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ISCOM 361 Entire Course (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
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
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 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
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?
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 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 1 Individual Assignment Policies
and Procedures Summary (UOP Course)
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?
In todays business world, technology and new
information create an atmosphere of constant,
rapid change. To deal with these changes, every
organization has a set of policies and procedures
to help employees have a point of reference in
dealing with various situations. The policies
provide a set of accepted guidelines to follow
when questions arise in certain scenarios.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
How do technology practices, such as Internet
buying, affect negotiation?
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?
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment The
Purchasing Cycle (UOP Course)
What is a supplier evaluation? Why is it
important? When might an organization conduct a
supplier evaluation?
To be the best asset to its organization, a
purchasing department must efficiently and
effectively use the purchasing process. The
process includes how the department identifies
organizational needs, evaluates those needs,
chooses suppliers who fulfill those needs,
ensures prompt and accurate payment, evaluates
the level to which needs were met, and
facilitates improvement.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
What must retailers consider when determining
their product mix? Why is having a proper product
mix important?
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 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 3 Learning Team Caterpillar
Example (UOP Course)
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.
Resource pp. 148149 of Purchasing Supply
Chain Management Write a 1100to 1250-word paper,
addressing the topics below using headers to
identify each requirement.  Explain how an
organization develops working relationships with
supplier groups.
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
Discuss the concept of ethics. Why is the
purchasing profession particularly sensitive to
this topic? What are the different risks
associated with unethical behavior?
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 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Eaton
Corporation Example (UOP Course)
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?
Individual Eaton Corporation Example Resource pp
. 264267 of Purchasing Supply Chain
Management Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word paper
addressing the topics below. Illustrate how a
purchaser would evaluate a supplier.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment Accent
Industries Example (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
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?
Individual Accent Industries Example Resource pp.
735736 of Purchasing Supply Chain
Management  Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word paper,
addressing the topics below.  Determine how laws
that affect supply chain management influence the
evaluation of and relationship with suppliers
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Team Assignment (It Takes Two to
Tango Response) (UOP Course)
Learning Team It Takes Two to Tango
Response ResourceIt Takes Two to Tango in the
Electronic Reserve Readings Research a
third-party logistics provider. Create a
negotiation strategy for doing business with a
new provider.
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