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Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

TLM 308 Procurement and Supply Management

5 credits
This course covers strategic issues in procurement and supply management. Topics covered include purchasing process, procurement cycle, purchasing research, relationship with suppliers, negotiation, and commodity planning, as well as cost, price, and value analysis.

Prerequisites: TLM 306  and TLM 415  

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

  • demonstrate mastery of the tools, techniques, and technologies associated with the management of goods movement, inventory maintenance, fleet management, commercial vehicle procurement and disposal, and/or production management
  • identify and apply the business processes, economic factors, and personnel considerations needed to operate or manage a business, or team/section within a commercial entity
  • describe sound principles of organizational behavior

Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50