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  • Welcome to PSS!

    Tillgänglig om: Du tillhör gruppen L01 (SISU)

    This is a MSc elective course, which will be arranged in Period II. 

    The main themes of the course include the introduction of procurement (Section 1), its strategies (Section 2), interfaces (Section 3), and enablers (Section 4). Teaching and learning methods on this course include introduction to lecture topics, class discussion, individual and group assignments, and exam.

    The course will be arranged on campus. Each lecture will be recorded, except the team presentation on Thursday, and uploaded to MyCourses. However, it should be noted that learning effectiveness via recorded lectures will be inevitably limited. 

    Below is the tentative course schedule. For more details, please refer to Course Syllabus.

    Preliminary schedule and notes
    LectureDateTimeTopic (Textbook)Note
    1

    		Tuesday
    24.10.2023
    		12.15-14.00
    U006    		L1. Course intro + Introducing procurement (Ch 1, 3) 

    		Choose your group

    2

    		Thursday
    26.10.2023
    		12.15-16.00
    V002    		L2. The procurement process (Ch 2)

    3

    		Tuesday
    31.10.2023
    		12.15-14.00
    U006    		L3. Outsourcing: Make or buy (Ch 4)



    4

    		Thursday
    2.11.2023
    		12.15-16.00
    Q201    		L4. Category sourcing (Ch 5)

    		Case Whirlpool due at noon

    5

    		Tuesday
    7.11.2023
    		12.15-14.00
    U006    		L5. Procurement at Neste (Guest Lecture)



    6

    		Thursday
    9.11.2023
    		12.15-16.00
    Q201    		L6. Sourcing business services (Ch 6, 7)



    7

    		Tuesday
    14.11.2023
    		12.15-14.00
    U006    		L7. Cost management and modeling (Ch 15)

    		Aalto Ltd. due at noon.

    8

    		Thursday
    16.11.2023
    		12.15-16.00
    Q201    		L8. Buyer-supplier relationships (Ch 10)

    9

    		Tuesday
    21.11.2023
    		12.15-14.00
    U006    		L9. Sourcing for innovation (Ch 11)

    		Espoo Motor due at noon

    10

    		Thursday
    23.11.2023
    		12.15-16.00
    Q201    		L10. Sustainable sourcing: A risk view (Ch 12)

    11

    		Tuesday
    28.11.2023
    		12.15-14.00
    U006
    		L11. Organizing procurement (Ch 13)

    12

    		Thursday
    30.11.2023
    		12.15-16.00
    V002    		L12. Digitalization in procurement (Ch 14)

    		Case Wal-Mart due at noon

    Exam

    		Friday
    8.12.2023
    		09:00-12:00
    U142