Vskills certification in Purchase Management provides an overview of the purchase function and its importance in smooth functioning of operations and supply chain management. The certification focuses on providing an outline of the responsibilities as a purchase manager to control the overall procedure of material handling and purchase function. The certification imparts requisite skills for maintaining adequate and in-time purchase of the material together with ensuring economic-efficiency and quality of goods and service procured. http://www.vskills.in/certification/Certified-Purchase-Manager

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Vskills certification in Purchase Management provides an overview of the purchase
function and its importance in smooth functioning of operations and supply chain
management. The certification focuses on providing an outline of the responsibilities as a
purchase manager to control the overall procedure of material handling and purchase
function. The certification imparts requisite skills for maintaining adequate and in-time
purchase of the material together with ensuring economic-efficiency and quality of goods
and service procured.
Why should one take this certification?Why should one take this certification?Why should one take this certification?Why should one take this certification?
The certification exam helps working professionals in improving skills and getting better
equipped for the job or for the purpose of proving the employer that you posses the skills
required to perform the task. The certification helps build your CV and acts as an
additional qualification that significantly improves your chances of getting the desired role.
Who will benefit from taking this certification?Who will benefit from taking this certification?Who will benefit from taking this certification?Who will benefit from taking this certification?
Job seekers looking to find employment in purchase department of various companies,
students generally wanting to improve their skill set and make their CV stronger and
existing employees looking for a better role by proving their employers the value of their
skills through this certification.
Test Details:Test Details:Test Details:Test Details:
• Duration:Duration:Duration:Duration: 60 minutes
• No. of questions:No. of questions:No. of questions:No. of questions: 50
• Maximum marks:Maximum marks:Maximum marks:Maximum marks: 50, Passing marks: 25 (50%); There is no negative marking in
this module.
Fee Structure:Fee Structure:Fee Structure:Fee Structure:
Rs. 4,000/- (Includes all taxes)

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Vskills Certified Purchase Manager might find employment in all kind of companies, big or
small, playing important roles in providing strategic and operational guidance in the
purchase department. Thus purchase managers have wide spectrum of employment
opportunities in public as well as private sector.

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Table of Content
1.1.1.1. MaterialMaterialMaterialMaterialssss ManagementManagementManagementManagement
1.1 Objectives of Materials Management
1.2 Functions of Materials Management
1.3 Organisation of Materials Management
1.4 Need, Scope and Functions of Integrated Material Management
2.2.2.2. MaterialMaterialMaterialMaterialssss PlanningPlanningPlanningPlanning
2.1 Need of Materials Planning
2.2 Factors affecting Materials Planning
2.3 Tools of Materials Planning
2.4 Principles and Procedure for Materials Planning
2.5 Basic concepts of MRP (Material Requirements Planning)
2.6 MRP Processing
2.7 Computer Application to MRP Process
2.8 MRP reports - Database recording and maintenance
2.9 Independent and dependent MRP system
3.3.3.3. Materials BudgetingMaterials BudgetingMaterials BudgetingMaterials Budgeting
3.1 Basic concepts of Materials Budgeting
3.2 Factors affecting Materials Budget
3.3 Materials Budgeting and Accounting
4.4.4.4. Material ClassificationMaterial ClassificationMaterial ClassificationMaterial Classification, Standardization, Standardization, Standardization, Standardization and Codificationand Codificationand Codificationand Codification
4.1 Material classification for variety reduction
4.2 Material classification on the basis of Value Analysis
4.3 Basic concepts of codification
4.4 Systems of codification
4.5 Classification by codification
4.6 Objectives and scope of standardization
4.7 Simplification/Variety of reduction
4.8 Levels of standard
5.5.5.5. Material HandlingMaterial HandlingMaterial HandlingMaterial Handling
5.1 Importance and Objectives of Material Handling
5.2 Methods and Practices of Material Handling
5.3 Equipments for Material Handling
5.4 Containerizations
5.5 Waste Management - Surplus and Obsolete

