Purchasing and Supply Management

Learning Outcomes

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 effects of the Make or Buy option.
• the principles and practices of purchasing and supply management;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Purchasing Principles and Processes in Context

• Overview of supply strategy;
• Theories of Inter-organisational Management;
• Links between policy, strategy and operation.

Role and position of Purchasing

• Organisational position, structure and resources for Strategic Purchasing and Supply;
• Intra-organisational relationships;
• Role of technology and e-commerce;
• Organisational structure for global operation.

Processes

• Contract law;
• Negotiation principles and practice;
• Purchasing as a cluster of interdependent processes;
• What processes are ‘done or bought’;
• Sourcing options including introduction to out-sourcing strategies/agents;
• Linking processes to strategy and the global context.

Supply Relationships, Chains and Networks

• Established interpretations of levels of supply management;
• Portfolios of relationships and their management.

Power and collaboration

• Role and position of power;
• Approaches which recognise power dimensions and strategies.

Performance Assessment Approaches

• The basics of performance measurement, in this context;
• Supplier assessment techniques;
• Relationship assessment and evaluation;
• Supply development strategies;
• Linking development to supplier relationship management.

Teaching and learning methods

Learning activities include:

• Lectures, a part of which are to be delivered by external consultants and other experts to bring practice into balance with theory
• Use of on-line materials
• An individual assignment reflecting on the lessons learned
• In-class case study/problem solving activities
• Private study

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Macbeth, D. K. (2012). Contract Lifecycle Management. http://bookboon.com/en/business-ebooks/management-ebooks/contract-lifecycle-management.

Gadde, L-E., Hakansson, H and Persson, G. (2010). Supply Network Strategies. Chichester: Wiley.

Monczka, R, Trent, R & Handfield, R (2005). Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. Thomson, South-Western.

Hughes J, Ralf M and Michels B (1998). Transform Your Supply Chain. London: Thomson Business Press.

Cox, A., Sanderson, J. and Watson, G. (2000). Power Regimes. Earlsgate Press.

Griffiths M and Griffiths (2002). Law for Purchasing and Supply. Harlow: FT Pearson.

Cousins, P D., Lamming R C, Lawson B, Squire, B. (2008). Strategic Supply Management: Theories, Concepts and Practice. Pearson Education.

Rhodes, E., Warren, J. P. & Carter, R. (Eds) (2006). Supply Chains and Total Product Systems. Oxford: Blackwell.

Van Weele A J (2014). Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. London: Cengage Learning.

Ford, D., Gadde, L-E., Hakansson, H and Snehota, I. (2011). Managing Business Relationships. Chichester: Wiley.

Hines T (2013). Supply Chain Strategies: Demand-Driven and Customer-Focused. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Formative

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

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External