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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

TQM-Driven Purchasing Strategies

LSC605 · Strategic Procurement — Week 7 of 16

CourseLSC605
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

TQM-Driven Purchasing Strategies

  1. Total Quality Management principles applied to purchasing
  2. Supplier quality assurance (SQA) and auditing
  3. Six Sigma and Kaizen continuous improvement
  4. Quantifying prevention and cost of quality (CoQ)
  5. Total Quality Management (TQM) | Quality Control
  6. Lec 46-Six Sigma
  7. Supplier Evaluation — Everything a Procurement Professional Should Know

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Evaluate the Total Quality Management (TQM) driven purchasing strategies.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the Total Quality Management (TQM) driven purchasing strategies.

Study materials

Videos

  • Total Quality Management (TQM) | Quality Control · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 8 min · for registered students
  • Supplier Evaluation — Everything a Procurement Professional Should Know · YouTube · Procurement Tactics · 5 min · for registered students
  • What is Six Sigma? (With Examples) | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
  • Lean Six Sigma unwrapped · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 51 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OCW 16.660J Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods (IAP 2012), Quality tools and topics · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 16.660J Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods (IAP 2012), Six Sigma basics · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 16.660J Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods (IAP 2012), Lean supply chain basics · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The Strategic Role of Purchasing
  • Week 2: Cross-Functional Procurement Relationships
  • Week 3: Purchasing in NPD and the Product Lifecycle
  • Week 4: The Purchasing Decision Process and Market Intelligence
  • Week 5: Strategic and Operational Supply Chain Decisions
  • Week 6: Corporate Strategy and Procurement Strategic Alignment
  • Week 7: TQM-Driven Purchasing Strategies
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Portfolio-Driven Supply Strategies
  • Week 10: Lean, Agile, and Virtual Procurement Frameworks
  • Week 11: Comparative Procurement Across Diverse Industries
  • Week 12: Applying Strategic Procurement in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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