Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

• Use an understanding of the global sourcing process, including green sourcing and ethical and sustainability issues to support best practices in line with corporate/social responsibility.
• Apply knowledge of the product development process from a supply chain management perspective to design the most timely and cost effective process.
• Examine key supplier identification criteria and the steps used to develop a supplier evaluation selection survey in support of a company’s total quality objectives. 
• Conduct a detailed analysis of a business sourcing problem that involves identifying challenges and possible solutions.

• Various individual and/or group skill-building activities such as case studies, role-plays, or other exercises geared toward critical analysis of course concepts.
• Written assignments or oral reports designed to integrate course material into personal experience or experiences of others.
• Exams comprised of essay and/or objective questions, or an individual and/or team project or paper which requires integration, application, and critical examination of course concepts, issues, and themes

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS

• Communication skills in the global context
• Analytical skills
• Negotiation skills
• Quality management
• Project management

CONCEPTS, THEMES, ISSUES

General Concepts

• Supplier selections
• Sourcing strategies
• Cost analysis
• Product development

 Themes:

•    Understand the process of product development and supplier selection
•    Ethical and sustainability issues impact global sourcing practices and decision. 

Issues:

•    Understand current sourcing trends and methods
•    The impact of sourcing decisions related to new product development