Supply Management

Module overview

This module offers a comprehensive examination of strategic purchasing and supply management, emphasizing their pivotal roles within modern organisations. It explores the principles that underpin supply markets, inter-organisational relationships, and the management of resources both within and outside organisational boundaries. You will investigate the complexities of global supply chains, addressing issues such as risk management, supply chain resilience, and supplier development. The module aims to provide you with an in-depth understanding of strategic procurement processes and the tools needed to navigate the increasingly interconnected and dynamic global supply environment.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

The role of innovation in supply relationships;
The link between technological and regulatory factors in strategic decisions;
The basis of contract law;
Linking principles and processes to strategy formulation;
The issues involved in 'do or buy' and strategic sourcing;
Established methods and approaches associated with purchasing;
Principles of negotiation;
The nature of cooperation and competition.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Undertake critical analysis of supply management situations;
Differentiate strategic and operational purchasing decisions and the factors to be managed in both situations;
Recognise and use appropriate contract law in supply chain designs.
Design supply chain processes to meet performance criteria in a particular supply chain;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Write effectively for business purposes;
Think critically and argue effectively;
Manage individual tasks, personal resources and time effectively;
Engage in problem solving techniques.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include - Lectures from internal and external specialists and practitioners - Staff led discussion seminars - Case studies/problem solving activities Learning activities include - Group interactions - Library based research - Independent reading from a recommended bibliography - Private study

Study time
Type	Hours
Independent Study	70
Teaching	30
Total study time	100

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Ford, D., Gadde, L-E., Hakansson, H., and Snehota, I. (2011). Managing Business Relationships. Chichester: Wiley.

Van Weele A. J. (2014). Supply Chains and Total Product Systems. London: Cengage Learning.

Hughes, J., Ralf, M., and Michels, B. (2013). Supply Chain Strategies: Demand-Driven and Customer-Focused. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.

Gadde, L-E., Hakansson, H and Persson, G. (2010). Supply Network Strategies. Chichester: Wiley.

Monczka, R., Trent, R., & Handfield, R. (2005). Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. Thomson, South-Western..

Griffiths M and Griffiths (2002). Law for Purchasing and Supply. Harlow: FT Pearson.

Rhodes, E., Warren, J. P. & Carter, R. (Eds) (2006). Supply Chains and Total Product Systems. Oxford: Blackwell.

Hughes J, Ralf M and Michels B (1998). Transform Your Supply Chain. London: Thomas Business Press.

Cousins, P., Lamming, R. and Lawson, B. (2008). Strategic Supply Management. Pearson.

Cox, A., Sanderson, J. and Watson, G. (2000). Power Regimes. Earlsgate Press.

Assessment

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class formative opportunities

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback: Class interactions
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Report	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Report	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Report	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External