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ISCOM 361 AID Minds Online/iscom361aid.com

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ISCOM 361 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com ISCOM 361 Week 1
Purchasing Strategies ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM
361 Week 1 DQ 2 ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 3 ISCOM 361
Week 2 Internal and External Supply Chain
Integration Presentation ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video
Analysis ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1 ISCOM 361 Week 2
DQ 2 ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 3 ISCOM 361 Week 3
E-Procurement Business Case Development ISCOM
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com How would you describe
capital goods? Some organizations do not include
the purchasing department in acquiring capital
goods. Is this effective? Why or why not?
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com What is the difference
between a policy and a procedure? Why is it
important for an organization to have a set of
policies and procedures? Should management
regularly review these policies and procedures?
Why or why not?
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com How has technology
changed supply management in the last 20 years?
Have changes been positive? What are potential
disadvantages of not keeping up-to-date with
technology?
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 Purchasing Strategies FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.com   ?Resource
s Internet, University Library, Textbook Write a
700- to 1050-word paper that defines the
similarities and differences of the purchasing
strategy you will use at each stage of the
Product Life Cycle of your companys specific
product. Identify a company or industry that you
are either familiar with or one that you would
like to become more familiar with. As a
purchasing professional of the chosen company or
industry, identify a purchased material or
component that is used to produce a specific
product. Analyze how your purchasing strategies
of this material or component will change
depending on the different stages of the Product
Life Cycle
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com What negotiation model
does your organization use with suppliers? Is it
participative, antagonistic or something else?
Provide your reasoning. Does the organization
benefit from this model? How could it be improved?
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com Explain the role
third-party logistics providers play in your
organization. Based on Exhibit 17.8 on p. 643 of
Purchasing Supply Chain Management, is it
always advantageous to use a third-party
logistics provider? Why or why not? How does
using such a provider create a competitive
advantage for an organization?
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com How do technology
practices, such as Internet buying, affect
negotiation?  
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Internal and External Supply
Chain Integration Presentation FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.com Resources
Internet, University Library, Textbook Select one
company or industry used in the Week 1 Individual
Assignment. As a team, identify challenges and
benefits to supply chain internal and external
integration within the company or industry given
the impact of purchasing decisions at each stage
of the product life cycle. Prepare a 10- to
12-slide PowerPoint presentation with Speaker
Notes. Include pertinent company or industry
information as well as supporting graphics that
cle
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis   FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.com vResources
Internet, University Library Watch the Cooperate
With Suppliers From The Start video. Write a
700-word summary that critiques the video based
on your experiences. Identify those areas that
you agree and disagree with the speaker. Cite
specific examples to support your thoughts.
Format the paper according to APA standards.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com What is a supplier
evaluation? Why is it important? When might an
organization conduct a supplier evaluation?  
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com What is global
sourcing? Is it the most cost-effective option
for organizations? Why or why not? What are some
factors to consider?
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com What must retailers
consider when determining their product mix? Why
is having a proper product mix important?  
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 Effective Supplier Evaluations
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ources Internet, University Library, Textbook
Your Supply Chain Manager has assigned you the
responsibility of developing a new Supplier
Evaluation process for your company. Your company
has experienced an unfavorable trend in low
productivity as a result of component
availability, re-working of
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  ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com ?Resources Internet,
University Library, Textbook Your team has been
chosen to develop a business case for
implementing an E-Procurement system for your
commodity products. Identify a company that you
are familiar with and provide one example of a
commodity product they use. Write a 700- to
1050-word paper in which the team will ?Define
the elements
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com The parties to a
sourcing negotiation can discuss many issues
besides price. Select five non-price issues over
which a buyer and seller can reach agreement, and
explain why each issue might be important to the
buyer or seller.  
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com What is the
relationship among contract law, the UCC, and
commercial law? Why is it important for
purchasing managers to understand legal issues?
Isnt that what lawyers are for?
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com Discuss the concept of
ethics. Why is the purchasing profession
particularly sensitive to this topic? What are
the different risks associated with unethical
behavior?  
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Media Library Negotiating
Strategies and Tactics FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com Resources Internet,
University Library, Textbook Watch the Media
Library Negotiating Strategies and Tactics
video. Write a 700-word summary of the video.
Include your thoughts about the validity of the
strategies and tactics mentioned, and why or why
not you would follow the recommendations. Include
application examples in your summary. Format the
paper according to APA standards. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.  
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
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sources Internet, University Library, Textbook,
Excel Using the purchase material or component
from your Week 1 writing assignment 1. Create a
negotiation checklist in Excel format that you
would use during the Growth phase of the Product
Life Cycle. It will need to address the who,
what, how, when,
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com How has measuring and
evaluating purchasing performance been limited in
the past? How has this changed? Do you agree an
organization must increase its efforts to measure
performance? Why or why not?
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com How do you see
technology changing purchasing strategies in the
future? How might this affect your own
organization? What are some strategies that
companies can use to help employees deal with
these changes?
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Managing a Crisis Simulation
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urces Internet, University Library, Textbook You
are a Supply Chain Manager of a building supply
company. Your company sells building materials to
building contractors, home improvement
construction companies, as well as the
do-it-yourself weekend project homeowners. You
have been
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan   FOR
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company produces medical devices and purchases
plastic molded fittings from a company in
Beijing, China. It is rumored the Chinese
supplier is being acquired by a plastics company
in Saratov, Russia. If this acquisition is
completed, the fabrication of the plastic
fittings will be relocated to Saratov.
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ISCOM 361 AID Minds Online/iscom361aid.com

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