Master of Science in Business Administration

Learning Objectives

Prerequisites

Program

Books

Bibliography

Teaching methods

Exam Rules

Updated A.Y. 2021-2022

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN 2021-22

Dr.  Andrea APPOLLONI – andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it

Office hours: to be arranged by email
Office location: Dep. of Management and Law
Building B – Room 65 – First Floor Tel. +39.06 7259 5826

TEACHING STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURSE:

Dr Wenjuan CHENG wenjuan.cheng@uniroma2.it

Office hours: to be arranged by email
Office location: Dep. of Management and Law
Building B – Room 65 – First Floor Tel. +39.06 7259 5826

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The course aims to provide a conceptual understanding of what a purchasing and supply chain is and the various issues that need to be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain, with a specific focus on Procurement/Purchasing. In particular, the course will on a range of vital topics in the Purchasing area including The Role of Purchasing in the Value Chain, the Purchasing Management Process, Social Responsibility, Sustainable and Green Procurement, Innovation and Quality Management, Collaborative Suppliers relationship, Lean in Procurement, E-procurement in the Private and Public Sector, etc.

More specifically, the objectives of the course are:

- to develop an understanding of key drivers of Purchasing and their inter-relationships with strategy and other functions of the company (e.g., marketing, manufacturing, and accounting);

- to impart analytical and problem-solving skills necessary to develop solutions for a variety of Purchasing and design problems and develop an understanding of the use of information technology in Purchasing optimization;

- to understand what information should be exchanged in a supply chain/Purchasing and how Information technologies can support it;

- to identify improvement opportunities that exist within Purchasing in different industries and to quantify the improvements that various supply chain strategies offer;

- to deepen the opportunities in the area of procurement (including some emerging themes such as green procurement and corporate social responsibility)

- to attend and comment on several testimonials from national and international organizations (case studies from public and private companies) including IBM, BCG, McKinsey, Sanofi Aventis, Niuma, ESA (European Space Agency), and more

Students participating in this course will gain an understanding of the role of purchasing and supply Management in a company. Emphasis will be on purchasing as a boundary-spanning function, and the students will learn to handle the challenges related to organizing and operating a competitive supplier base and utilizing network effects for efficiency and development.

The course is structured in four parts:

PART I: The core concepts of Supply Chain Management and Procurement:

- Supply Chain Management: an overview
- The role of purchasing in the value chain
- Industrial buying behavior: Decision-making in purchasing
- The purchasing management process
- Buying business services
- Contract management for complex projects

PART II: Purchasing Strategy and planning

- Purchasing and business strategy
- Outsourcing and risk management
- Category sourcing: developing effective sourcing strategies
- Purchasing, innovation, and quality management
- Purchasing, logistics, and supply chain management
- Purchasing organization
- Performance measurement and governance in purchasing

PART III: Testimonial Companies

TEACHING METHODS

Classes online with case studies, testimonials, and simulations. Students can use Zoom for online lessons. Dr. Andrea Appolloni is responsible for that process and will send to the students the reference for access to the platform. 

There is included in the activities  “Moodle” a second E-learning platform method where the students can make and open the discussions on the different course issues online. (The teacher will provide during the first lesson a description of the utilization of this application's Moodle). 

All materials will be upload in Moodle 

MAIN REFERENCES
The required references are:

As textbook:

Arjan J. van Weele, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Analysis, Strategy, Planning, and Practice, Cengage Learning, 7th Edition (2018) (or past editions are fine ) 
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13
Published by Cengage Learning, ©2014 (or different editions, important check only the correspondence of each chapter)

Published by Cengage Learning, due to the emergency you can buy online a copy of the book following this link:

https://shop.unipass.it/home/5890-materiale-didattico-del-corso-di-procurement-and-supply-chain-aa-201920.html or send an email to info@universitaliasrl.it

If you have a problem buying the book, please inform Dr. Andrea Appolloni

please inform Dr. Andrea Appolloni 

As additional required course readings:

• Arjan Van Weele and Erik van Raaij (2014), “The Future of Purchasing and Supply Management Research: About Relevance and Rigor,” Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 50 No. 1
• António Aguiar Costa Amílcar Arantes and Luís Valadares Tavares (2013) “Evidence of the impacts of public e-procurement: The Portuguese experience”, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Vol. 19 pp. 238–246
• Walker, H. L. and Brammer, S. 2012. The relationship between sustainable procurement and e-procurement in the public sector. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 140(1), pp. 256-268
• Kraljic P. – Purchasing must become supply management, HBR Sept.-Oct. 1983
• Lee H.L – The Triple-A supply chain, HBR October 2004
• Appolloni A. (2012). Audit Collaboration in the Telecom Industry on Asian Supplier,. in various authors (eds), Supply Chain Management: Perspectives, Issues, And Cases. McGraw-Hill, Milan. ISBN:978-88-386-7323-8
  
  
• Rizzi F., Frey M., Testa F. and Appolloni A. (2014). Environmental value chain in green SME networks: the threat of the Abilene paradox. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 85, pp. 265-275.  Elsevier, USA. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.001
  
  • Appolloni A., Sun H. Fu J. and Li X. (2014). Green Procurement in the Private Sector: A State of the Art Review between 1996 and 2013. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 85, pp. Elsevier, USA.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.106 Special Volume: Making Progress Towards More Sustainable Societies through Lean and Green Initiatives
• Appolloni A., Risso M. and Tao Z. (2013) Collaborative approach for sustainable auditing of global supply chains. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management (symphonya.unimib.it), No. 2, pp. 19-31.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4468/2013.2.02appolloni.risso.zhang
• Appolloni A., D' Amato A. and Cheng W. (2012). Is Public Procurement Going Green? Experiences and Open Issues. In Piga G. e Treumer S. (eds). The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement. The Economics of Legal Relationships. Routledge
• Frank A.G. den Butter and Kees A. Linse (2008) Rethinking Procurement in the Era of Globalization, MIT Sloan Management Review

The students can receive and discuss more articles during the course

The course will be built on academic classes based on textbook, slides, articles, plus case studies and materials presented by testimonials (public and private companies involved in the course)

CASE DISCUSSIONS
The teaching cases will be discussed in class while the assigned ones will be included in the parallel e-learning course by Moodle.

OTHER LEARNING SOURCES

• Websites of Procurement It solution providers (namely Bravo Solution, I Faber, IVALUA, Ariba, etc.)
  • E-learning Platform by “Moodle” (send an email to andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it to open your access)

ATTENDANCE
Important: Because of the concentrated nature of the MScBA program, attendance in class is very important, in particular during the testimonials from the companies (McKinsey, IBM, BCG, I-Faber, Sanofi, AT Kerney Unicredit Bank, Elica, Bravo Solution, and others). Indeed, a significant part of the learning from the course is derived from the testimonials and their experience in that case it is important to join especially the meetings whit the companies. 
The students who will be attending not less than 75% of the classes will be eligible to be considered as regularly attending the classes, (considering the standard program and the opportunity to take the pre-exam). Conversely, the students who cannot regularly follow the course must include in the standard program more chapters, (Chap. 14, 15, and 16) and they cannot take the pre-exam in this case.

EXAM (only oral exam) 

The oral test is made of 2 or 3 specific questions, on the different parts of the course; The oral test can allow the students to improve the mark of their written exam by up to 2 points. The oral test is compulsory only for the students who cannot regularly attend the course and optional for the student who regularly attends the course.

Updated A.Y. 2020-2021

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN 2020-21

Dr.  Andrea APPOLLONI – andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it

Office hours: to be arranged by email
Office location: Dep. of Management and Law
Building B – Room 65 – First Floor Tel. +39.06 7259 5826

TEACHING STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURSE:

Dr Wenjuan CHENG wenjuan.cheng@uniroma2.it

Office hours: to be arranged by email
Office location: Dep. of Management and Law
Building B – Room 65 – First Floor Tel. +39.06 7259 5826

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The course aims to provide a conceptual understanding of what a purchasing and supply chain is and the various issues that need to be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain, with a specific focus on Procurement/Purchasing. In particular, the course will on a range of vital topics in the Purchasing area including The Role of Purchasing in the Value Chain, the Purchasing Management Process, Social Responsibility, Sustainable and Green Procurement, Innovation and Quality Management, Collaborative Suppliers relationship, Lean in Procurement, E-procurement in the Private and Public Sector, etc.