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5.6 Damage and Pilferage
5.7 Cost Analysis
6.6.6.6. StoreStoreStoreStoressss ManagementManagementManagementManagement and Warehousingand Warehousingand Warehousingand Warehousing
6.1 Stores Functions and objectives
6.2 Types of Stores – Centralized and decentralized
6.3 Functions of stores
6.4 Stores Layout, Storage Media and Physical Verification
6.5 Factors affecting successful Store-keeping
6.6 Warehouse Management System (WMS)
6.7 Warehouse operating principles
6.8 Strategy for warehousing
6.9 Planning Warehouse distribution
6.10 Warehouse Layout
6.11 Automatic Warehousing
6.12 Schemes of Automatic Warehousing
7.7.7.7. Inventory ManagementInventory ManagementInventory ManagementInventory Management
7.1 Types of Inventory
7.2 Types of Inventory Costs and factors affecting
7.3 Inventory Management Models – Deterministic and Probabilistic Models
7.4 Techniques of Inventory Control
7.5 Inventory Performance Measurement (Ratio Analysis)
8.8.8.8. Purchase Management SystemPurchase Management SystemPurchase Management SystemPurchase Management System
8.1 Objectives of Purchasing
8.2 Functions and responsibilities of Purchase Department
8.3 Methods of Purchasing
8.4 Purchase Department Organization
8.5 JIT Purchasing – Prerequisites and Elements
9.9.9.9. Vendor ManagementVendor ManagementVendor ManagementVendor Management
9.1 System of Vendor evaluation
9.2 Parameters for evaluation of Vendors Performance
9.3 Social Audit
9.4 Total evaluation – Purchasing Performance, Quantitative Objects etc
9.5 Guidelines for purchase through tender and negotiation tender committee
9.6 Purchase Review
10.10.10.10. Value Analysis SystemValue Analysis SystemValue Analysis SystemValue Analysis System
10.1 Value Analysis – Procedure and Approach
10.2 Tools for Value Analysis
11.11.11.11. Negotiation SkillsNegotiation SkillsNegotiation SkillsNegotiation Skills
11.1 Basic approaches for Negotiation
11.2 Strategy and Planning for Negotiation
11.3 Tactics of effective negotiation

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12.12.12.12. Quality ControlQuality ControlQuality ControlQuality Control
12.1 Components and characteristics of quality
12.2 Objectives and functions of quality control
12.3 Acceptance sampling – Principles and Practices
12.4 Double and Multiple Sampling
12.5 OC and AOQ Curve
13.13.13.13. Stock Keeping and AccountingStock Keeping and AccountingStock Keeping and AccountingStock Keeping and Accounting
13.1 Maintaining Database system
13.2 Preparing reports
13.3 Managing Queries
14.14.14.14. Legal FrameworkLegal FrameworkLegal FrameworkLegal Framework
14.1 The Indian Contract Act, 1872
14.2 The Sales of Goods Act, 1930
14.3 Special Purchase Contracts
14.4 Goods Delivery

