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ISCOM 361 Entire Course (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 5 Times, Rating A ISCOM 361 Week
1 Individual Assignment Policies and Procedures
Summary ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ
2 ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 3 ISCOM 361 Week 2
Individual Assignment The Purchasing Cycle ISCOM
361 Week 2 DQ 1 ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 2 ISCOM 361
Week 2 DQ 3 ISCOM 361 Week 3 Learning Team
Caterpillar Example
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2 Times, Rating  B 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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 1 Times, Rating  No rating 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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2Times, Rating B 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
Centralized vs. Decentralized (New Syllabus) For
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utorial Purchased 5 Times, Rating A Identify a
company or industry that you are either familiar
with or one with which you would like to become
more familiar. As a purchasing professional of
the chosen company or industry, your job is to
determine the type of purchasing organizational
structure that can effectively manage procurement
functions.
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 Purchasing Strategies For more
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al Purchased 5 Times, Rating A Resources
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
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 1 Times, Rating B 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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2 Times, Rating B 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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 1 Times, Rating No rating 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 course
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Purchased 5 Times, Rating A 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
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Supplier quality Challenge
Incoming Receiving Inspection (New Syllabus) For
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utorial Purchased 5 Times, Rating A Create a
10-slide visual presentation, with speakers'
notes, that outlines the components of a
receiving inspection plan. Select a commodity to
use as your example. Possible commodities
include Electrical components used in
smartphone assembly Bulk food products, such as
grains and liquids Mechanical components for
industrial tool manufacturing Wiring components
used in aerospace manufacturing
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis For more course
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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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 3 Times, Rating  B 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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2 Times, Rating B 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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2 Times, Rating  No rating 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 For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating A Resources 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 product,
and increased inventory levels of nonconforming
material.  Your company
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating A 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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2 Times, Rating  B 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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 1 Times, Rating No rating   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 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 3 Times, Rating A 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 course tutorials
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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 wou
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
(New Syllabus) For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating A You are a business negotiations
consultant who has been hired by a start-up
company to create a training guide for its newly
hired procurement specialists.   Write a 1,050
word negotiations training guide that
includes   Elements of business negotiations
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development For
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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, and where elements of
supplier negotiation in no more than ten line
items.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2 Times, Rating B 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
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course) For more
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al Purchased 2 Times, Rating No rating 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 For
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utorial Purchased 5 Times, Rating A Resources
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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan (Custom
Writing) For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating A This is a custom writing
Presentation, email us at uopashinfo_at_gmail.com,
we will get it done   Your company produces jet
skis for the U.S. market. One of your key
suppliers of engine components has filed Chapter
11 bankruptcy.   Your company is hitting its peak
production season and has sales forecasts of
2,000 units per week for the next 12 weeks.  
Your supplier has enough remaining inventory of
components to support your production for 4
weeks. 
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan For more
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al Purchased 5 Times, Rating A Your 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. It is expected to take six
months to transition production to the new
location once the agreement is signed.
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