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• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 1 DQ 1 Risk Management

• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 1 DQ 2 Organizational
  Structure

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• Risk Management. Risk management is a critical
  aspect of project management. The supply chain
  decisions that are made have risk involved like
  any other project decision. Comment on two
  examples of risks that can occur in the supply
  chain that can affect a project. What can you do
  as a project manager to reduce or eliminate the
  risks that you defined? Provide professional
  examples, if at all possible, from a project you
  have managed or of which you have been a team
  member. 

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• Organizational Structure. The structure of an
  organization can influence the overall success of
  a project from initiation to closure. Identify if
  your organization is centralized or decentralized
  and evaluate benefits and weaknesses of the
  structure. Would you change from centralized or
  decentralized to meet the needs of your projects?
  Why or why not? Respond to at least two of your
  classmates? posts.

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• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 2 Assignment Article Review

• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 2 DQ 1 Supply Process
  Improvements

• Article Review. Review the following article from
  ProQuest Avery, S. (2009, February). MRO
  sourcing goes global. Purchasing, 138(2), 48-52.
  Retrieved from ProQuest Database
• In a 1-2 page paper, identify three best
  practices in the article and describe how your
  organization, or an organization you are familiar
  with, could improve with the practices.

• Supply Process Improvements. Examine the steps of
  the supply process in Chapter 4 of the text and
  identify a project where improvements could be
  made in one or more of the steps. Would the
  project have been more successful with the
  implementation of any or all of these steps in
  the supply process? 

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• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 2 DQ 2 Outsourcing

• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 3 Assignment Need Definition

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• Outsourcing. The process of outsourcing the
  creation of a product or a service is a
  controversial, yet critical strategic decision
  for many employers. Describe one example from
  your professional experience, or that you are
  familiar with, where a process or function was
  outsourced. What are the financial implications
  of this change? Did the quality of the product or
  service stay the same, improve, or decline?

• Need Definition. From the end of Chapter 6,
  complete the following questions out of the
  section titled Questions for Review and
  Discussion. Each question should be thoroughly
  answered in a minimum of 150 words, using support
  from the text and examples when appropriate.
• a. Why is it preferable to separate need
  identification and defining commercial
  equivalents into two separate stages?
• b. Why is early supply/supplier important?

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• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 3 DQ 1 Capital Goods

• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 4 Assignment Case 11-3 Budget

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• Capital Goods. A project manger needs to
  understand the importance of the acquisition of
  capital goods. There are many choices for capital
  good procurement, including buying or leasing new
  equipment, or buying used equipment. Describe an
  example from the text or your personal
  professional experience where your project or
  organization had to procure capital goods for
  strategic reasons. What was the type of equipment
  (new, used) and how was it purchased? Please
  comment on the benefits of the choice selected

• Case 11-3 Budget. Refer to the City of Granston
  Case 11-3 at the end of Chapter 11. Using the
  Current Year Q-3? data found in Exhibit 2 and
  Exhibit 3, create a project supply and materials
  budget based on the information in the case. Your
  budget must include a one paragraph introduction
  on the importance of a materials supply budget.
• This can be submitted in a MS Word Document, with
  title page, or as an MS Excel sheet with a clear
  one-paragraph introduction on the importance of a
  materials and supply budget.

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• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 4 DQ 1 Procuring Services

• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 4 DQ 2 Target Pricing

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• Procuring Services. Many projects need to procure
  services to execute successfully no matter what
  industry you are in. There is a personal
  relationship with the service provider, which
  makes collaboration much more important than when
  selecting goods products. Describe a project you
  have been involved with, or have knowledge of,
  where services were a major part of the
  deliverables.

• Target Pricing. Target pricing is experiencing
  growing use in North America. Should businesses
  use target pricing? Do you think target pricing
  can only be used for manufactured goods, or can
  it also be applied to services? Defend your
  choices. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates? posts

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• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 5 DQ 1 Sustainability

• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 5 DQ 2 Liability

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• Sustainability. Sustainability is an important
  ethical and environmental issue in purchasing.
  Describe one material, product, or service that
  can contribute to sustainability in a project you
  have been involved with, or in your current
  organization. Describe how these decisions enable
  the organization to avoid violations in terms of
  environmental issues.

• Liability. Personal liability is a serious issue
  in purchasing and supply management. Provide
  details from the text or your personal experience
  where a supply officer or project manager has
  been held personally liable for conditions of a
  contract. Comment on how you will proceed in the
  future to avoid any personal liability for
  contracts if at all possible. The text provides
  excellent examples that can be researched
  starting on page 311.

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• ASHFORD INF 336 Week 5 Research Paper

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• Use at least one project you have been a team
  member of, or a project manager for, as an
  example to contextualize the research topics
  below
• All of the following topics must be addressed in
  order for the paper to be complete
• a) The definition of purchasing and supply
  management and the importance to the business
  world.
• b) The steps of the creation of a project supply,
  service, and material budget from detailed
  requirements.

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