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SYLLABUS
Materials Management
Objectives: The course intends to equip students with updated knowledge of modern materials management concepts and
aims to develop their functional expertise in the store and purchase management disciplines.
S. No. Topics
1. Introduction: Meaning and Scope, Objectives and Significance of Materials Management, Material Management
in Other Areas of Management Functions.
2. ABC Analysis: Meaning, Advantages, Objective, Purpose and Limitations, Simple Numerical of ABC Analysis.
3. Codification and Standardization: Basis of Codification, Characteristics of Good Coding System, Types of
Coding, Standardization and its Benefits.
4. Purchasing Management: Objectives and Functions of Purchasing Department, Purchase Policy and Procedure,
Negotiations, Purchase of High Capital Equipment and their Feasibilities. Supply Chain Management,
Implementation of Supply Chain Principles within a Company.
5. Suppliers Selection, Vendor Rating and Vendor Rating Techniques, Vendors Development and Vendors’
Relationship.
6. Inventory Management: Different Costs of Inventory, Optimal Order Quantity, EOQ, Inventory Models with
Purchase Discounts, Buffer Stocks, Fixed Order Period Model, Safety Stocks, Optimum Level of Safety Stock,
Inventory Control, Elements of Effective Inventory Control, Advantages, Procedure for Setting up an Efficient
Inventory Control System, V.E.D. Analysis, S.D.E. Classification, F.S.N. Analysis, X.Y.Z. Analysis, Logistics
Management and Its Link with Inventory Control and other Areas.
7. Value Analysis: Purchasing Research, Price Forecasting, Forward Buying, Make or Buy Decision.
8. Stores Management: Purpose of Store Management, Location and Layout, Cost Aspects and Productivity,
Problems and Developments, New Developments in Storing.
9. Evaluation of Materials Management: Organization, Difficulties, Process and Criteria, Reporting and
Purchasing.
10. Computers in Material Management Electronic Computer, Integrated Computer System for Materials
Management, Material Planning.