More specifically, the objectives of the course are:

- to develop an understanding of key drivers of Purchasing and their inter-relationships with strategy and other functions of the company (e.g., marketing, manufacturing, and accounting);

- to impart analytical and problem-solving skills necessary to develop solutions for a variety of Purchasing and design problems and develop an understanding of the use of information technology in Purchasing optimization;

- to understand what information should be exchanged in a supply chain/Purchasing and how Information technologies can support it;

- to identify improvement opportunities that exist within Purchasing in different industries and to quantify the improvements that various supply chain strategies offer;

- to deepen the opportunities in the area of procurement (including some emerging themes such as green procurement and corporate social responsibility)

- to attend and comment on several testimonials from national and international organizations (case studies from public and private companies) including IBM, BCG, McKinsey, Sanofi Aventis, Niuma, ESA (European Space Agency), and more

Students participating in this course will gain an understanding of the role of purchasing and supply Management in a company. Emphasis will be on purchasing as a boundary-spanning function, and the students will learn to handle the challenges related to organizing and operating a competitive supplier base and utilizing network effects for efficiency and development.

The course is structured in four parts:

PART I: The core concepts of Supply Chain Management and Procurement:

- Supply Chain Management: an overview
- The role of purchasing in the value chain
- Industrial buying behavior: Decision-making in purchasing
- The purchasing management process
- Buying business services
- Contract management for complex projects

PART II: Purchasing Strategy and planning

- Purchasing and business strategy
- Outsourcing and risk management
- Category sourcing: developing effective sourcing strategies
- Purchasing, innovation, and quality management
- Purchasing, logistics, and supply chain management
- Purchasing organization
- Performance measurement and governance in purchasing

PART III: Testimonial Companies

TEACHING METHODS

Classes online with case studies, testimonials, and simulations. Students can use Zoom for online lessons. Dr. Andrea Appolloni is responsible for that process and will send to the students the reference for access to the platform. 

There is included in the activities  “Moodle” a second E-learning platform method where the students can make and open the discussions on the different course issues online. (The teacher will provide during the first lesson a description of the utilization of this application's Moodle). 

All materials will be upload in Moodle 

MAIN REFERENCES
The required references are:

As textbook:

Arjan J. van Weele, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Analysis, Strategy, Planning, and Practice, Cengage Learning, 7th Edition (2018) (or past editions are fine ) 
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13
Published by Cengage Learning, ©2014 (or different editions, important check only the correspondence of each chapter)

Published by Cengage Learning, due to the emergency you can buy online a copy of the book following this link:

https://shop.unipass.it/home/5890-materiale-didattico-del-corso-di-procurement-and-supply-chain-aa-201920.html or send an email to info@universitaliasrl.it

If you have a problem buying the book, please inform Dr. Andrea Appolloni

please inform Dr. Andrea Appolloni 

As additional required course readings:

• Arjan Van Weele and Erik van Raaij (2014), “The Future of Purchasing and Supply Management Research: About Relevance and Rigor,” Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 50 No. 1
• António Aguiar Costa Amílcar Arantes and Luís Valadares Tavares (2013) “Evidence of the impacts of public e-procurement: The Portuguese experience”, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Vol. 19 pp. 238–246
• Walker, H. L. and Brammer, S. 2012. The relationship between sustainable procurement and e-procurement in the public sector. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 140(1), pp. 256-268
• Kraljic P. – Purchasing must become supply management, HBR Sept.-Oct. 1983
• Lee H.L – The Triple-A supply chain, HBR October 2004
• Appolloni A. (2012). Audit Collaboration in the Telecom Industry on Asian Supplier,. in various authors (eds), Supply Chain Management: Perspectives, Issues, And Cases. McGraw-Hill, Milan. ISBN:978-88-386-7323-8
  
  
• Rizzi F., Frey M., Testa F. and Appolloni A. (2014). Environmental value chain in green SME networks: the threat of the Abilene paradox. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 85, pp. 265-275.  Elsevier, USA. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.001
  
  • Appolloni A., Sun H. Fu J. and Li X. (2014). Green Procurement in the Private Sector: A State of the Art Review between 1996 and 2013. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 85, pp. Elsevier, USA.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.106 Special Volume: Making Progress Towards More Sustainable Societies through Lean and Green Initiatives
• Appolloni A., Risso M. and Tao Z. (2013) Collaborative approach for sustainable auditing of global supply chains. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management (symphonya.unimib.it), No. 2, pp. 19-31.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4468/2013.2.02appolloni.risso.zhang
• Appolloni A., D' Amato A. and Cheng W. (2012). Is Public Procurement Going Green? Experiences and Open Issues. In Piga G. e Treumer S. (eds). The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement. The Economics of Legal Relationships. Routledge
• Frank A.G. den Butter and Kees A. Linse (2008) Rethinking Procurement in the Era of Globalization, MIT Sloan Management Review

