Supply Management

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Undertake critical analysis of supply management situations;
• Differentiate strategic and operational purchasing decisions and the factors to be managed in both situations;
• Recognise and use appropriate contract law in supply chain designs.
• Design supply chain processes to meet performance criteria in a particular supply chain;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Manage individual tasks, personal resources and time effectively;
• Think critically and argue effectively;
• Engage in problem solving techniques.
• Write effectively for business purposes;

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• Linking principles and processes to strategy formulation;
• The issues involved in 'do or buy' and strategic sourcing;
• Established methods and approaches associated with purchasing;
• The nature of cooperation and competition.
• The basis of contract law;
• Principles of negotiation;
• The role of innovation in supply relationships;
• The link between technological and regulatory factors in strategic decisions;

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
• 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

Teaching methods include

• Lectures from internal and external specialists and practitioners
• Staff led discussion seminars
• Case studies/problem solving activities

Learning activities include

• Group interactions
• Library based research
• Independent reading from a recommended bibliography
• Private study

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

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

Cousins, P., Lamming, R. and Lawson, B. (2008). Strategic Supply Management. Pearson.

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

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

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

Van Weele A. J. (2014). Supply Chains and Total Product Systems. London: Cengage Learning.

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

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

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

Hughes, J., Ralf, M., and Michels, B. (2013). Supply Chain Strategies: Demand-Driven and Customer-Focused. Oxford: Elsevier 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