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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Strategic Supplier Relationship Management

SMP809 · Supply Chain and Operations Management — Week 3 of 16

CourseSMP809
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Supplier Relationship Management

  1. Kraljic matrix portfolio positioning
  2. Power-dependency dynamics
  3. Relational governance and trust capital
  4. Collaborative value co-creation drivers
  5. Strategic Sourcing in Supply Chain: Elevating Procurement for Business Success
  6. Week 03: Lecture 14: Procurement Strategy (Kraljic Matrix) - I & II
  7. Week 03: Lecture 15: Procurement Strategy (Kraljic Matrix) - I & II

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Critically evaluate factors and strategies that drive organisations to maintain supplier relationships.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate factors and strategies that drive organisations to maintain supplier relationships.

Study materials

Videos

  • Strategic Sourcing in Supply Chain: Elevating Procurement for Business Success · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Trust and commitment influences on customer retention: insights from B2B services · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Market management guidance note (UK Government Commercial Function) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 25 pages · for registered students
  • Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Managing Suppliers · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 60–83 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Operations and Supply Chain Alignment
  • Week 2: Integrated Supply Chain Strategy and Key Success Factors
  • Week 3: Strategic Supplier Relationship Management
  • Week 4: Digital Transformation in Supplier Relationship Systems
  • Week 5: Strategic Logistics and Global Network Design
  • Week 6: Strategic Procurement and Sourcing Procedures
  • Week 7: Quantitative Inventory Optimization and Valuation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Lean Operations and Just-In-Time (JIT) Systems
  • Week 10: Supply Chain Strategy Formulation and Improvement Planning
  • Week 11: Supply Chain Strategy Evaluation and Performance Justificat…
  • Week 12: Applying Supply Chain and Operations Management in practice…
  • 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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