The students can receive and discuss more articles during the course

The course will be built on academic classes based on textbook, slides, articles, plus case studies and materials presented by testimonials (public and private companies involved in the course)

CASE DISCUSSIONS
The teaching cases will be discussed in class while the assigned ones will be included in the parallel e-learning course by Moodle.

OTHER LEARNING SOURCES

• Websites of Procurement It solution providers (namely Bravo Solution, I Faber, IVALUA, Ariba, etc.)
  • E-learning Platform by “Moodle” (send an email to andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it to open your access)

ATTENDANCE
Important: Because of the concentrated nature of the MScBA program, attendance in class is very important, in particular during the testimonials from the companies (McKinsey, IBM, BCG, I-Faber, Sanofi, AT Kerney Unicredit Bank, Elica, Bravo Solution, and others). Indeed, a significant part of the learning from the course is derived from the testimonials and their experience in that case it is important to join especially the meetings whit the companies. 
The students who will be attending not less than 75% of the classes will be eligible to be considered as regularly attending the classes, (considering the standard program and the opportunity to take the pre-exam). Conversely, the students who cannot regularly follow the course must include in the standard program more chapters, (Chap. 14, 15, and 16) and they cannot take the pre-exam in this case.

EXAM
The exam is made up of two parts: a written test and an oral test, which will be usually held on the same day or one day after the written exam. The written test will last 1 hour and 45 minutes and it is made of 5 open questions on the different parts of the course. The maximum mark that can be obtained at the written test is 28 (out of 30).

The oral test is made of 2 or 3 specific questions, on the different parts of the course; The oral test can allow the students to improve the mark of their written exam by up to 2 points. The oral test is compulsory only for the students who cannot regularly attend the course and optional for the student who regularly attends the course.

Moreover, the students who regularly attend the course and actively participate in the e-learning platform “Moodle”, will have the chance to get a bonus of up to 3 points. In addition, all students, and in particular those who cannot regularly attend the course, have the possibility to prepare and develop a written research activity, namely a case study or an essay (by group or individually): this activity will allow the students to improve the mark of their written exam by up to 2 points.

Please, define the research topic before start whit Prof. Andrea Appolloni.

Updated A.Y. 2019-2020

COURSE OVERVIEW

The course aims to provide a conceptual understanding of what supply chains are as well as the key issues that need to be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain. The course has a specific focus on the Procurement activities and on the impact of digital technologies on supply chains.
The theoretical elements provided will be framed in a practice-oriented view with the support of SCOR, one of the mostly widely adopted supply chain model. SCOR is an acronym for Supply Chain Operations Reference Model, which was developed to assist businesses in understanding, structuring, and evaluating the performance of supply chains.

Syllabus_2019-20.pdf

 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Develop a basic understanding of supply chain management and its role in the company. Develop a sound knowledge on the key drivers of Purchasing and its inter-relationships with strategy and other functions of the company (e.g. manufacturing, logistics and marketing). Master the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR).

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Apply analytical and problem solving skills necessary to develop solutions for a variety of Supply Chain and Purchasing and understanding what information should be exchanged in a supply chain/purchasing activity, how Information technologies can support it and digital transformation will impact on supply chain management and purchasing. Being able to apply the SCOR framework to actual business cases.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS

Identify key issues within purchasing within different industries and learning to quantify the improvements that various supply chain strategies can offer.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Summarize and present Supply Chain and Purchasing strategies. Discuss the implication of implementing analytical tools for Supply Chain Management and Purchasing.

LEARNING SKILLS

Analyse critically Supply Chain and Purchasing decisions. Discuss the implication of designing, planning, or operating a supply chain, in particular a digital supply chain.

STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE AND REFERENCE TEXTBOOK

The course is structured on four parts:

PART I: The core concepts of Supply Chain Management and Procurement:
- Supply Chain Management: an overview
- The role of purchasing in the value chain
- Industrial buying behaviour: Decision-making in purchasing
- The purchasing management process
- Buying business services
- Contract management for complex projects

PART II: Purchasing Strategy and planning
- Purchasing and business strategy
- Outsourcing and risk management
- Category sourcing: developing effective sourcing strategies
- Purchasing, innovation and quality management
- Purchasing, logistics and supply chain management
- Purchasing organization
- Performance measurement and governance in purchasing

PART III: Digital Supply Chains
- Impact of digital technologies on planning, procurement and logistics
- Definition of a digital strategy for the supply chain
- Overview of the emerging IT tools and their impact on the supply chain
- The relevance of blockchain technology for supply chain management

PART IV: SCOR® (Supply Chain Operating Reference) Model
- [Course section taught by Sergio Vacca]
- The origins and goals of the SCOR Reference Model framework.
- The structure of the SCOR Reference Model framework.
- The pillars of the SCOR framework: performance, processes, practices and people.
- The SCOR improvement program.

Some classes related to part I and II will be e-learning classes available on the course Moodle Platform.
The teaching method is based on a combination of theory/model and practical applica-tions. The class material and additional documents/tools, helping to improve knowledge and skills, will be posted regularly during the course on the laD Platform for use and consultation.

For Parts I and II the reference textbook is:
Arjan J. van Weele, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Analysis, Strategy, Planning and Practice, Cengage Learning, 7th Edition (2018)
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13

For Part III the reference material is made of the course slides and reports from leading-edge consulting companies (included in the course website).

For Part IV: the reference material is made of slides and readings based on the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model developed by APICS/ASCM as a comprehensive open-source model well adopted by practitioners
http://www.apics.org/apics-for-business/frameworks/scor

The slides will be provided both on the course website and the Moodle platform. In the Moodle platform there will be also videos supporting the e-learning classes.

OTHER LEARNING SOURCES

Seminar articles (for non attending students):
• Fisher M. – What is the right supply chain for your product, HBR March-April 1997
• Lee H.L – The Triple-A supply chain, HBR October 2004
• Kraljic P. – Purchasing must become supply management, HBR Sept.-Oct. 1983
• Stalk G. – Time the next source of competitive advantage, HBR July-Aug. 1998

SCOR related readings:
• Supply Chain Excellence – Peter Bolstorff; Robert Rosenbaum - 2012. AMACOM books, division American Management Association International, New York, NY
• Fix Your Supply Chain – Paul C. Husby; Dan Starwood – CRC Press – Taylor and Francis Group
• Learning to See – Mike Rother; John Shook – Lean enterprise Institute. Cambridge, MA 02142 USA

• CAPS  Research- Center for Advanced Procurement Strategy www.capsresearch.org

Videos on Part I and II:
• Ch1: https://youtu.be/ZVd2cmoqdX0
• Ch2: https://youtu.be/48YPBZsHTpI
• Ch3: https://youtu.be/DO9lunEKoGc
• Ch4: https://youtu.be/7otetvMMQ7o
• Ch5: https://youtu.be/Ha6egB7N4tM
• Ch7: https://youtu.be/5CEsqqyB3v0
• Ch8: https://youtu.be/qIbLpQ56yI0
• Ch9: https://youtu.be/Y_NMVcM1Bxo
• Ch10: https://youtu.be/yu6qqoqjSg4
• Ch11: https://youtu.be/G4cxTR-STM4
• Ch12: https://youtu.be/Hic1Y_NTm8U

TEACHING METHODS

Classes with case studies, testimonials and simulations.
E-learning classes and forums based on the MScBA Moodle platform (The teacher will provide during the first lesson a description about the utilization of Moodle).
Webinars
Group work on SCOR application case.

Updated A.Y. 2017-2018

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES

                             A.A.  2017-18

Dr.  Andrea APPOLLONI – andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it
Office hours: to be arranged by email
Office location: Dep. of Management and Law - Business Scholl - Building B – Room 60 – First Floor

PRE-REQUISITES FOR THE COURSE:

The exam of “General Management”

EXTRA-ACTIVITIES SUGGESTED

Apics SCOR course by Dr. Sergio Vacca, available in the second-semester a.a. 2017-18

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The course aims to provide a conceptual understanding of what a purchasing and supply chain is and the various issues that need to be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain, with a specific focus on Procurement/Purchasing. In particular, the course will on a range of vital topics in the Purchasing area including: The Role of Purchasing in the Value Chain, the Purchasing Management Process, Social Responsibility, Sustainable and Green Procurement, Innovation and Quality Management, Collaborative Suppliers relationship, Lean in Procurement, E-procurement in the Private and Public Sector, etc.