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Course OutlineCourse OutlineCourse OutlineCourse Outline
Material ManagementMaterial ManagementMaterial ManagementMaterial Management
Explains the concept of Material Manageent
Illustrates about the primary and secondary objectives of Material Management
Explains the functions of Material Management such as Material Planning,
Scheduling, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Warehousing, Store Management etc
Illustrates the operational aspects of Materials Management
Describes the steps involved in organisation of Materials Management function
Explains the need, scope and functions of Integrated Materials Management
Describes the advantages of integrated Materials Management
Materials PlanningMaterials PlanningMaterials PlanningMaterials Planning
Explains the need for material Planning
Explains the internal and external factors affecting Material Planning
Illustrates the tools of Material Planning such as Bill of Material technique and Past
Consumption Analysis Technique
Explains the principles and procedure involved in Material Planning
Explains the process involved in Material Planning
Explains the basic concepts of MRP such as lumpy demand, lead times, input to
MRP, master production scheduling etc
Explains the Computer Application to MRP Process and its features
Explains the process involved in Database recording and maintenance in MRP
system
Describes Independent and dependent MRP system
Materials BudgetingMaterials BudgetingMaterials BudgetingMaterials Budgeting
Explains the basic concepts and techniques involved in drawing Materials Budget
Explains the factors governing Materials Budget such as past rate of consumption,
investment pattern etc
Material ClassificationMaterial ClassificationMaterial ClassificationMaterial Classification, Standardization, Standardization, Standardization, Standardization and Codificationand Codificationand Codificationand Codification
Explains the process of material classification for variety reduction
Explains the process of material classification on the basis of Value Analysis
Explains the basic concepts of codification
Illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of codification
Describes the system of codification such as Arbitrary system, Alphabetic system,
Numerical system, Decimal system
Explains the process of marking of stores and process of maintaining store
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Explains the Classification by codification
Explains the objectives and scope of standardization
Illustrates the advantages and scope of standardization
Explains the different levels of standard such as individual, company, industry,
national and international standards
Illustrates the concept of Variety of reduction, steps involved in variety control and
different areas of variety reduction
MaterialMaterialMaterialMaterial HandlingHandlingHandlingHandling
Explains the importance and objectives of Material Handling
Explains the cost involved in material handling
Illustrates the methods and practices involved in Material Handling
Explains the methods involved in material handling
Illustrates types of materials, stages of handling, unloading methods, process of
unitized loading
Describes the various equipments for Material Handling and procedure of
selection of equipments
Explains the basic concepts of containerizations, types of containers and underlying
issues
Explains the process of handling surplus and obsolete material
Describes the techniques of grouping of material and their disposal strategy
Explains the process of reducing damage and pilferage losses
Explains the process of material handling cost analysis involving examination of
ratios for material handling labour, direct labour handling loss,
movement/operation, manufacturing cycle efficiency etc.
Stores Management and WarehousingStores Management and WarehousingStores Management and WarehousingStores Management and Warehousing
Explains the various stores functions and the objectives of store management
Explains the relationship between stores and other departments
Explains the different types of stores – Centralized and decentralized
Illustrates the various functions of stores and the elements required for store
organisation
Explains different types of stores layout, types of stores building, categorization of
mediums for storage
Explains the need, purpose and procedure of physical verification of stock
Explains procedure of valuation of material issues
Explains the various factors affecting successful Store-keeping such as situation,
layout, management, verification etc
Illustrates about the objectives of Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Explains the principles involved in operating a warehouse such as design criteria,
handling technology and storage plans
Describes the integrated strategies for warehousing
Describes the steps involved in planning the warehouse distribution such as site
selection, product mix consideration, material handling system etc
Describes the process of designing warehouse layout depending upon the product
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Explains the objectives and types of automatic warehousing
Describes the pre-condition for automatic material handling
Describes the various schemes of automatic warehousing
Inventory ManagementInventory ManagementInventory ManagementInventory Management
Explains the different types of inventory depending on the type of material,
availability and demand
Explains the different types of costs incurred in inventory management such as cost
of ordering, inventory carrying cost and cost of shortage
Illustrates the various factors affecting inventory costs such as market characteristics,
sales characteristics etc
Explains the various forms of deterministic inventory management models – Classic
EOQ Model, EOQ Model with quantity discount, EOQ Model with safety stocks,
EOQ Model with safety stocks and service level and EOQ Model with
replenishment system
Explains the various forms of probabilistic inventory management models
considering the impact of demand and lead time uncertainties
Illustrates the various techniques of Inventory Control such as ABC analysis, VED
analysis, GOLF analysis, HML classification, SDE classification, FSN classification
etc
Explains the dynamics of Inventory Performance Measurement through Ratio
Analysis approach
Purchase Management SystemPurchase Management SystemPurchase Management SystemPurchase Management System
Illustrates the fundamental objectives of Purchasing
Functions and responsibilities of Purchase Department in terms of studying the
market and sources of supply
Illustrates the various methods of purchasing such as purchase made strictly by
requirement, purchase done for a specified period, market purchasing, contract
purchasing etc
Explains the basic structure and organsation of Purchase Department
Explains the elements of JIT production system such as waste elimination, workers
dedication, TQM, parallel processing, e-commerce and JIT purchasing etc
Explains the prerequisites for JIT purchasing system
Vendor ManagementVendor ManagementVendor ManagementVendor Management
Explains system of Vendor performance evaluation
Illustrates the parameters for evaluation of Vendors Performance
Explains the basic concept of Social Audit and internal provisions of Companies
Act
Explains the evaluation of organisation climate, saving – Purchasing Performance of
an organization in terms of etc
Explains the evaluation of Quantitative Objects in terms of minimization of material
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Illustrates the guidelines for purchase through tender and negotiation tender
committee such as negotiation, delayed tenders, price preferences, price escalation
etc.
Explains the procedure of purchase review and review of purchase order on the
basis of value-wise analysis, time analysis, nature of tenders, purchase through
negotiation etc.,
Value Analysis SystemValue Analysis SystemValue Analysis SystemValue Analysis System
Explains the aim and application of value analysis
Explains the procedure and phases of analysis involving information phase,
speculative phase, analysis phase, planning phase, summary and execution phase.
Explains the advanced tools used in Value analysis approach
Negotiation SkillsNegotiation SkillsNegotiation SkillsNegotiation Skills
Explains the basics of negotiation such as why and when negotiation takes place
Explains the strategies and the steps involved in negotiation such as assessing the
vendor, customer related factors, competitors related factors, company policies etc
Illustrates the various tactics and guidelines that a negotiator must follow at the
time of purchase
Explains the techniques of purchase negotiation
Quality ControlQuality ControlQuality ControlQuality Control
Explains the various components and characteristics of quality in terms design,
specification, availability, after sale service etc
Explains the reasons and types of quality losses in terms of tangible and intangible
losses
Illustrates the objectives and functions of quality control in terms of specifications,
manufacture control, design audit, quality review and quality planning etc
Explains the concepts of acceptance sampling – sampling plans, lot acceptance and
acceptance control techniques etc
Explains the procedure of double and multiple Sampling
Illustrates the analysis and interpretation of OC and AOQ Curve
Stock Keeping and AccountingStock Keeping and AccountingStock Keeping and AccountingStock Keeping and Accounting
Explains the procedure of maintaining record in the database system and working
of the system
Describes the various types of reports and methods of their preparation
Explains the steps involved in generating computer outputs
Illustrates the process of managing queries
Legal FrameworkLegal FrameworkLegal FrameworkLegal Framework
Defines a contract and requirements of a valid contract
Illustrates the different types of contracts such as oral and written, express and
implied contracts, bilateral and unilateral contracts etc

