Purchasing Management (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

The course proceeds as follows: pre-assignment 1, on-line day, learning assignment 1, on-line meetings 2 x 3 h, learning assignment 2, pre-assignment 2, on-line day.

Objective

Organizations focus on their core competences, purchasing's share of turnover increases, suppliers make an increasingly large part of the products and services offered by the organization. Suppliers play a significant role in ensuring sustainable business operations. The role of procurement in ensuring the success of the organization is emphasized.

In this course procurement management competence, entrepreneurship, innovation and work community competences, as well as internationality and communication competences are promoted and assessed.

In this course, you will familiarize yourself with the opportunities and challenges of procurement management as part of the organization's and network's business operations. You will learn to plan, analyze and develop acquisitions as part of the organization's strategic management in the manner required by sustainable development. You will learn how to develop cooperative relationships between different actors. You will develop your capabilities to renew business models and develop the network's competitiveness.

Content

The main themes in the course are the role of purchasing in business, analysis and development of purchasing in accordance with the organization's strategy, management and development of supplier relations, development of cooperation and joint development, as well as sustainable development and digitalization in purchasing.

Materials

Andersen, P. H. & Gadde, L. Organizational interfaces and innovation: The challenge of integrating supplier knowledge in LEGO Systems. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 25(1)

Bag, S., Dhamija, P., Luthra, S. & Huisingh, D. (2021). How big data analytics can help manufacturing companies strengthen supply chain resilience in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The international journal of logistics management, ahead-of-print.

Biggemann, S. & Buttle, F. (2012). Intrinsic value of business-to-business relationships: An empirical taxonomy. Journal of business research, 65(8), 1132-1138.

Cole, R. & Aitken, J. (2020). The role of intermediaries in establishing a sustainable supply chain. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 26(2), .

Forkmann, S., Henneberg, S. C., Naudé, P. & Mitrega, M. (2016). Supplier relationship management capability: A qualification and extension. Industrial marketing management, 57, 185-200.

Ghadge, A., Kidd, E., Bhattacharjee, A. & Tiwari, M. K. (2019). Sustainable procurement performance of large enterprises across supply chain tiers and geographic regions. International journal of production research, 57(3), 764-778.

Glas, A. H., Meyer, M. M. & Eßig, M. (2021). Covid-19 attacks the body of purchasing and supply management: A medical check of the immune system. Journal of purchasing and supply management, 27(4), 100716.

Graham, G., Burns, L., & Hennelly, P. (2019). Digital transformation in the automotive supply chain. 3rd Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium. University of Cambridge, 26 – 27 September 2019.

loranta, K & Pajunen-Muhonen, H. Hankintojen Johtaminen: Ostamisesta Toimittajamarkkinoiden Hallintaan. Viides, tarkistettu laitos. Helsinki: Tietosanoma, 2018.

Kosmol, T., Reimann, F. & Kaufmann, L. (2019). You'll never walk alone: Why we need a supply chain practice view on digital procurement. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 25(4).

Lacoste, S. (2016). Sustainable value co-creation in business networks. Industrial Marketing Management, 52, pp. 151-162.

Lingegård, S., Olsson, J. A., Kadefors, A. & Uppenberg, S. (2021). Sustainable Public Procurement in Large Infrastructure Projects—Policy Implementation for Carbon Emission Reductions. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 13(20), 11182.

Lorentz, H., Aminoff, A., Kaipia, R. & Srai, J. S. (2021). Structuring the phenomenon of procurement digitalisation: Contexts, interventions and mechanisms. International journal of operations & production management, 41(2), 157-192.

Lorentz, H., Laari, S., Engblom, J. & Tanskanen, K. (2019). Attention-based view on achieving ambidexterity in purchasing and supply management. Journal of purchasing and supply management, 25(5), 100560.

Morales-Contreras, M., Bilbao-Calabuig, P., Meneses-Falcón, C. & Labajo-González, V. (2019). Evaluating Sustainable Purchasing Processes in the Hotel Industry. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 11(16), 4262.

