Part of a YH programme at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: UPIND19JÖN.
The course Category Management and Contract Follow-up gives you deeper insight into a category-based way of working in purchasing. You gain skills in developing value-creating category strategies and learn how category management can be used for efficiency gains and savings. The course also covers contract follow-up: why it matters and what consequences a lack of follow-up can have.
Duration: 15 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Intermediate
CSN-eligible
Time commitment: 15 YH credits, approx. 3 weeks of full-time study
Purpose and aim of the course
The course aims to give deeper insight into a category-based way of working. Students will gain skills in developing value-creating category strategies. They will gain knowledge of what category management means for purchasing and how it can be used for efficiency gains and savings, and learn to use various techniques and models for analysis, management and implementation. The course also covers contract follow-up, to create awareness of the consequences that inadequate contract follow-up can have and the benefits that contract follow-up brings.
Purpose and aim of the course
The course aims to give deeper insight into a category-based way of working. Students will gain skills in developing value-creating category strategies. They will gain knowledge of what category management means for purchasing and how it can be used for efficiency gains and savings, and learn to use various techniques and models for analysis, management and implementation. The course also covers contract follow-up, to create awareness of the consequences that inadequate contract follow-up can have and the benefits that contract follow-up brings.
What you will learn
What you learn.
You can explain what category management means and its importance for purchasing work.
You can develop value-creating category strategies.
You can use techniques and models for analysis, management and implementation of category strategies.
You understand how category management contributes to efficiency gains and savings.
You can carry out contract follow-up and identify the consequences of inadequate follow-up.
Curriculum
How the course is built.
Category management: basics
Introduction to a category-based way of working in purchasing.
Category strategies
Developing value-creating strategies for different categories.
Analysis and management models
Techniques and models for analysis, management and implementation.
Efficiency and savings
How category management can be used to make purchasing more efficient.
Contract follow-up
Methods for following up contracts and avoiding the consequences of inadequate follow-up.
Target audience
Who is this for?
The course is aimed at YH students in purchasing and procurement who want to deepen their knowledge of category-based work and contract follow-up.
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