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:

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

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• the principles and practices of purchasing and supply management;
• the underlying principles in organisation structure, law and negotiation and their application to strategy and operations;
• 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

Teaching and learning methods

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

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

Journal of Supply Chain Management.

Journal of Business Logistics.

Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management.

Journal of Operations Management.

Textbooks

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

Robert Crocker, et al., (2018). Unmaking Waste in Production and Consumption: Towards the Circular Economy. Emerald Publishing.

Sollish, Fred, et al (2011). An Overview of Global Strategic Sourcing. John Wiley & Sons.

Van Weele A J (2018). Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. London: Cengage Learning.

Moore, Nancy Y. (2014). Small Business and Strategic Sourcing: Lessons from Past Research and Current Data. The RAND Corporation.

Jespersen, Birgit Damm, and Tage Skjott-Larsen (2005). Supply Chain Management: - in Theory and Practice. Copenhagen Business School Press.

Trent, Robert J., and Llewellyn Roberts (2009). Managing Global Supply and Risk: Best Practices, Concepts, and Strategies. J. Ross Publishing.

Johnsen, Thomas E., et al. (2018). Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective. Taylor & Francis.

Jacoby, David (2017). The High Cost of Low Prices: A Roadmap to Sustainable Prosperity. Business Expert Press.

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