Curricula

Objectives

The purpose of the Course:
Purchasing is a major part of todays business. No company can survive and be successful without its supplier network. In this course you will recognize the possibilities and challenges of purchasing and develop them as part of successful business. You will grow your know-how as systematic and professional purchasing and business developer!

Course competences:
Procurement skills, Engineering practice

Learning outcomes:
In this course you will learn how to analyze and develop purchasing as part of business development. You will recognize and try different analyzing methods to define current state of purchasing. You will also learn how to make decisions on what and how to develop purchasing based on the current state analysis. You will also get understanding of measuring purchasing, its meaning and key metrics. You will consider and understand the possibilities of digitalization, analytics and different systems in purchasing development.
In this course you will learn to recognize development possibilities of purchasing widely both in operative and strategic level.

Content

Course contents are:
Systematic development of purchasing as part of business development
Analyzing methods in purchasing (spend analysis, ABC-analysis, value analysis and tail management)
Developing purchasing process
Measuring purchasing
Digitalization, analytics and systems in purchasing

Learning materials and recommended literature

Course book: van Weele, Arjan. 2010. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. 5th ed. Cengage Learning.

Academic articles, studies and teaching videos are also utilized. Material is shared in the learning environment used in the course.

Teaching methods

This course includes face-to-face lessons (Lectures, exercises, group works and/or learning assignments).

We will use Moodle e-learning environment.

Practical training and working life connections

If possible visiting lectures from working-life.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

The possible date and method of the exam will be announced in the course opening information.

Student has two resit possibilities.

Alternative completion methods

The admission procedures are described in the degree rule and the study guide. The teacher of the course will give you more information on possible specific course practices.

Student workload

Lectures ~35 h
Assignments 60 h
Independent study 40 h

Total 135 h

Further information for students

Assignments and exam

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Adequate 1: Student recognizes the course topics, understands their meaning and demonstrates competences as per learning outcomes of the course.

Satisfactory 2: Student recognizes the course topics, understands their meaning and demonstrates competences as per learning outcomes of the course. Additionally student is able to apply learnings in purchasing development.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good 3: Student recognizes the course topics, understands their meaning and demonstrates competences as per learning outcomes of the course. Additionally student is able to apply learnings in purchasing development in a systematic way.

Very Good 4: Student recognizes the course topics, understands their meaning and demonstrates competences as per learning outcomes of the course. Additionally student is able to apply learnings in purchasing development in a systematic way and is able to argue the decisions from operative and/or strategic perspective.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5: Student recognizes the course topics, understands their meaning and demonstrates competences as per learning outcomes of the course. Additionally student is able to apply learnings in purchasing development in a systematic and innovative way and is able to argue the decisions from operative and/or strategic perspective.

Evaluation criteria, pass/failed

Student recognizes the course topics, understands their meaning and demonstrates competences as per learning outcomes of the course.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of purchasing and its role and meaning in business.