Assignment Report Outline- PMM

Cover-Sheet
Title page
Executive Summary (Refer to assignment guidelines on how to write an executive
summary)
Table of contents (Refer to assignment guidelines on how to develop a table of
contents)
Chapter 1: Introduction
 Brief introduction defining purchase management and supply management
 Importance of supply management for business organization.
 Brief introduction of your selected organization.
Chapter 2: Cost Management
2.1 Ownership and Post ownership cost concept
 Ownership cost concept and various ownership costs. (With examples from
your selected organization)
 Post ownership cost concept and various post ownership costs. (With examples
from your selected organization)
2.2 Types of costs
 Variable manufacturing costs. (With examples from your selected
organization)
 Semi-variable costs. (With examples from your selected organization)
 Fixed manufacturing costs. (With examples from your selected organization)
 Direct costs. (With examples from your selected organization)
Chapter 3: Negotiation and legal issues in supply management
3.1: Negotiation and various stages of negotiation
 Negotiation definition
 Elements of negotiation
 Objectives of negotiation
 Negotiation process
3.2: Purchase contract and legal issues
 Legal consideration
 Elements of Valid purchase contract
 Order cancellation and breach of contract
Chapter 4: Resource Planning
4.1: Modern production planning
 Production concept
 Production planning
 Modern production planning
 Aggregate planning
 Master production schedule
 Material requirement planning (MRP)
 Capacity Requirement planning (CRP)
4.2: Inventory Control
 Inventory
 Types of inventory
 Inventory control
 Various inventory control system (JIT, Fixed order interval system, Fixed order
quantity system, MRP)
Chapter 5: Strategic Demand and Logistics Management
5.1: Demand Management
 Definition and concept of demand management
 Importance of demand management
 Effective demand management and its features
5.2: Logistics Management
 Strategic Logistics concept
 Importance of logistics management in supply management
Chapter 6: Conclusion

References (list should be at least 8-10 references)