Material Management Course in MSU Baroda

What is the total duration of the Material management Course in MSU University Baroda? This year I was looking forward to take admission in this University under the mentioned course so regarding that provide me with the complete course details. Thank you

Can you provide me the syllabus of MBA - Production and Operations Management Year 2 Elective - Materials Management offered by Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda?

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The syllabus of MBA - Production and Operations Management Year 2 Elective - Materials Management offered by Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda is as follows:

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

UNIT-I
Overview
Objectives- importance of Materials Management-- roles of materials department in an organization --5 Rs of MM-- effect on profitability of organization ---essential traits of materials manager knowledge of products /processes / local suppliers / international vending sources

UNIT-II
Purchase Management
Objectives-- methodologies of purchasing-categories of purchases-tendering process-Metals / non metals / petroleum / engineering / chemical / readily available / Scarcely available / monopoly / Govt controlled Imports / Imports from countries with trade agreement E procurement-Reverse auction bidding

UNIT-III
Negotiations and Stores Management
Negotiations: Objectives--- how to handle--- type of negotiations ---strategies --- win win situations--- Dos and donts of negotiations--- ZOPA Stores Management: Coding--- standardization---SKU concept ---types of stores---FIFO / LIFO method Storage methods-vertical storages--- storage of gases and liquids- storage of hazardous goods-Speedy retrieval of materials Contracts Management : Objective-Types-- Pre contract phase-Execution phase-Post contract phase- Dos and donts-international contracts-arbitration

UNIT-IV
Inventory Management
Inventory Management: Definition-types of inventory costs associated with inventory ordering-inventory Carrying cost-ABC analysis- Selective methods of inventory control

UNIT-V
Vendor Development
Vendor Development- collaborative partnership-vendor performance measurement Out sourcing :Objectives- why outsourcing--dos and donts of out sourcing-Off shoringnear shoring-typical processes being outsourced-Indias prominence-competition from other developing countries -from services to manufacturing

UNIT-VI
Make or Buy Decisions
Objectives-factors determining make/buy decisions-cost-quality capacity- specialization Checklist if items are purchased from outside suppliers checklist if items are made within the Company-Continuous review
Case Study:
Case studies in all sub topics of all modules

REFERENCES
1. Ahuja, K.K.(2013) Materials Management (1st ed.),CBS
2. Mishra, R.(2008) Materials Management (2nd ed.),Excel Books
3. Gopalkrishnan, P.(1993) Handbook of Materials Management (1st ed.),PHI Learning
4. Hax, A.C., Candea ,D.(1984) Production and Inventory Management(6th ed.),Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall
5. Korgaonkar, M.G.(2000) Just in Time Manufacturing ,Macmillan India Ltd.-New Delhi
6. Toomey, J. (2000) Inventory management: Principles, Concepts and Techniques, Springer.

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