School of Business and Technology

Department of Business

SCM 221 Introduction to supply chain management

Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisite: None
Detailed course outline

Lesson Course Detailed

The nature of supply Chain management Introduction, the intermediaries and flows
in a supply chain.

Importance of the purchasing function to

the business

The purpose of the purchasing function

Materials Management Definition of Material management

Importance of Material Management

The Purchasing function  Purchasing Planning

 Organizing the purchasing
department
 Control of the purchasing
department purchasing budgets
The selection and evaluation of suppliers

Benchmarking  Definition
 Importance of benchmarking
 Advantages and disadvantages

Virtual Organizations  Drivers of virtual organizations

 Approaches to formation of Virtual
organizations

Just-In Time (JIT) systems  Definition of JIT

 Advantages of JIT
 Disadvantages of JIT

Outsourcing  Definition of outsourcing

 Benefits of Outsourcing
 Challenges of outsourcing

Purchasing cycle;  Quality decisions as a purchasing

 activity;
 Deciding purchasing quantities;
 Pricing decisions;
 Timing of purchases;
 Policies for purchasing at the right
time;
 purchasing research;
 Negotiations in Purchasing.

Instructional materials and Equipment

LCD projector, Whiteboard, textbooks and handouts.
Course Assessment
Continuous Assessment 30%
Examination 70%
Reference Materials:
Course Textbooks
1. Kenneth Lyson and Brian Farrington (2012); Purchasing and supply chain management,
Prentice Hall Publishers.
2. Burt, Dobler and Starling (2003); World Class supply management, the key to supply
chain management, Tata Mc Graw Publshers.
3. James Evan and William Lindsay (2008); The Management and Control of Quality, 7th
Edition, South –Western, Cengage Learning.
4. Nisar Ahmad Saleemi (2014); Purchasing and supplies management simplified, Saleemi
Publications Ltd.
Course Reference textbooks
1. Peter Bailey and David Farmer (2000); Managing Materials in industry, Gowe Press
Publishers.
2. David Jessop and Alex Morrison (2000); Storage and Supply of materials, Prentice Hall
Publishing.
3. Anupindi, Ravi (2004); Managing Business Process Flows: Principles of Operations
Management. 2nd Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Day / Time Available for consultation by students
 Every Wednesday 10-11 am. In Staff lounge.

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