MKT 636 - SOURCING, PURCHASING & CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Gatton College of Business and Economics

Credits: 3

This is an advanced course that aims to educate students about strategic considerations and complex decision-making processes in sourcing, purchasing and contract management. The course broadens and enhances studentsâ€™ knowledge and skills to manage related issues through a mixture of lectures and case analyses and discussions. Students will learn how to systematically and effectively approach complicated supply chain management problems on strategic sourcing, supplier selection, and contract design by integrating and applying the knowledge, analytics skills, and ways of thinking that they acquired in prior SCM coursework.

Prerequisite(s):
Prereq: MKT 630 and MKT 631.
Approved for Distance Learning.