Procurement and Logistics Management

 
Logistics is an innovative industry with constantly emerging business processes changes, enterprise software, tracking-and-reporting technologies, and business models. The industry is fiercely competitive both at the global scale and at the local domestic scale. Companies that can effectively manage procurement, just-in-time delivery, and relationships with third-party suppliers will be able to control their own costs, score win-win solutions with partners, ensure business continuity, and ultimately develop a core competency that underpins competitive advantage and better prices and service for customers. For these reasons, trained and skilled logistics and supply chain managers are in demand in Uganda and globally. 
Program Rationale
The increased growth in our economy and global growth of international trade has necessitated training a group of procurement professionals who will manage our organization in the procurement and logistics Field. Post Graduate Diploma in procurement and logistics management program will equips graduates with skills and knowledge in Inventory and warehouse management, legal aspects of procurement, transport and distribution, public procurement, management and organizational theory.

YEAR ONE                                   SEMESTER ONE

 

Course Code

 

LH

TH

PH

CH

CU

PLM 1101

Principles of Procurement and supplies management

60

-

-

60

4

PLM 1102

Legal Aspects in Purchasing and Supply

60

-

-

60

4

PLM 1103

Public Procurement Management

60

-

-

60

4

PLM 1104

Inventory and Stores management

60

-

-

60

4

PLM 1105

Management Information systems

45

-

30

60

4

PBM 1106

Business statistics

45

-

30

60

4

 

TCU

 

 

 

 

24

 

SEMESTER TWO

 

 

 

 

 

PLM 1202

Logistics and Distribution Management

45

30

-

60

4

PBM 1202

Planning and Budgeting

45

-

30

60

4

PBM1203

Research Methods

45

-

30

60

4

PLM 1203

Procurement Ethics

45

-

-

45

3

PBM1201

Financial Management

45

30

-

60

4

PBM 1206

Human Resource management

45

30

-

60

4

 

TCU

 

 

 

 

23

 

Graduation Load

 

 

 

 

47

 

 

The graduates are ideally placed to work either in multi-national companies as procurement managers, procurement executives, business planners, project managers and assistant tutors. The program also trains students to become entrepreneurs and start their own businesses with the aid of both marketing and procurement skills and knowledge. Others will take up further studies in business related courses.

 General School Regulations.
The general regulations and Rules of Multitech Business School shall govern studies and examinations for the Post Graduate Diploma Programmes.
Entry requirements.
Admission into the post graduate programmes requires a candidate to possess/must have a good University degree or its equivalent from recognized institution or university.

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