Procurement and supplier management
Anno accademico 2025/2026 - Docente: Carmela DI MAURORisultati di apprendimento attesi
The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with the fundamental principles and main practices of purchasing management. The course delves into how organizations secure external resources, encompassing materials, services, works, and technology, both in the private and public sector. In particular, the course provides a focus on strategy, design, management and evaluation of procurement and sourcing activities.
Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento
The class will be conducted through a mix of frontsal lectures, case study discussion, simulations and guest lectures from academics and practitioners in the field of procurement.
Prerequisiti richiesti
Fundamentals of microeconomics as learned in the first-year course Economia Applicata all'Ingegneria (concept of market, cost, price, concepts of market structures)
Frequenza lezioni
Compulsory (70% of classes)
Contenuti del corso
A) Introduction to Procurement
- Introducing Procurement and Supply Management - The Procurement Process
- Procurement as a business function
B) Processes and strategies
- Strategic sourcing process
- Outsourcing (Make or Buy, Risk management) - Category Sourcing - Supplier evaluation and selection - Negotiation and conflict management
- Contracting and Contract management - Public Procurement
C) Supplier Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Innovation Sourcing
- Sustainable procurement
D) The Procurement Organization
-Organizing the procurement function
-Procurement systems
-Performance Management and Control
E) Procurement in the Construction Industry
- Tendering and Payment
- Project specific procurement
- Long-Term relationships
Testi di riferimento
Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
7th Edition, 2021, Cengage
Arjan J. van Weele, Frank Rozemeijer
Procurement and Supply Chain Management,
8th Edition, Published February 2022, Cengage
Brian Greenhalgh, Graham Squires, Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu
Construction Procurement Complex Property Development
Copyright 2022, Routledge
Programmazione del corso
| Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Procurement | Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 7th Edition, 2021, Cengage Arjan J. van Weele, Frank Rozemeijer Procurement and Supply Chain Management, 8th Edition, Published February 2022, Cengage |
| 2 | Processes and strategies | Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 7th Edition, 2021, Cengage Arjan J. van Weele, Frank Rozemeijer Procurement and Supply Chain Management, 8th Edition, Published February 2022, Cengage |
| 3 | Supplier Management | Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 7th Edition, 2021, Cengage Arjan J. van Weele, Frank Rozemeijer Procurement and Supply Chain Management, 8th Edition, Published February 2022, Cengage |
| 4 | The procurement organization | Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 7th Edition, 2021, Cengage Arjan J. van Weele, Frank Rozemeijer Procurement and Supply Chain Management, 8th Edition, Published February 2022, Cengage |
| 5 | Construction procurement | Brian Greenhalgh, Graham Squires, Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu Construction Procurement Complex Property Development 2022, Routledge |
Verifica dell'apprendimento
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Oral exam on the topics covered during the course
Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti
- Kralijc matrix
- Main supplier selection practices
- Principles of supply risk management