Supplier Relationship Management
Introduction
“With its broad model spectrum, the Volkswagen Group is unique in the automobile industry. Our eight independent brands set a new sales record last year, delivering almost 6.2 million vehicles to customers worldwide. I am therefore proud to report that our Group is on course. This success is in part attributable to cooperation with our global partners and suppliers.”
(Martin Winterkorn, press announcement of the Volkswagen Group Supplier Award, 2008)
SRM is a holistic purchasing approach which seamlessly integrates operational purchasing and strategic sourcing aspects, based on a strong analytical foundation. The core idea is to leverage past purchasing and supplying behavior to optimize future decisions and execute those purchasing decisions based on the strategic procurement guidance.
SRM has relevancy for all companies and all industries: savings, efficiency gains or quality improvements in procurement effect directly the bottom line. Starting with the state-of-the-art procurement and sourcing basics, the lecture will focus on advanced buying concepts and strategies for enterprises. Based on this business perspective, the lecture will give an overview on relevant IT solutions and specifically drill down into SAP’s product offerings in the SRM space. The lecture will include business process, architectural, delivery (on-premise / on-demand), integration and implementation aspects of SAP’s SRM solution.
Teaching concept
This lecture aims on providing master students with a thorough understanding of Supplier Relationship Management. The lecture is structured as following:
- Fundamentals of Procurement
- Modern Concepts and Trends in Purchasing
- Overview on IT solutions for SRM
- SAP SRM in detail
- Practical Examples: Presentations from SRM developers and product managers form SAP and customer presentations of real-world SRM projects
Students will have the opportunity to get a hands-on experience in analyzing SRM challenges of large corporations as well as a getting a practical understanding how to use SRM software components. As mentioned above, in this lecture SAP software (SAP Business Suite (SRM and ERP) & SAP NetWeaver (MDM, BI, Portal)) will be used as a typical example of a commercially available comprehensive IT solution in the SRM area.
Grading
The grading of the course will include two aspects:
- Final written exam (100%)
- Hands-on Case Study of selected aspects of a SRM solution (delivery of a document and an associated presentation) (bonus for exam)
Organization
The course is limited to 20 students. Students can register through the portal software. Registration is possible from December 27th, 2009 till February 18th, 2010.
The final exam will take place in April to give students the chance to distribute their workload equally over the semester.
Authoritative for information regarding the course is this site. Therefore, students are advised to check it regularly.
Timetable
| Date | Time | Location | Type | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, 27.12.2009 | 0:00 | - | Registration starts | - |
| Fr, 19.02.2010 | 9:30-10:15 | L9,1-2 009 | Kick-Off Meeting | - |
| Fr, 26.02.2010 | 8:30-11:45 | L9,1-2 009 | Lecture 1 | - |
| Fr, 05.03.2010 | 8:30-11:45 | L9,1-2 009 | Lecture 2 | - |
| Fr, 12.03.2010 | 8:30-11:45 | L7, 3-5 2.57 (WI Pool) | Lecture 3 + Exercise | - |
| Fr, 19.03.2010 | 8:30-11:45 | L7, 3-5 2.57 (WI Pool) | Lecture 4 + Exercise | - |
| Fr, 16.04.2010 | 8:30-11:45 | L7, 3-5 2.57 (WI Pool) | Lecture 5 + Exercise | - |
| Fr, 23.04.2010 | 8:30-11:45 | L7, 3-5 2.57 (WI Pool) | Lecture 6 + Exercise | - |
| Fr, 28.05.2010 | 8:30-11:45 | L7, 3-5 2.57 (WI Pool) | Presentation of Case-study | - |
Contact
This course will be given by Dipl-Kfm. Norbert Koppenhagen from SAP AG. For organizational questions regarding the course please contact Dipl-Kfm. Oliver Gaß.
