Undergraduate course

Purchasing Logistics with a Global Perspective

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10 ECTS credits

The aim of this course is to give advanced knowledge of logistics in purchasing and supply chain management with a global perspective. The focus is on the purchasing functions importance for the company result. The course includes the following elements:

• 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

• 60 credits first cycle courses in industrial engineering, business administration, computer information systems or equivalent
• Fluency in English equivalent to at least 575 (paper based test) or 90 (internet based test) TOEFL score (or equivalent)