More specifically, the objectives of the course are:

- to develop an understanding of key drivers of Purchasing and their inter-relationships with strategy and other functions of the company (e.g., marketing, manufacturing, and accounting);                     

- to understand what information should be exchanged in a supply chain/Purchasing and how Information technologies can support it;                                                                                                       

- to identify improvement opportunities that exist within Purchasing in different industries and to quantify the improvements that various supply chain strategies offer;                                                       

- to deepen the opportunities in the area of procurement (including some emerging themes such as green procurement and corporate social responsibility)                                                                      

- to attend and comment several testimonials from national and international organizations (case studies from public and private companies) including:

McKinsey, AT Kearney, IBM, Sanofi, ESA  Space, Bravo Solution

Students participating in this course will gain an understanding of the role of purchasing and supply Management in a company. Emphasis will be on purchasing as a boundary spanning function, and the students will learn to handle the challenges related to organizing and operating a competitive supplier base and utilizing network effects for efficiency and development.

TEACHING METHODS

Classes with case studies, testimonials, and simulations.

MAIN REFERENCES

The required references are:

As textbook:

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Cengage Learning, 6th Edition (2014)
Analysis, Strategy, Planning and Practice (with CourseMate and eBook Access Card)
Arjan J. van Weele, Eindhoven University of Technology
418pp - (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12).
ISBN-13: 9781408088463 / ISBN-10: 1408088460
Published by Cengage Learning, ©2014

https://cengage.com.au/product/title/purchasing-and-supply-chain-management/isbn/9781408088463

The students regularly attending the course are required to prepare on only Chapters
1,3, 9, 10,11 and 14 from the book and related slides available on the web. 

As additional required course readings:

• Arjan Van Weele and Erik van Raaij (2014), “The Future of Purchasing and Supply Management Research: About Relevance and Rigor,” Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 50 No. 1

• António Aguiar Costa Amílcar Arantes and Luís Valadares Tavares (2013) “Evidence of the impacts of public e-procurement: The Portuguese experience”, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Vol. 19 pp. 238–246

• Walker, H. L. and Brammer, S. 2012. The relationship between sustainable procurement and e-procurement in the public sector. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 140(1), pp. 256-268

• Kraljic P. – Purchasing must become supply management, HBR Sept.-Oct. 1983

• Appolloni A. (2012). Audit Collaboration in the Telecom Industry on Asian Supplier, in various authors (eds), Supply Chain Management: Perspectives, Issues and Cases. McGraw-Hill, Milan. 

• Rizzi F., Frey M., Testa F. and Appolloni A. (2014). Environmental value chain in green SME networks: the threat of the Abilene paradox. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 85, pp. 265-275.  

• Appolloni A., Risso M. and Tao Z. (2013) Collaborative approach for sustainable auditing of global supply chains. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management. No. 2, pp. 19-31.  

• Appolloni A., D' Amato A. and Cheng W. (2012). Is Public Procurement Going Green? Experiences and Open Issues. In Piga G. e Treumer S. (eds). The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement. The Economics of Legal Relationships. Routledge

• Frank A.G. den Butter and Kees A. Linse (2008) Rethinking Procurement in the Era of Globalization, MIT Sloan Management Review

The students can receive and discuss more articles during the course

The course will be built on academic classes based on textbook, slides, articles, plus case studies and materials presented by testimonials (public and private companies involved in the course)

OTHER LEARNING SOURCES

Websites of Procurement It solution providers (namely Bravo Solution, I Faber, IVALUA, Ariba, etc.). Additionals materials linked to the adopted book 

ATTENDANCE

Important: Because of the concentrated nature of the MScBA programme, attendance in class is very important, in particular during the testimonials from the companies (PWC, IBM, Consip, I Faber, Bravo Solution and others). Indeed, a significant part of the learning from the course is derived from the testimonials and their experience, and this part is included in the exam. The calendar of the lessons could be changed; we recommend checking the updates calendar on the web and the communication from the newsletter received by emails.

