Purchasing Management Assignment | Online Assignment

An individual study of a ‘company’ performance on Purchase Management. Please use the knowledge you acquired from the course, from the 9 articles we’ve discussed and any other source, to make an assessment on your chosen company. Don’t hesitate to refer to the articles, you can quote them as long as you indicate that it is a quote, so include the references.

To give you an idea, but you are free to deviate from this:

a short description of the company, its products (groups), its size, revenue, markets it is active in.
how is the company organising outsourcing, how are they using Purchase Management to improve their competitive advantage (use the articles).
make a list of products, half finished products and services that are purchased through suppliers.
classify the purchased products and services according to the 4 strategy groups as discussed during the course.
consider yourself to be a Purchasing-consultant, what advice would you give this company (use the articles, the course and any other knowledge and experience you might have)
You can freely choose any company. But preferably not a big and international company; having decent knowledge about the company is very useful. You can choose companies you worked during an internship, a longer contract, or even a family based company.

Please inform the teacher as soon as possible of the company you’ve chosen, so she/he can reserve this Company for you. If two students have chosen the same Company, it will be ”First come, First choice” using the email date and time.

Please remember this is an individual assignment. But of course you can discuss and exchange ideas with others. Just don’t copy each other’s text – write your own text. Plagiarism is not permitted, as you know, and can lead to zero points.

Please upload your file in PDF format. And as always; our warning not to forget your name on the first page (You’d be surprised how often this is forgotten …). Expected size is about 5 to 6 pages excluding frontpage, summary, reference list, graphics and other illustrations. Target audience is the company owner / CEO / entrepreneur, so keep it to the point and concise. Expect the work load to be about 6 to 8 hours of dedicated work, so this might take you two days depending on how concentrated you work and how often you take a coffee break. The due date is given below, but our advice is not to wait till the last moment – schedule your agenda carefully, and try to stick to your schedule.