Procurement and Logistics Management

The course provides students with basic concepts and issues in purchasing management. To support the purchasing role in identifying high-value sources of goods and services, strengthen relationships with supply chain partners, and ensure timely delivery, it is important to understand basic purchasing concepts and terminology. The course also provides students with the principles of purchasing and supply chain management used in organizations. It describes the various techniques that are useful in an organization.

Course objectives

• To equip students with knowledge and skills in purchasing and store management
• To equip students with knowledge of sourcing potential suppliers

Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:

• Apply the principles of purchasing and stores management in organization.
• Analyze the functioning of the purchasing department to other functional areas in the organization
• Explain the meaning of the principles of purchasing.
• Identify the theories of purchasing that are implicit in their current approach to organizations.
• Source potential suppliers, receive orders, evaluate and award contracts.