Strategic Purchasing and Supply Management

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• evaluate the cost benefit of cooperation and competition in business transactions;
• undertake critical analysis of supply management situations;
• differentiate strategic and operational purchasing decisions and the factors to be managed in both situations.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• structure and solve problems;
• analyse the appropriateness of decision making methods;
• utilise oral and written communication.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the underlying principles in organisation structure, law and negotiation and their application to strategy and operations;
• the principles and practices of purchasing and supply management;
• the effects of the Make or Buy option.

• Strategic Purchasing and Purchasing Outline
• Strategic Purchasing and Purchasing Context
• Strategic Purchasing and Purchasing Academic Skills
• Environment
• Strategy
• Value Chain
• Global Sourcing Strategy
• Purchasing & Supply Chain Project Management
• Supplier Development
• Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Supplier Evaluation and Selection
• Supplier Management

• Lectures
• Use of on-line materials
• An individual assignment
• Case study / problem solving activities
• Private study
• Guest Lectures

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Class discussions

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Through discussions and interactions in class.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.