Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 9 Credits

The aim of this course is to give advanced knowledge of logistics from a purchasing and supply chain management perspective. The focus is on the purchasing functions importance for the company result.

Course Contents

- Purchasing and strategic sourcing
- Supply chain management, Globalization and Incoterms
- Initiate supplier relations: define needs, specify and document
- Assess supplier portfolio, select suppliers
- Prepare negotiations with regard to TCO and cost break-down
- Legal aspects, contracts, delivery and payment terms and contract management
- Supplier relations, Systems for managing supplier relationships (SRM)
- Sustainability and Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Purchase orders, performance measurements (KPIs), and supplier evaluation
- Supplier development process
- Terminate supplier relations

Prerequisites

General entry requirements and completed courses worth 60 credits in first cycle.

Level of Education: Undergraduate
Course code/Ladok code: TIFN19
The course is conducted at: School of Engineering Last modified 2019-11-18 13:30:21