Purchasing Logistics with a Global Perspective 10 hp

The aim of this course is to give advanced knowledge of logistics in purchasing and supply chain management with a global perspective. The focus is on the purchasing functions importance for the company result.

The course includes the following elements:
-Purchasing and strategic sourcing
-Supply chain management, Globalization and Incoterms
-Initiate supplier relations: define needs, specify and document
-Assess supplier portfolio, select suppliers
-Prepare negotiations with regard to TCO and cost break-down
-Legal aspects, contracts, delivery and payment terms and contract management
-Supplier relations, Systems for managing supplier relationships (SRM)
-Sustainability and Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
-Purchase orders, performance measurements (KPIs), and supplier evaluation
-Supplier development process
-Terminate supplier relations