Post-Graduate Diploma Course in Materials Management
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) was established by legendary writer, statesman and academician Dr. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi in 1938, in Mumbai, to promote education and professional training with the values, virtues and the culture of India.
Born in Bharuch in 1887, he had graduated from Baroda College in Arts in 1906 and completed his LLB in 1910. He was an acclaimed lawyer in Mumbai. He was a freedom fighter and a trusted lieutenant of Gandhiji and later a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly. A prolific reader and a writer, Munshi was one of the builders of modern India.
Today Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is very well known and has many colleges, schools, cultural centres, and several institutions, within and outside India, through which it contributes significantly to academic, cultural, and social development across the country.
Post-Graduate Diploma Course in Materials Management
Materials Management is the heart of the modern economy that connects vendors, companies, and markets through the logistics and supply chain systems. It includes proper procurement, stocking, supply and deployment of materials, material replenishment plans, inventory management, and a robust MIS. Rise in organized retail as well as e-commerce has also increased the importance of management of inventory and the stock. These functions need knowledgeable and skilled professionals.
Objectives of the Course
• Help participants understand about material management systems.
• Help participants plan, organise, and manage a complete material management system such as Materials Management, Vendor Development, Stores and Inventory Management.
• Help participants work as a full-time Purchase/Stores Officers/Managers within the natural, cultural, and environmental contexts of the places/situations where he/she is working.
Course Outcomes
• Materials Management in a Profit Center & Integrated Systems Approach.
• Procurement rules for PSUs.
• Principles, tools and techniques related to Materials Management.
• Connection of Materials Management with other departments.
• Materials Planning, Budgeting and Price Forecasting.
• Operations Research Techniques and ‘PERT’ in Materials Management.
• Computer Applications in Materials Management, Forms and Records.
• Managerial Economics, Demand and Supply and Elasticity of Demand.
• Purchasing Cycle, Quality Assurance, Determining Right Quantity.
• Tendering and bidding, evaluating bids and choosing the right supplier.
• Make-or-Buy & Buy-or-Lease Decisions and Sub-Contracting/Out-Sourcing.
• Negotiations and Legal Aspects of Purchasing.
• Expediting, Receiving and Inspections, Value Analysis, Value Engineering.
• Inventory Management, Accounting, Inventory Performance & Reporting.
• Stores, Location and Building Layout and Storage Systems, Materials Handling, and Issue of Materials from Stores.
• Stock Verification, Scrap, Safety and Security and Productivity.
Course Structure
Paper 1: An Overview of Materials Management
Paper 2: Purchasing Management
Paper 3: Inventory Management
Paper 4: Stores Management Part – I
Paper 5: Stores Management Part -II and
Paper 6: Cultural Heritage of India
Paper 7: Global Communication Skills
Who Should Enrol For This Course?
Fresh graduates
• Those who want to learn Materials Management skills without pursuing lengthy and expensive BBA/MBA course.
Working Professionals
• It’s a flexible course catering to working professionals who want to learn new skills and grow professionally. These executives may be:
• Graduates with minimum 2 years’ experience in Purchase, Stores, Supply Chain, Administraion.
• Officers/Executives in government departments/ Public Sector Enterprises.
• Retired officers from armed forces who want to join the corporate sector.
• Women executives who aspire to re-join the corporate sector after a family break.
• Others who are desirous of learning about management.
Recognitions of the course:Recognised by the Government of Gujarat for the following posts/vacancies:
Recognised by the Government of Gujarat for the following posts/vacancies:
(As per GR No. DGC/1089/18/90-KH OY-02-1992)
• Stores Officer/Manager
• Purchase Officer/Manager
• Materials Officer/Manager
Academic Schedule
• Contact Hours :- Minimum 180 contact hours, up to 250 hours.
• Batch Timings :- Evening and Sunday morning classes, a mix of classroom and online lectures.
• Once in a month :- Sunday morning – 9.30 am to 12.30 pm (for workshops and guest & special lectures, events etc.)
• Teaching calendar :- Over 10 months of teaching and 2 months of exams and it preparations.
• Contact Days :- A total of 12 to 13 visits in a month.
• Festivals and holidays :- As per the published schedule of holidays. In case of cancellation or re-schedule of classes during festival days, the re-schedule date and timings will be discussed with the students.
Eligibility Criteria
Mandatory
• Graduation
Desired
• Minimum 2 years work experience
• Good oral and written communication skills in English. (The course language is English.)
• Commitment to regular attendance (minimum 80% attendance, digital or physical, is compulsory)
Academic Evaluation Criteria
• Attendance
• Two internal exams & a Final Exam
• Project Work, Viva and Presentations
• Field and Industry Visit Reports
• Internal Marking (based on Attendance, Exams, Project Work, Viva and Presentations)
• Internships. (This is for non-working or desirous candidates only)
Diploma Certificate
Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication and Management, (RPICM,) Mumbai will award the diploma. RPICM was established by BVB in 1961 to impart professional training to students and young executives.
Placements
• HBICM will be happy to recommend, refer and help place competent students, who have appropriate attitude to learn and work.
Application Process
• Registration at Bhavan’s HBICM Office, Khanpur, Ahmedabad.
• Direct Company Nomination.
Bhavan’s Harilal Bhagwati Institute of Communication and Management
HBICM was established in 1967 and offers government recognized part-time Post-Graduate Diploma courses in Communication and Management. To keep pace with the rapid socio-economic development taking place in India, we now offer short duration Executive Education Programmes. Other certificate courses through tie-ups up with various professional bodies and industries are on the anvil.
The other colleges in the Ahmedabad Kendra Campus includes Bhavan’s Sheth R A College of Arts and Commerce, Bhavan’s Sheth R A College of Science, Bhavan’s Center for Arts and Cultural Academy, and Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology.
Why Bhavan’s HBICM
• IT is part of the most trusted and renowned group of institutions in India.
• The focus of the course is to impart professional skills and training and not merely academic knowledge.
• The course covers all-important aspects and is practice oriented.
• It provides soft skills training to work in the professional and cultural environment.
• The industry oriented projects help in practising theory learnt from the classroom at the workplace.
• The faculty members and guest speakers are eminent practitioners and academicians.
• IT has a strong and active alumni network of eminent people in Industry, Government, Media, Entertainment, Cultural Centers, NGOs, and Academia.
Courses from Bhavan’s HBICM
One Year Post-Graduate Courses
• Journalism (with Mass Communication & Digital Media)
• Mass Communication
• Public Relations
• Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (IRPM – HR)
• International Trade (Import-Export)
• Materials Management
• Finance Management
• Marketing Management
• Business Management
• Retail Management
HBICM Industry Partnered Certificate Courses
• Digital Media: Journalism, Social Media, Content and Marketing (One Year)
• Hospital Management (AHNA as Knowledge Partner) (One Year)
• Pharma Sales and Marketing (Six Months)
Alumni Benefits
After getting the Diploma, students become part of the Bhavan’s HBICM Alumni Association. It arranges several cultural functions in which the member has access. HBICM alumni will get memberships to our Cultural Centres, and subscriptions to our magazines. ‘Bhavanites’ are eminent people in industry, government, media, entertainment, cultural centres, NGOs, and academia. The HBICM alumni actively contribute through donations, talent, and advocacy.
