Value Network Management
Connect companies. Transform systems. Create sustainable value.
Think beyond company boundaries. Shape the way businesses create value together.
Key facts
Value is increasingly created not just within individual companies, but through the interaction of suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers, technology partners and customers. Understanding these connections—and knowing how to improve them—is at the heart of Value Network Management.
The Master’s programme Value Network Management at TH Wildau brings together engineering, production, logistics , digital technologies and management. You learn to understand how products, processes, information systems and organisations interact, and how to turn this understanding into effective strategies for the digital transformation of global production and logistics networks.
Our focus goes beyond introducing new technologies. You develop the skills to connect systems, manage change, lead interdisciplinary teams and make responsible decisions about artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and sustainability.
Are you ready to move from optimising individual processes to shaping entire value networks?
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Degree |
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) |
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Language of instruction |
English |
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Modes of study |
full-time or part-time |
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Standard duration |
3 or 4 semesters |
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Programme start 3 semester route |
summer and winter semester |
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Programme start 4 semester route |
winter semester |
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Academic background |
Designed as a consecutive Master’s programme for graduates in Logistics, Mechanical Engineering, and Industrial Engineering and Management |
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Programme focus |
Digital transformation, global value networks, integrated production and logistics systems, sustainable project management, responsible AI and cybersecurity |
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Fees |
no tuition fees (the university only charges semester fees each semester) |
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Application deadlines |
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Study objectives
From understanding connections to managing transformation
How can suppliers, production sites and logistics partners work together more effectively? How can information flow reliably from product development to order fulfilment? Where does artificial intelligence create meaningful benefits—and what is needed to use it responsibly?
These are the kinds of questions that guide your studies.
You learn to consider technical, organisational and managerial challenges together rather than in isolation. The aim is to develop solutions that work across departmental and company boundaries: solutions that connect people and technologies, support sustainable operations and translate digital opportunities into improvements.
Your perspective: the entire network. Your contribution: making its connections work.
Course contents
- Digital transformation of global value networks
Develop the management skills to analyse, design and improve interconnected production and logistics systems. You learn to identify dependencies between network partners, assess opportunities for digitalisation and align transformation initiatives with business objectives.
The focus is on managing value creation across organisations—not simply improving performance within a single company.
- Connected systems: from product development to order fulfilment
Understand how processes and information systems interact throughout the product development and order fulfilment lifecycle.
You explore how decisions in development, planning, procurement, production and logistics affect one another. This integrated perspective enables you to identify weaknesses at interfaces, formulate requirements and support the consistent flow of information across systems and organisations.
- Project management for sustainable digitalisation
Build confidence in selecting and applying modern project management methods to complex transformation tasks.
You learn to structure projects, coordinate stakeholders, assess risks and guide implementation. Throughout this process, you consider sustainability alongside technical feasibility and economic performance—helping you develop digital solutions with lasting value.
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Leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration
Prepare to take responsibility in environments where engineering, logistics, IT and management meet.
You strengthen your ability to work independently, contribute effectively to teams and lead collaborative initiatives. You learn to communicate across professional boundaries, evaluate different perspectives and make well-founded decisions in international business settings.
- Safe and ethically responsible artificial intelligence
Develop the ability to assess and support the responsible use of AI in internationally operating manufacturing companies and their value networks.
You consider not only potential applications and benefits, but also the conditions for trustworthy implementation: suitable data, transparent decisions, human oversight, safety and ethical responsibility.
The goal is not to use AI everywhere, but to use it where it creates value responsibly.
Study Structure and DurationOpen areaClose area
Value Network Management offers two study routes leading to the Master of Engineering degree.
Three-semester route
The three-semester programme starts in both the summer semester and the winter semester.
It provides a consecutive Master’s pathway for graduates seeking to deepen their expertise in the management and digital transformation of value networks.
Four-semester route
The four-semester programme starts in the winter semester.
It leads to the same degree and shares the programme’s central qualification objectives: understanding connected systems, managing transformation and taking responsibility in international production and logistics environments.
The detailed curriculum and programme-specific entry requirements provide the basis for determining the appropriate route.
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- Product development strategies
- Methods for product development and construction
- Product lifecycle from the development until the “end of life”
- Product change management and release strategies
- Configuration management
- History of Product Data Management systems
- Use of PLM-Systems
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Value Network Management prepares you for specialist, project and leadership roles at the interface of engineering, logistics, IT and business.
Your skills are relevant wherever organisations need to coordinate partners, integrate systems, improve processes and manage digital transformation.
Management and operations
Help companies align their operational activities with the needs of the wider value network.
Potential roles include Logistics Manager, Operations Manager, Network Manager, and Project Manager in Value Network Optimisation. Depending on the role, you may coordinate cross-company processes, manage improvement initiatives or guide the implementation of connected production and logistics solutions.
Engineering, planning and business development
Turn technical and organisational requirements into practical concepts for future operations.
As a Process Engineer or Business Development Manager, you may contribute to the design of processes, the development of collaborative business opportunities or the planning of digitally integrated production and logistics systems. Potential employers include manufacturing companies and engineering and planning consultancies.
Consulting and digital solutions
Support organisations in analysing complex challenges and translating them into coherent process and system solutions.
Potential roles include Process Manager, Supply Chain and Network Management Consultant, and Solution Architect. These roles can involve defining requirements, improving interfaces between organisations and systems, and supporting the implementation of transformation programmes.
Your career direction: connecting technical expertise with the ability to make change happen.
Admission requirements and applicationOpen areaClose area
General admission requirements
The programme is designed as a consecutive Master’s pathway for graduates in Logistics, Mechanical Engineering, and Industrial Engineering and Management.
Before applying, please check the programme-specific admission requirements, including academic prerequisites, English-language requirements and eligibility for the three- or four-semester route.