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Explains the reasons for termination of contracts such as termination by
performance, by release, by impossibility of performance, by mutual agreement, by
novation etc
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
The Sales of Goods Act, 1930
Explains the special purchase contracts such as rate contract, works contract and
hire-purchase contract
Explains the process involved in Goods Delivery and consideration made at the
time of delivery such as quality of delivery, time of delivery, etc

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Sample QuestionsSample QuestionsSample QuestionsSample Questions
1.1.1.1. A stipulation in a contract of sale pertaining to goods which is essential to theA stipulation in a contract of sale pertaining to goods which is essential to theA stipulation in a contract of sale pertaining to goods which is essential to theA stipulation in a contract of sale pertaining to goods which is essential to the
main purpose of tmain purpose of tmain purpose of tmain purpose of the contract is calledhe contract is calledhe contract is calledhe contract is called ______________.______________.______________.______________.
A. Condition
B. Acceptance
C. Rejection
D. Warranty
2.2.2.2. The system of purchasing from one’s customer preferred to others is known asThe system of purchasing from one’s customer preferred to others is known asThe system of purchasing from one’s customer preferred to others is known asThe system of purchasing from one’s customer preferred to others is known as
________________.________________.________________.________________.
A. Forward Buying
B. Tender Buying
C. Reciprocal Buying
D. Blanket Order
3333.... The parameters for vendor rating includeThe parameters for vendor rating includeThe parameters for vendor rating includeThe parameters for vendor rating include _________________._________________._________________._________________.
A. Price
B. Service
C. Delivery
D. All of the above
4.4.4.4. JIT is a concept which means ______________.JIT is a concept which means ______________.JIT is a concept which means ______________.JIT is a concept which means ______________.
A. Making a plan from time to time
B. Getting the items just when they are needed for production
C. Raising purchase order just before delivery
D. None of the above
5.5.5.5. Purchase order is a legal binding contract only if it isPurchase order is a legal binding contract only if it isPurchase order is a legal binding contract only if it isPurchase order is a legal binding contract only if it is ______________.______________.______________.______________.
A. Posted by the buyer
B. Acknowledged by the supplier
C. Accepted by the supplier
D. None of the above
Answers: 1 (A), 2 (C), 3 (D), 4 (B), 5 (C)