Nieminen, S. (2016). Hyvä hankinta - parempi bisnes. Sanna Nieminen. Helsinki: Talentum Pro.

Pellegrino, R., Costantino, N. & Tauro, D. (2020). The role of risk management in buyer-supplier relationships with a preferred customer status for total quality management. TQM journal, 32(5), 959-981.

Picaud-Bello, K., Johnsen, T., Calvi, R. & Giannakis, M. (2019). Exploring early purchasing involvement in discontinuous innovation: A dynamic capability perspective. Journal of purchasing and supply management, 25(4), 100555.

Pihlajamaa, M., Kaipia, R., Säilä, J. & Tanskanen, K. (2017). Can supplier innovations substitute for internal R&D? A multiple case study from an absorptive capacity perspective. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 23(4), pp. 242-255.

Sarkis, J., Kouhizadeh, M. & Zhu, Q. S. (2021). Digitalization and the greening of supply chains. Industrial management + data systems, 121(1), 65-85.

Sarkis, J., Santibanez Gonzalez, E. D. & Koh, S. L. (2019). Effective multi-tier supply chain management for sustainability. International Journal of Production Economics, 217, pp. 1-10.

Seyedghorban, Z., Samson, D. & Tahernejad, H. (2020). Digitalization opportunities for the procurement function: Pathways to maturity. International journal of operations & production management, 40(11), 1685-1693.

Tanskanen, K. (2021). Ulkoisten resurssien johtaminen. Tietosanoma.

Veile, J. W., Schmidt, M., Müller, J. M. & Voigt, K. (2021). Relationship follows technology! How Industry 4.0 reshapes future buyer-supplier relationships. Journal of manufacturing technology management, 32(6), 1245-1266.

von Haartman, R. & Bengtsson, L. (2015). The impact of global purchasing and supplier integration on product innovation. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 35(9), pp. 1295-1311.

Weele, A. J. v. (2010 or later). Purchasing & supply chain management: Analysis, strategy, planning and practice (5th ed.). London: Cengage Learning.

Wilden, R., Gudergan, S., Akaka, M., Averdung, A. & Teichert, T. (2019). The role of cocreation and dynamic capabilities in service provision and performance: A configurational study. Industrial marketing management, 78, 43-57.

Wu, H., Su, J. & Hodges, N. (2021). Investigating the Role of Open Costing in the Buyer-Supplier Relationship: Implications for Global Apparel Supply Chain Management. Clothing and textiles research journal, 887302.

Zimon, G., Babenko, V., Sadowska, B., Chudy-Laskowska, K. & Gosik, B. (2021). Inventory Management in SMEs Operating in Polish Group Purchasing Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Risks (Basel), 9(4), 63.

Teaching methods

Teaching and learning methods used are lectures, discussions and working together as well as learning assignments. The reflection and feedback are used to support the learning.

Employer connections

Visiting lectures in on-line days.

Exam schedules

No exam.

Student workload

Two on-line days 12 h
Two half day on-line lectures 6 h
Pre-assignments for the on-line days 20 h
Two learning assignments 60 h
Other independent study 37 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You recognize the opportunities and challenges of purchasing management as part of the organization's and network's business. You know how to plan, analyze and develop acquisitions as part of the organization's strategic management in the manner required by sustainable development. You know how to develop cooperative relationships between different operators. Your own capabilities to renew business models and develop the network's competitiveness.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree

Further information

In this course the purchasing management skills, entrepreneurial, innovation and work community skills, and international and communication skills are assessed. The tools for evaluating the learning process are the learning assignment with an emphasis on informational competence, the learning assignment with an emphasis on applied competence, and the reflection.

Competence assessment is based on criteria and the assessment is done by the responsible teacher when all learning assignments have been completed. The evaluation decision is made on a scale of: accepted/failed. The assessment material consists of the pre-assignments and learning assignments of the course.