MGMT371-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 28 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 13 October 2017

Description

The course introduces the concept and practices of supply chain management. In particular the course covers in-depth the topics of procurement, supply chain collaboration, information exchange and the use of information technology in supply chain, sustainability and risk issues, and outsourcing. The course then discusses logistics management and its implications in business.

Relationship to other courses
This course is one of the four Stage Three Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) courses offered by the Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship.  It builds on the introductory material covered in MGMT/MSCI270 and MGMT/MSCI271.  Other papers that are useful to complement an OSCM major are MGMT/MSCI370, MGMT/MSCI372, MGMT/MSCI373. Students taking MSCI, MGMT, ACCT, INFO and Engineering would also find this paper useful.

Workload
Workload for this course, in terms of class preparation, review, assignments, readings and examination preparation is about 12.5 hours per week.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of this course students should be able to:

    1. Explain the basic concept, importance, origin and foundation of purchasing and supply chain management.
    2. Understand importance of global sourcing.
    3. Understand the concept and reasons for firms outsourcing, along with its benefits and pitfalls.
    4. Demonstrate the importance of logistics in supply chain and be able to explain the value added role of logistics on both macro and micro level.
    5. Explain the internal and external integration, and the role of cross functional sourcing teams.
    6. Explain the importance of building resilience in supply chain
    7. Demonstrate Lean production system, JIT purchasing advantages, and activities need to implement JIT purchasing.
    8. Explain the concept of ethical and sustainable sourcing, strategies for ethical and sustainable sourcing, and be able to understand the use of environmental supplier certification.
    9. Understand the steps in supplier evaluation and selection process, and key supplier evaluation criteria.
    10. Explain the importance of information to supply chain management and be able to understand the role of information technology in the supply chain.

    B.Com Learning Goals
    1. Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject major, informed by the broader context of commerce.
  • The assignment, test and exam are opportunities to demonstrate advanced knowledge in purchasing and supply chain management.
    2. Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to address specific problems.
  • The assignment, test and exam all require application of theories to analytical thinking
    3. Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and multicultural perspectives.
  • The test and exam require the understanding of ethical and global issues in supply chain management
    4. Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.
  • Written communication assessed in this course through the assignment.

Prerequisites

(1) MGMT270 or MSCI270; and (2) 30 points at 200-level or above from MGMT, MKTG, MSCI, ACCT, INFO

Restrictions

MSCI321, MSCI371

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Mesbahuddin Chowdhury

Lecturer

Jayanth Jayaram

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Quizzes 10% During lecture time
Mid-semester Test 24 Aug 2017 35% Mid-semester Test
Assignment 13 Oct 2017 20% Assignment
Final Examination 35% Final Examination


Participating in quizzes during the lecture class time will give full marks to students. Further detail regarding this quiz will be provided during the lecture class. Mid Semester test will cover materials from week 1 to week 5 including tutorial materials. Final exam will cover the remaining materials from week 7 to week 12 including tutorial materials during this period.

Cover sheets
MUST be used on all assignments/essays.

This course has a no extensions policy. If extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances arise that seriously impair a student’s ability to complete an assessment task (assignments and tests) an application for special consideration should be made within 7 days of the due date of the assessment task.

The written assignment is submitted online through the MGMT371’s LEARN site. If problems arise electronic copies can be submitted to the Examiner via email by 5.00pm on the due date.

Grading
The marks for assessments may be scaled before a final grade is determined.  You should not regard 50% as a pass mark.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Benton, W. C.,1948-; Purchasing and supply chain management ; Third edition;

Coyle, John J.1935-; Supply chain management : a logistics perspective ; 10e ;

Monczka, Robert M. et al; Purchasing and supply chain management ; Sixth edition;

Wisner, Joel D. , Tan, Keah-Choon., Leong, G. Keong; Principles of supply chain management : a balanced approach ; 4th ed; Cengage Learning, 2016.

All of the above text books are available in the Library. You can borrow the book to copy the specific chapter.

Notes

Class Representative
A class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. Their email can be found at UCSA. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.

Departmental Academic Policies
The Department assumes that you have read this document.

You should also read the General Course and Examination Regulations

Dishonest Practice
The University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty.  All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.

IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.

Coversheets - Group and Individual

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $775.00

International fee $3,188.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Management, Marketing and Tourism .

All MGMT371 Occurrences

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