HM1M01 Purchasing and Supply Chains 7.5 credits
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Strategic and operational purchasing matters, supplier base design, buyer-supplier relations, supplier selection; the purchasing role in the supplier chain.
Intended learning outcomes
- Good awareness of the role and substance of purchasing and supply management in companies, public authorities, and government agencies.
- In a structures way be able to identify and describe essential purchasing-related terms and activities within the purchasing process.
- Be able to describe and explain aspects on the supplier-base design related to purchase needs, supplier relations, and sourcing strategies.
Course disposition
Lectures, seminars, at times study visits, and project work. 6 occasions. The course is given on half-time in the daytime and in Swedish, but is not a distance-course with distance tuition.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
University studies of at least 120 credits (Swedish hp) and documented proficiency in Swedish B and English A, or equivalent.
Recommended prerequisites
Equipment
Access to a computer and to the Internet.
Literature
Arjan J. van Weele: ”Inköp och Supply Chain Management”, 2012, Upplaga 1:1, ISBN 978-91-44-07427-6, Studentlitteratur AB
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- PRO1 - Project, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Passed written exam and passed project.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course web
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Course web HM1M01