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TIØ4175

Purchasing and Logistics Management

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Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Strategic importance of purchasing and logistics; supply chain management; economic considerations related to logistical and purchasing decisions; strategic alignment of logistics and purchasing; sourcing strategies and strategies for selection of suppliers; organisation and control of the purchasing function; development of supplier relationships and networks; purchasing and innovation; sustainable logistics and purchasing; digitization in purchasing and logistics, public procurement.

Learning outcome

Position of the course in the study program: The course is a specialization course in the fourth year of the MTIØT program. The course builds on the course TIØ4265 Strategic Management and is compulsory for students who wish to take the specialization Strategic Supply Management. The course contributes by giving the students broad and sound basic knowledge in administrative and economic areas, in particular within the area of purchasing and supplier management and logistics management, as described under point 2.2 in the complete learning objectives for the programme of study in Industrial Economics and Technology Management.

The course will provide knowledge about the following: - General knowledge about purchasing and supply management - General knowledge about logistics management - Specific knowledge about models and theoretical concepts related to the following themes: strategic importance of logistics, logistics costs and value, logistics strategies, global supply chains, risk in supply chains, digitization in supply chains, supply chain management, strategic importance and alignment of the purchasing function, make-or-buy, purchasing strategies, digitisation and purchasing, purchasing processess, supplier development, supplier relationships, supply networks, strategic alignment of purchasing and logistics, organization of purchasing and logistics, performance measurement, purchasing decisions and analyses, involving suppliers in product development, sustainable purchasing and logistics, public procurement.

The course will provide competences in: - Analysing a company´s strategic situation, with a particular emphasis on its purchasing function, logistics function and supplier network - Developing suggestions for change and development of a company´s strategies for the purchasing function, including management of supplier relationships and networks and the logistics function. Other important learning outcomes: - The students will work in groups and obtain training in analysing realistic cases, and in developing managerial implications with a particular focus on purchasing and logistics. Thereby, the students will also acquire experience with working in groups as well as with writing reports for a company or public organization - The students will, by means of lectures, assignments and a written exam, be encouraged to reflect on and combine key perspectives and frameworks within the fields of purchasing management and logistics management.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and compulsory assignments. The course will be taught in English and all course material is in English.

Compulsory assignments

  • Group exercise

Further on evaluation

The course contains a number of compulsory assignments which the students carry out in groups and need to pass in order to qualify for the written exam. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from written to oral.

Course materials

To be announced by the start of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIS1036 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.