Supplier Management
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Course overview
- Provider
- Coursera
- Course type
- Free online course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Certificate
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course author
- Don Klock
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Learn how to select and evaluate suppliers
Review various types of contracts, where they should be used and advantages and disadvantages
Understand how to mitigate risks
Understand some key ethical considerations in procurement
Description
This course will cover Supplier Selection and Evaluation, Contract Management, Quality & Risk Management, and Ethics.One of the important decisions that a Procurement professional makes is selecting the right supplier.We will cover how to evaluate suppliers, using a very simple evaluation tool, to select the right suppliers. In contract management we will expose you to six different types of contracts that a procurement professional can consider for the contract. We will highlight 10 risk management strategies that will mitigate risks for your firm. Lastly, we will cover the very important topic of procurement ethics-what to do and not to do in ethically dealing with suppliers.
In addition to the videos, there are reading materials, and two cases to support your learnings. Both cases will be assessed via a Peer Group.
