COMMERCE 4OD3 - Purchasing and Supply Management

3 unit(s)

Students will gain skills that are necessary to manage purchasing operations in the private and public sectors. Topics include: purchasing policies, procedures, supplier selection, order management (including quality, quantity, delivery and price decisions), spend analytics, negotiation and contract management, outsourcing, international procurement and sustainability issues. Relevant procurement components of SAPs enterprise resource planning system will be demonstrated. This course can be used towards SAP Certification in Business Integration.
Lectures (three hours), tutorial (one hour)
Prerequisite(s): One of COMMERCE 2OC3, COMMERCE 4QA3, or IBH 3BE3 (or 2BC3); and registration in any Bachelor of Commerce or Engineering and Management program or relevant minor (see Faculty Note 2.)