Master Program in Logistics and Financial Management

Procurement Logistics(LFM 543)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
LFM 543 Procurement Logistics 2 3 0 0 3 6
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction English
Course Type Elective
Course Level Masters Degree
Course Instructor(s) İlke BEREKETLİ ZAFEIRAKOPOULOS ibereketli@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
Assistant
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.
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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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
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 60
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 40
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  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
Toplam 2 60
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
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
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