LOG1040 Purchasing 1

Introductory · 1 credit · TMT - Trades, Manufacturing and Transportation

Description: Students identify the role of purchasing, distinguish between public and private purchasing activities, perform expediting activities, and provide service to internal and external customers.
Prerequisite: LOG1010: Logistics
Parameters: Access to a purchacing, warehousing and distributing facility.

Outcomes The student will:

1 describe the role of purchasing and work performed by purchasers in logistics
- 1.1 identify and describe the processes involved in the purchasing subsector of logistics
- 1.2 explain how and where purchasing fits in the logistics process
- 1.3 compare and contrast the purchasing process for goods and the purchasing process for services
- 1.4 identify and explain, in chart form, the line of authority for the purchase of:
  - 1.4.1 goods
  - 1.4.2 services
- 1.5 explain how and why purchasing decisions can add value/profitability to the logistics process
2 distinguish between public and private purchasing activities
- 2.1 identify differences and similarities between public and private purchasing activities
- 2.2 identify differences and similarities between centralized purchasing procedures and decentralized purchasing procedures
3 differentiate between internal and external customers
- 3.1 distinguish between internal and external customers from a purchasing perspective
4 demonstrate basic competencies in: • purchasing
- 4.1 explain why customer satisfaction is an important factor in purchasing decisions
- 4.2 explain the concept of necessity and how it relates to the purchasing process • expediting
- 4.3 demonstrate basic expediting procedures including:
  - 4.3.1 tracking progress and time of arrival of specific orders
  - 4.3.2 consulting with suppliers
  - 4.3.3 anticipating problems
  - 4.3.4 having a contingency plan
  - 4.3.5 ensuring delivery of goods • data handling
- 4.4 for a given item, explain the production process(es)
5 demonstrate basic competencies
- 5.1 demonstrate fundamental skills to:
  - 5.1.1 communicate
  - 5.1.2 manage information
  - 5.1.3 use numbers
  - 5.1.4 think and solve problems
- 5.2 demonstrate personal management skills to:
  - 5.2.1 demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours
  - 5.2.2 be responsible
  - 5.2.3 be adaptable
  - 5.2.4 learn continuously
  - 5.2.5 work safely
- 5.3 demonstrate teamwork skills to:
  - 5.3.1 work with others
  - 5.3.2 participate in projects and tasks
6 make personal connections to the cluster content and processes to inform possible pathway choices
- 6.1 complete/update a personal inventory; e.g., interests, values, beliefs, resources, prior learning and experiences
- 6.2 create a connection between a personal inventory and occupational choices