Purchasing management (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

EUR-ACE Engineering practice: Student understands the role of purchasing as part of the company's strategic management.

EUR-ACE Engineering Analysis: Student can develop purchasing holistically as part of strategic management.

EUR-ACE Transferable Skills: Student sees the potential and the risks of purchasing in relation to strategic business objectives.

Content

The main content will include
- strategic management
- purchasing management
- category management
- organizing purchasing
- contract management

Materials

Arjan J. van Weele. 2018. Purchasing and supply chain management. Cengage Learning EMEA.

Teaching methods

Course is implemented virtually as distant learning, including lectures, self study (literature and assignments), group work (during the lectures) and practical projects (assignments).

More specific implementation presented during the first lectures.

Employer connections

The course has a visiting lecturer.

Exam schedules

The course will have two exams and two re-sits for both of them

Completion alternatives

Accreditation procedures are described in the Degree Regulations and Study Guide. Further information about possible course-specific arrangements is available from Course tutor.

Student workload

Planned workload per (1) course credit is 27 hours
E.g. 5 course credits is 135h.

Lectures app.35-40h
Assignments app.40h
Self study app.50h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient (1): Student has gained knowledge of course objectives but faces challenges to utilize them in practice.

Satisfactory (2): Student has gained knowledge of course objectives and can utilize them partly in practice.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): Student has gained understanding of course objectives and can utilize them in practice.

Very good (4): Student has attained very good level of course objectives and can apply them into practice.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): Student has attained an excellent level of course objectives and can apply them into practice in innovative manner.

Qualifications

Basics of purchasing. The students are able to find information independently and to prepare reports. They have the basic knowledge of logistics processes.

Further information

Course assessment is based on the assessment criteria from Learning objectives. Every assignment, exam and lecture participation is assessed with points and the course grade will be formed from the total score.