EXAM
The exam is made up of a  written test (any oral exam). The written test will last 1 hour and 45 minutes, and it is made of 4 open questions on the different parts of the course (book), including the testimonial companies presented during the course. The maximum mark that can be obtained at the written test is 30 (out of 30) and Laude and the minimum to pass the exam is 18/30. 

have a nice course 

Updated A.Y. 2015-2016

Important Notice: Please check the lessons calendar in the moodle on-line platform to check about the exactly scheduling of the course and not in the general university web page. Thank a lot

PROCUREMENT, SOURCING AND SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES

                                            2015-16

Prof. Dr.  Andrea APPOLLONI PhD– andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it
Office hours: to be arranged by email
Office location: Dep. of Management and Law - Business Scholl - Building B – Room 60 – First Floor

TEACHING STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURSE:

Bernardo Nicoletti, Francesco Testa, Adriano Di Domenicantonio, Simone Ferretti, Niloo Argi, Sara Belisari and Yan Jiang

PRE-REQUISITES FOR THE COURSE:

The exam of “General Management”

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The course aims to provide a conceptual understanding of what a purchasing and supply chain is and the various issues that need to be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain, with a specific focus on Procurement/Purchasing. In particular, the course will on a range of vital topics in the Purchasing area including: The Role of Purchasing in the Value Chain, the Purchasing Management Process, Social Responsibility, Sustainable and Green Procurement, Innovation and Quality Management, Collaborative Suppliers relationship, Lean in Procurement, E-procurement in the Private and Public Sector, etc.

More specifically, the objectives of the course are:
- to develop an understanding of key drivers of Purchasing and their inter-relationships with strategy and other functions of the company (e.g., marketing, manufacturing and accounting);                      - to understand what information should be exchanged in a supply chain/Purchasing and how Information technologies can support it;                                                                                                        - to identify improvement opportunities that exist within Purchasing in different industries and to quantify the improvements that various supply chain strategies offer;                                                        - to deepen the opportunities in the area of procurement (including some emerging themes such as green procurement and corporate social responsibility)                                                                       - to attend and comment several testimonials from national and international organizations (case studies from public and private companies) including:

Consip SpA ( http://www.eng.consip.it/on-line/en/Home.html ) IBM ( www.ibm.com ) I Faber “Member of Unicredit Group” www.i-faber.com ) Bravo Solution “Member of Italcementi Group” (www.bravosolution.com/cms/us ) IVALUA (www.ivalua.com)  PWC (www.pwc.com) Ariba Member of SAP (www.ariba.com )

Students participating in this course will gain an understanding of the role of purchasing and supply Management in a company. Emphasis will be on purchasing as a boundary spanning function, and the students will learn to handle the challenges related to organising and operating a competitive supplier base and utilising network effects for efficiency and development.

TEACHING METHODS

Classes with case studies, testimonials and simulations.
Development of a“moodle” e-learning method with discussions on the different course issues on line. (The teacher will provide during the first lesson a description about the utilization of Moodle)

MAIN REFERENCES
The required references are:

As textbook:

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Cengage Learning, 6th Edition (2014)
Analysis, Strategy, Planning and Practice (with CourseMate and eBook Access Card)
Arjan J. van Weele, Eindhoven University of Technology
418pp - (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12).
ISBN-13: 9781408088463 / ISBN-10: 1408088460
Published by Cengage Learning, ©2014

Link: http://edu.cengage.co.uk/catalogue/product.aspx?isbn=1408088460

The students attending regularly the course are required to prepare on only Chapters
1,2,3,9,10,11 and 12 from the book while they will be preparing all the other topics by using on the slides and notes.

The students attending regularly the course are required to prepare on only Chapters 1,2,3,9,10,11 and 12 from the book while they will be preparing all the other topics by using on the slides and notes.

As additional required course readings:

• Arjan Van Weele and Erik van Raaij (2014), “The Future of Purchasing and Supply Management Research: About Relevance and Rigor,” Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 50 No. 1

• António Aguiar Costa Amílcar Arantes and Luís Valadares Tavares (2013) “Evidence of the impacts of public e-procurement: The Portuguese experience”, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Vol. 19 pp. 238–246

• Walker, H. L. and Brammer, S. 2012. The relationship between sustainable procurement and e-procurement in the public sector. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 140(1), pp. 256-268

