Subject 'Sourcing and Purchasing'

Year:   2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    

Purchasing goals and tasks. Purchasing in logistics and supply chain management. Supplies planning. Purchasing policy. Purchasing process. Management of purchasing process. Strategical purchasing. Managing purchasing costs. Suppliers evaluation and selection. Purchase organization. Purchasing negotiations. Purchasing contracts. Supplies tracking and coordination. Purchasing and ordering costs. Total cost of ownership. Managing purchase process. Measuring and analyzing purchase process. Cooperation with suppliers. Suppliers evaluation. Sourcing strategies. E- commerce. Develeopment of sourcing and purchasing.

To give students necessary knowledge about sourcing and purchasing field – managing purchasing process, offers composing, offers comparison, contracting, suppliers evaluation and selection.

The student knows
• sourcing and purchasing goals and tasks
• purchasing process phases
• purchasing strategies and policies
• achievement of purchasing activities
• ordering systems and methods
• purchasing negotiation principles
• tracking and managing of supplies and evaluating supplier performance
• possibilities to increase purchasing process efficiency
• relation between purchasing and inventory management

The student is able to
• suitable purchasing strategy and policy according the needs
• identify purhase need and to determine purchasing criterions
• compose inquiries, compare offers and identify the best offer
• prepare sourcing and purchasing contracts
• calculate total cost of ownership

Lectures and interactive seminars.

Portfolio of lecturer materials.

Assessment is based on the following partial results:
• test in interactive e-learning environment – 50%
• solving of tasks – 40%
• reviewing an article published in professional journal- 10%

Minimum positive grade - "satisfying" (2)

2020: LO  RR  TD*  TD*  TK  TK  

2019: RR  TD*  TD*  TK  TK  TL  TT*  TT*  

2018: RR  TD*  TK  TK  TL  TT*  TT*  

2017: TK  TL  

2016: TK  TL  

2015: TL  

2014: TL  

2013: TL  

* Optional subject