COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · LFM 543

Procurement Logistics

Elective · English
ECTS
6
Local Credit
3
Theory + Practice + Lab
3 + 0 + 0
Course Level
Masters Degree
Prerequisites
-
Semester
2
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Content Weekly Contents Assessment System Relation of Proficiency ECTS
Course Instructor(s)
İlke BEREKETLİ ZAFEIRAKOPOULOS
ibereketli@gsu.edu.tr

Content

Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the models used in procurement and purchasing activities in supply chain, supplier evaluation and selection, outsourcing, inventory management, reverse logistics and customer service and third party logistics in order to effectively managing logistics and supply chain systems and to learn how to develop solutions for problems related to supply chain management and logistics and how to interpret the solutions.

Course Content

1. week : Overview of the procurement and purchasing activities in a supply chain
2. week : Supplier evaluation and selection
3. week : Pricing, negotiation, contracts
4. week : Outsourcing, multiple sourcing
5. week : Inventory management
6. week : Buying decisions and plans
7. week : E-procurement
8. week : Mid term
9. week : Reverse logistics and customer services
10. week : Third party logistics
11. week : Green logistics
12. week : Case studies
13. week : Case studies
14. week : Case studies

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student could:
1) define supplier evaluation and selection process.
2) enumerate inventory management models.
3) explain advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing.
4) define electronic information sharing systems used in supply chain systems.
5) explain the terms third party logistics and green logistics.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Lecture, discussion, case study.

References

• Chase, R.B., Jacobs, F.R., Aquilano, N.J., Operations Management for Competitive Advantage with Global Cases, McGraw Hill, Eleventh Edition, 2005.
• Contemporary Logistics, 10/E, Paul R. Murphy,Jr., Donald Wood, Prentice Hall, 2011.
• Business Logistics: Supply Chain Management, Ronald H. Ballou, Prentice Hall, 2003.
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Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 Overview of the procurement and purchasing activities in a supply chain
2 Supplier evaluation and selection
3 Pricing, negotiation, contracts
4 Outsourcing, multiple sourcing
5 Inventory management
6 Buying decisions and plans
7 E-procurement
8 Mid term
9 Reverse logistics and customer services
10 Third party logistics
11 Green logistics
12 Case studies
13 Case studies
14 Case studies

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 60
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 40
Total 2 100
In-Term Studies
Activities Number Contribution
Assignments 0 0
Presentation 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 35
Project 1 25
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Total 2 60

Relation of Proficiency

No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 X
2 X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 X
7 X
8 X
9 X
10 X
11 X
12 X
13 X
14 X
15 X

ECTS

Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Working Hours out of Class 12 5 60
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 15 15
Project 1 13 13
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 20 20
Total Workload 150
Total Workload / 25 6.00
Credits ECTS 6