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Purchasing in Evolution 

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Purchasing in Evolution
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gothia logistics 
Overview

Duration

20 hours

Total fee

32,984

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Difficulty level

Intermediate

Credential

Certificate

Purchasing in Evolution
 at 
gothia logistics 
Highlights

  • Course Length: 20 Hours of Active Study
  • Get insights into the scope of authority for purchasing to meet the demand to operate in a one-world market
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Purchasing in Evolution
 at 
gothia logistics 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • People who are working, or are about to start working with purchasing issues, need planning and analysis, supplier development, project management, designing specifications of requirement or have a cost responsibility regarding maintenance and supplier contacts.
More about this course
  • Almost all businesses have to learn to operate in a one-world market. Breakthroughs in transportation and communications bring foreign suppliers practically as close as domestic ones. Plant visits and negotiating sessions have become almost a routine for many industrial buyers.
  • Rapid advances in technology have redirected certain aspects of business and technical education and have created demand for new types of specialists in procurement. The purchasing function and their staffs are being called on to play an active role in managing change.

Purchasing in Evolution
 at 
gothia logistics 
Curriculum

Part 1

A Changing Business Landscape

Lean Thinking and Manufacturing Planning

Purchasing in Evolution

Purchasing in Worldwide Economy

Driving Forces in the World around a Company

Sustainable Purchasing

Ethical Standards in Purchasing

Ethical Responsibility in Supplier Relations

Obligations to Suppliers

Part 2

The Operations Management System

The Basis of Authority for Purchasing

The Scope of Authority for Purchasing

Objectives of Purchasing

Purchasing Policies

Responsibility for Analyzing Requirements

Responsibility for Specifying

Product Specification and Design

Development of Value Engineering

Meeting Competition with Better Value

Part 3

Purchasing Patterns are Changing

Purchase Planning and Forecasting

Purchasing and Quality Assurance

Purchasing Performance

Measures within Delivery Monitoring

Purchasing and Warehousing

Vendor Managed Inventory

Supplier Relationship Management

Information Technologies in Purchasing

The Importance of Communication

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