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Purchasing Management

Summary

The course is focused on explaining the position of purchasing in the system of business functions and analysis of its basic activities. Modern business purchasing includes management, marketing, sales and logistics activities. Key attention is paid within the subject to purchasing categories, purchasing strategies, quality management and supplier selection and evaluation activities. Students will learn about modern purchasing management systems, requirements placed on the buyer and modern trends of purchasing such as electronic auctions.

Literature

GUTH, Stephen. Project Procurement Management: A Guide to Structured Procurements. North Charleston: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. ISBN 978-1522937074 .
LYSONS, Kenneth and Brian FARRINGTON. Procurement and Supply Chain Management. 9th Edition. New York: Pearson Education, 2016. ISBN 978-1-292-08611-8.
MONCZKA, Robert M. et al. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2016. ISBN 978-1-285-86968-1.

Advised literature

CHRISTOPHER, Martin. Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 5th Edition. New York: Pearson Education, 2016. ISBN 978-1-292-08379-7 .
MENA, Carlos, Remko van HOEK, Martin Christopher. Leading Procurement Strategy: Driving value through the supply chain. London. Kogan Page, 2014. ISBN 978-0-7494-7033-3 .
WEELE, Arjan J. Van. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. Andover: Cengage, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4737-4944-3.


Language of instruction angličtina, angličtina, angličtina
Code 116-0507
Abbreviation PM
Course title Purchasing Management
Coordinating department Department of Marketing and Business
Course coordinator Ing. Markéta Zajarošová, Ph.D.