Supply Markets – APS-K Level 1

Supply Markets

Subject Contents

Chapter 1

Overview of Supply Markets

  • Definition of Terms Used in Supply Markets
  • Importance of Supply Markets
  • Identification and Management of Supply Market Risks
  • Opportunities for Improving Value for Money through Exploiting Supply Markets
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

Chapter 2

Analysing Supply Markets

  • Types of Markets Structures
  • Importance of Supply Market Analysis
  • Supply Positioning Tools
  • Supplier Strategies for Analysing Supply Markets
  • Technology and Other Factors Driving Changes in the Supply Market
  • Challenges Faced in Supply Market Analysis
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 3

Supply Market Information

  • Primary Market and Industry Sources of Information
  • Secondary Market and Industry Sources of Information
  • Characteristics of Quality Information
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 4

Market Competition

  • Role of Competition in Supply Market
  • The Product Life Cycle
  • Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 5

Supply Chain

  • Definition of Supply Chain
  • Components of a Supply Chain
  • Management of Supply Chain Risks
  • Stakeholders in a Supply Chain
  • Review Question
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 6

Substitute Goods and Services

  • Meaning of substitute goods and services
  • Impact of substitute goods and services in the supply market
  • Benefits of researching the market for substitute goods and services
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 7

Supply Environmental Factors

  • Supply market environmental factors
  • Internal supply market environmental factors
  • External supply market environmental factors
  • Supply Market Analysis Tools
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 8

Market Demand and Supply Forces

  • Define Market Demand and Supply
  • Demand and Supply Curves
  • Shifts in Demand and supply
  • Elasticity of Demand and Supply
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 9

Supply market segmentation

  • Definition of Segmentation in Supply Markets
  • Supply Market Segmentation Tools
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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Chapter 10

Emerging Issues and Trends in Supply Markets

  • Emerging Issues and Trends in Supply Markets
  • Challenges and opportunities posed by emerging issues and trends in Supply Markets
  • Coping with and adopting to the emerging issues and trends in Supply Markets
  • Review Questions
  • Further Reading

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