Qualifications

This unit is designed to enable students to undertake risk analysis and a variety of risk assessments relating to different aspects of purchasing and supply and to implement a range of appropriate risk management tools and techniques.

This unit is designed to provide students with an appreciation of the marketing concept, the role of marketing within an organisation, marketing’s relationship with purchasing and supply, and marketing’s contribution to the overall strategic plan.

This unit is designed to enable students to manage their own area of responsibility with an organisation's internal supply chain, in line with the overall strategic businss plan and the operational plan for the purchasing function.

This unit is designed to enable students to identify the major areas of concern in effectively managing stores and distribution throughout the supply chain. It is essential that goods are moved through the supply chains to customers at the right time, in the right condition, at the right place and the right cost. Failure in any of these areas will add unnecessary costs to the ultimate customer while success will add value, and delight the customer.

This unit is designed to provide students with an appreciation of the marketing concept, the role of marketing within an organisation, marketing’s relationship with purchasing and supply, and marketing’s contribution to the overall strategic plan.

This is a 12 month programme for those students wishing to take the Level 4 - Foundation Diploma in Purchasing and Supply via self study supported by tutorial workshops.

This is a 12 month programme for those students wishing to take the Level 6 - Graduate Diploma in Purchasing and Supply via self study supported by tutorial workshops.

This unit is designed to enable those who work in purchasing to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation’s operations. This is the process of converting input resources into output products and services and occurs in all types of organisation, whether in manufacturing or services, public sector or private.

It is recommended that this unit is taken as the last one at Level 4.

This unit is designed to enable students to apply the fundamental principles of purchasing and supply to a variety of different contexts, including a range of provate sector organisations, including multi-nationals and small/medium sized enterprises (SMEs), plus the public sector; national and local government; the NHS; and the not-for-profit sector including charities and the voluntary sector.

This unit is aimed at Purchasing managers are responsible for specific activities and processes, which can contribute to achieving corporate strategic goals. This unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of strategic aspects of finance in relation to the decision-making process and detailed analysis necessary to deliver effective procurement.

This is a 12 month programme for those students wishing to take the Level 5 - Advanced Diploma in Purchasing and Supply via self study supported by tutorial workshops.

Should be taken after other two compulsory units.

Achieving success within the supply chain involves a complex range of variables, which can frequently be dependent on one another for the success of the supply chain. This unit is designed to enable students to use a range of techniques and strategies to develop and improve supplier performance in order to achieve competitiveness, efficiency and profitability within the supply chain.

This unit will help students to develop a knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques vital to the leadership and commercial management of projects, with a particular emphasis on the role of the purchasing and supply chain professional.

This unit is designed to help students gain an appreciation of the complexities of both the legalities and commercial issues of contractual arrangements entered into with external organisations. The unit provides an underpinning knowledge of the legalities of the formation of contracts as well as the key ingredients of any commercial arrangement - a specification, the contractual terms and key performance indicators.

This unit is designed to enable students to manage their own area of responsibility with an organisation's internal supply chain, in line with the overall strategic business pln and the operational plan for the purchasing function.

This unit is designed to enable students to manage their own area of responsibility with an organisation's internal supply chain, in line with the overall strategic business pln and the operational plan for the purchasing function.

This unit is designed to develop student’s leadership skills to enable them to lead, influence and provide direction to stakeholders within the supply chain.

This unit is designed to enable students to undertake risk analysis and a variety of risk assessments relating to different aspects of purchasing and supply and to implement a range of appropriate risk management tools and techniques.

This unit is designed to enable students to focus on developing and managing effective relationships, old and new, within the supply chain.

The supply chain manager is responsible for specific activities and processes which can contribute to achieving corporate strategic goals. This unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of strategic aspects of supply chain management.