• Kraljic P. – Purchasing must become supply management, HBR Sept.-Oct. 1983

• Lee H.L – The Triple-A supply chain, HBR October 2004

• Appolloni A. (2012). Audit Collaboration in the Telecom Industry on Asian Supplier,. in various authors (eds), Supply Chain Management: Perspectives, Issues And Cases. McGraw-Hill, Milan. ISBN:978-88-386-7323-8

• Rizzi F., Frey M., Testa F. and Appolloni A. (2014). Environmental value chain in green SME networks: the threat of the Abilene paradox. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 85, pp. 265-275.  Elsevier, USA. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.001
            
• Appolloni A., Sun H. Fu J. and Li X. (2014). Green Procurement in the Private Sector: A State of the Art Review between 1996 and 2013. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 85, pp. Elsevier, USA.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.106 Special Volume: Making Progress Towards More Sustainable Societies through Lean and Green Initiatives

• Appolloni A., Risso M. and Tao Z. (2013) Collaborative approach for sustainable auditing of global supply chains. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management (symphonya.unimib.it), No. 2, pp. 19-31.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4468/2013.2.02appolloni.risso.zhang

• Appolloni A., D' Amato A. and Cheng W. (2012). Is Public Procurement Going Green? Experiences and Open Issues. In Piga G. e Treumer S. (eds). The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement. The Economics of Legal Relationships. Routledge
• Frank A.G. den Butter and Kees A. Linse (2008) Rethinking Procurement in the Era of Globalization, MIT Sloan Management Review

The students can receive and discuss more articles during the course

The course will be built on academic classes based on textbook, slides, articles, plus case studies and materials presented by testimonials (public and private companies involved in the course)

MOODLE Platform - Mandatory registration to follow the course

Dear Student,
you can find all materials and information related to the course of Procurement Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategies in the Moodle E-learning Platform on-line. (timetable, generals and important information and other news)
Please, don't consider the web page of the Faculty, but only moodle

THE ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR THE COURSE ON-LINE IN THE MOODLE PLATFORM.

Please open this link:
http://mscba.scuolaiad.it/ (general platform of BA Program) by your ID and Pw.
Search on the web page the listed course in “Procurement Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategies” click on it and please insert a keyword access (If you want to know the keyword send an email to andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it or ask directly to the professor during the lessons). After this procedure you will be connected in the course on-line

The access is reserved only for the students involved in this course.
It is not permitted to transfer the key access to the other students or people. Pay attention for this alert.

CASE DISCUSSIONS
The teaching cases will be discussed in class while the assigned ones will be included in the parallel e-learning course by Moodle.

OTHER LEARNING SOURCES
• Websites of Procurement It solution providers (namely Bravo Solution, I Faber, IVALUA, Ariba, etc.)
• E-learning Platform by “Moodle” (send an email to andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it to open your access)

ATTENDANCE
Important: Because of the concentrated nature of the MScBA programme, attendance in class is very important, in particular during the testimonials from the companies (PWC, IBM, Consip, I Faber, Bravo Solution and others). Indeed, a significant part of the learning from the course is derived from the testimonials and their experience.
The students who will be attending not less than 80% of the classes will be eligible to be considered as regularly attending the classes, (considering the standard program and the opportunity to take the pre-exam). Conversely, the students who cannot regularly follow the course must include in the standard program more chapters, (Chap. 15 and16 ) and they cannot take the pre-exam in this case.

EXAM
The exam is made up of two parts: a written test and oral test, which will be usually held on the same day or one day after the written exam. The written test will last 1 hour and 45 minutes and it is made of 5 open questions on the different parts of the course. The maximum mark that can be obtained at the written test is 28 (out of 30).

The oral test is made of 2 or 3 specific questions, on the different parts of the course; The oral test can allow the students to improve the mark of their written exam by up to 2 points. The oral test is compulsory only for the students who cannot regularly attend the course and optional for student who regularly attend the course.

Moreover, the students who regularly attend the course and actively participate in the e-learning platform “moodle”, will have the chance to get a bonus up to 3 points.

In addition, all students, and in particular those who cannot regularly attend the course, have the possibility to prepare and develop a written research activity, namely a case study or an essay (by group or individually): this activity will allow the students to improve the mark of their written exam by up to 2 points. Please, define the research topic before start whit Prof. Andrea Appolloni.

Important notice

This is very important before take the course and the final exam, contact Prof. Andrea Appolloni by email (andrea.appolloni@uniroma2.it).

Thank a lot and enjoy the course!!!