Course objective
The aim of the course is to provide students with necessary skills in Purchasing and Supplies Management that
can enable them to respond to their need for effective management of public private enterprises and NonGovernmental
Organizations.

The specific objectives of this programme include:

• To develop a coherent and broad based coverage of Purchasing and Supplies Management and the
underlying principles in the supply chain management.
• To equip the learners with appropriate business skills in Purchasing and Supplies Management.
• To enhance learners confidence and ability to critically evaluate supply chain requirements.
• To enable learners to develop solutions from moral, professional and academic perspectives.
• To provide students with experience in the development of Supply Chain Systems necessary for solving
business problems and making managerial decisions.
• To prepare the candidates to undertake research and pursue Post-graduate studies

Course Content

Module 1
• Introduction to Purchasing
• Purchasing/Procurement Operations
• Buyer and Seller Relationships
• Managing Suppliers
• Storage and Warehouse Management

• Inventory Management/Supply and Demand Management
• Cost Management in Supply Chain
• Quality Management in Supply Chain
• Ethics and Professionalism in Supply Chain Management
• International procurement/Global sourcing/Outsourcing
• Public/Government Procurements
Module 2
• Role of Purchasing Function
• Inventory Management
• Strategic role in Material management
• Product Management
Module 3
• Operation Research
• Procurement
• Public Procurement
• Best practices and Principles in Procurement
• Computers in Operation Management
Module 4
• Capital Budgeting
• Capital Budgeting 2
• Cost of Capital
• Capital Markets
Module 5
• An Introduction to Financial Management and Control in the NGO Sector
Module 6
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Logistics and Distribution Management
• Integrated logistics and Supply Chain Management
• International Logistics
Module 7
• Improving Post-disaster Humanitarian Logistics
• Humanitarian Relief And Broken Supply Chains: Advancing Logistics Performance
• Building Resilience in Community Recovery: Overcoming Supply Chain Performance Challenges in a Crisis

• Disaster Resilience in America
• Communicating the Urgency for Action on Climate Change
Module 8
• Introduction
• Humanitarian Logistics: Core Challenges
• Humanitarian logistics: context and challenges
Module 9
• Logistics and Emergencies
• Key Characteristics of Emergency Supplies
• Procurement
• Receiving Supplies
• Record-Keeping, Control, and Monitoring of Supplies
• Storage
• Transport
• Distribution
• Managing Medical Supplies
• Transparency and Information in Emergency Supply Management
• Telecommunications
Module 10
• Research Paper
• You will be required to choose a research topic, share it with the moderator, upon agreement write a
proposal, after that do corrections plus writing chapters three, four and five of the whole paper.
Guidelines will be provided on the format preferred by the institute.
Module 10
• Final Examination

Training Format
• All materials are made available through our Online Learning Platform
• Students should commit approximately 5-6 hours of their time per week

Materials Provided

Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises and templates.
Minimum entry requirements

• Holders of a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University
• Holders of an equivalent qualification from any other recognized Institution
Assignments
In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit 10
assignments (Continuous Assessment test) that Account to 70 % of their Work and a Project Paper at the Tail
end of the course, which accounts to 30 % of the course Work.
• Course duration: 1 Year (2 Semesters)
• Regions Targeted: Global
• Courses Fees: €1200