Procurement and supplier management

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.

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.

Fundamentals of microeconomics as learned in the first-year course Economia Applicata aII'Ingegneria (concept of market, cost, price, concepts of market structures)

-   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

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

Oral exam on the topics covered during the course

-   Kralijc  matrix

-   Main supplier selection practices

-   Principles of supply risk management