected cost of stock-outs.
Transportation Management
The transportation system provides facilities (or infrastructure) and services (or carriers) which make possible the production, distribution and consumption of goods as well as the movement of people from place to place for them to engage in various socio-economic activities. Transportation management deals with the supervision and control of a given transportation operational activity to ensure that every task and function is performed in accordance with standards to achieve the goals of the activity.
Warehouse Management and Materials Handling System
The aim of this subject is to provide students a firm grasps of whole range of warehousing fundamentals – from the role of warehousing in the total logistics and supply chain process, the planning process and considerations to the efficient warehousing operations and management of a warehouse. Students will be taught the various storage and material handling systems, from manual methods to mechanized and computerized systems, used in managing the warehouse.
Inventory Management
This subject will introduce to the students, what is inventory, their objective and functions, what are the inventory costs? Analysis and main important tools of inventory control: ABC analysis, EOQ, independent demand ordering system, MRP and JIT and Physical inventory and warehouse management.
Quality Management
Quality Management is comprised of three components: Quality control, Quality assurance and Quality improvement. Quality Management is focused not only on product quality, but also the means to achieve it. Quality Management uses quality assurance and control of processes as well as products to achieve more consistent quality.
Decision Support System
This subject introduces the Decision Support Systems, their object and functions, corporate decision, DSS and Supply Chain Management, DSS and Logistics Management Database, Online Analytical Processing etc.
Production and Operations Management
Operations Management is the core of the core functions of an organization whether it is of manufacturing or service sector. Operations Management has been regarded as ‘Competitive Advantage’ strategy when a company triumphs over its competitors.
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Programme Aims
The aim of the Higher Diploma in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management is to provide students an in-depth understanding, the theories of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management subjects relevant to various industries in the commercial/business context. The course focuses on developing the business and operational knowledge to equip the students the basic operational skills and competence in the sense focus on Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management business world.
The Higher Diploma in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management aims to provide students with:
- The ability to present, evaluate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data
- The ability to develop lines of argument and make sound judgements in accordance with basic theories and concepts of their subject area, and the ability to communicate these accurately to a range of peers
- The ability to apply underlying concepts and principles of business and management in an employment context
- Knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in the academic study of business and management
- An understanding of the limits of their knowledge, and how this influences analyses and interpretations based on that knowledge
- A range of personal and professional skills that can be used in a wide range of situations and contexts
- Support and guidance to develop as independent learners and acquire a range of transferable skills
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this programme, students are expected to develop a range of specific and generic skills, covering the following fields:
- Management and Leadership
- Accounting
- HRM
- Marketing
- Economics
- Strategy
- Entrepreneurship
- Warehousing and Inventory Management
- Materials Handling and Transportation
- Global Logistics
- Supply Chain Management
Skills you will acquire

programme structure
Assessment, Graduation and Award
Students must take and successfully complete all sixteen modules to be awarded the LSBF Higher Diploma in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Mandarin). Students must complete all modules, students who fail to do so will be given a statement of results.
Students must achieve an overall passing grade of 40%. If students fail to achieve an overall passing grade, they will be permitted to retake based on the directions given by the examination board.
Attendance Requirement
International Students: 90%
Local, PR, non-student pass: 75%
teacher student ratio
1 Teacher: 60 Students
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
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Study Materials
Students will receive study materials after they have made full payment for their programme. Replacement of study materials is subject to additional charge.
Student Portal
Students have access to the Student Portal. It is a useful site where the course information and learning materials are available for students’ easy reference.
Accessible Faculty
Students may contact their lecturers directly via email outside the lecture hours for any academic related queries.
Recorded Lectures
We will show compassion and care to all stakeholders as we believe the journey is as important as the outcome.
ELIGIBILITY
Who can apply
Local students shall possess one of the following
- At least two passes in GCE ‘A’ Level
- International Baccalaureate (24 points)
- Local Polytechnic Diploma in any field
International students shall possess one of the following
- Completion of year 12 Higher School Qualification or equivalent qualification from respective home countries
- Completed International Baccalaureate (24 points)
- Equivalent Local Polytechnic Diploma in any field in respective home countries
Minimum Language Entry Requirement
- Students must achieve a Pass in Mandarin Language in Year 11 Higher School qualification or equivalent
Minimum Age Entry Requirement
- 18 years and above
TUTION FEES
(Prices inclusive of GST)
SGD $12,312.96
(local students)
SGD $15,340.74
(local students)