| TETS48 | Purchasing, 4,5 ECTS credits. /Inköp/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 36 |
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Area of Education: Technology Subject area: Industrial Economics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): D
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| Aim: The value of purchased material, components and services often exceeds 50% of an industrial company´s turnaround. This, together with high demands on cost efficiency in the material flow, decreasing product life cycles and an increasing internationalisation leads to higher demands on competence within the purchasing function. After completed course, the students will have good enough knowledge about purchasing in an industrial company and to be able to understand the role and importance of the purchasing function for a firm. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) TDEI05 Industrial Economy or TEIE09/TEIE13 Financial Control Systems. TETS07/TETS13 Basic Logistics is recommended. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: Mainly lectures, with lectures both from the academia and from the industry. During the course, group exercises will be done, where the students should use the knowledge gained from literature and lectures. |
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| Course contents: The course gives an understanding for purchasings strategic importance for companies. Classical and modern views of purchasing will be explained and discussed. The purchasing process, from demand specification to completed delivery, will be oof major interest during the whole course. special attention is given to purchasing strategies, supplier evaluation and supplier relations. Specific areas such as negotiation technique and public purchasing are also treated in the course. |
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| Course literature: A.J. van Weele: "Purchasing and Supply Chain Management", Business Press 2002. |
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| Written examination |
3 p |
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Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: EKI. Director of Studies: Björn Oskarsson Examiner: Björn Oskarsson Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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