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Foundation Stage Syllabus
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AIM
To provide an introduction to the
provisioning and legal aspects of supply chain management.
RATIONALE
Organisations in the private and
public sectors need to consider the interface between suppliers, themselves and
customers. It is therefore important that purchasing and supply professionals
have a grounding in the legal aspects of contract, and an awareness of supply
chain management and good practice.
1. Legal Aspects
Contracts - essentials of a valid, legally binding, contract.
Dispute resolution.
Common and statute law.
Battle of the forms.
Examples of model terms and conditions.
In the assessment the candidate may be required to
distinguish between common law and
statute law
identify the law of contract
applicable to purchase and supply situations
identify appropriate contract dispute resolution method
design terms and conditions of
contract to suit given situations. (weighting 30%)
2. Analysing the Need
Main characteristics of specifications.
Quality control and Quality assurance.
Customer service.
In the assessment the candidate may
be required to:
describe the procedure to produce a
clear and concise specification
define the use of quality in
fulfilling the business need and evaluate the differences between
quality control and assurance
identify good customer service
traits. (weighting 25%)
3. Costing the Need
Capital and revenue purchasing techniques.
Tendering procedures.
Quotation analysis.
In
the assessment the candidate may be required to:
compare the differences in purchasing
procedures for capital and revenue goods
identify the main legal obligations
of the parties under a tendering arrangement
define
the components of quotation analysis to give best value to the organisation.
4. Providing the Need
Supplier evaluation.
Ethical sourcing.
Supplier relationships.
Purchasing methods.
In the assessment the candidate may
be required to:
identify differences in buying
approaches in different sectors
demonstrate appropriate means of
evaluating suppliers
produce a policy statement on the
impact of ethical sourcing in purchasing and supply
evaluate the situation businesses
face in determining their relationships and trading agreements
identify and discuss the methods of
purchasing in the various sectors. (weighting 25%)
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