Duration
14 weeks
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 15 Jul 2019
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Subject details
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- Purchasing scope and development
- Strategic procurement and supply chain management
- Outsourcing, sourcing strategies and relationships
- Price and total cost of ownership
- International and global sourcing
- Corporate social responsibility
- E-procurement systems
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Study resources
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Instructional methods
- Blog
- Discussion forum/Discussion Board
- Web links
- Online assignment submission
- Standard Media
- Wikis
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In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- USA-LSM-MAS-2018
- USA-LSM-GCE-2018
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2018
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2018
Special requirements
No special requirements
In order to have an effective supply chain or run an effective enterprise, managers need to be aware of purchasing principles that can provide them with a competitive edge in the market. Students are provided with the concept and issues that are applicable to procurement and purchasing decision making.
This subject aims to provide you with the concepts around major issues of procurement and purchasing management and the related strategies for planning, analysis, design and development of strategic procurement for supply chain management.
- Major Individual Assessment (30%)
- Group Project (40%)
- Continuous (30%)
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