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• ISCOM 473 Entire Course

• ISCOM 473 Week 1 DQs

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• ISCOM 473 Week 1 DQs
• ISCOM 473 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
  Analysis Paper
• ISCOM 473 Week 2 DQs
• ISCOM 473 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Procurement Strategies Presentation
• ISCOM 473 Week 3 DQs
• ISCOM 473 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sourcing
  Process Evaluation
• ISCOM 473 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
  Outsourcing Insourcing Proposal
• ISCOM 473 Week 4 DQs
• ISCOM 473 Week 4 Individual Assignment
  Negotiating Across

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• Week 1 DQ 1
• What is your organizations buying strategy? How
  did it establish its buying strategy? What
  procurement strategies can an organization use to
  improve its overall performance?
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• Week 1 DQ 2How does your organization initiate
  buying products and/or services? Is it efficient?
  Why or why not? What are the benefits of a
  company having a buying department as compared t

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• ISCOM 473 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
  Analysis Paper

• ISCOM 473 Week 2 DQs

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• Using a local newspaper, news magazines, the
  Internet, or other additional article sources,
  locate a current (no older than four months) news
  article that addresses the strategic role of
  procurement in an

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• Week 2 DQ1
• How is outsourcing domestically different from
  outsourcing internationally? If your organization
  uses outsourcing, what is the process used? Why
  would you consider outsourcing (buy versus make)?

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• ISCOM 473 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Procurement Strategies Paper and Presentation

• ISCOM 473 Week 3 DQs

• With your instructors approval, select a
• identify and examine the customer (both
• rganization), as well as the organization
• repare a 350-700-word review in which
• xpectations influence and impact procur
• rocedures (both in the domestic and glo
• ain of the chosen organization. Describ
• procurement process within your
• Procurement Strategies
• repare 8-10 Microsoft PowerPoint sli
• speakers notes presenting your p

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• What is the goal of negotiating? Why is planning
  critical to the negotiation process? When would
  an organization negotiate for an item or product
  instead of releasing a simple purchase order?
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• ISCOM 473 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sourcing
  Process Evaluation

• ISCOM 473 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
  Outsourcing Insourcing Proposal

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• Using the assigned readings, ERR library, and for
  any other additional sources, prepare a
  700-1,050-word summary, accompanied by a
  flowchart, that describes/outlines the steps that
  occur in a typical sourcing process for a global
  manufacturing firm. Provide a brief evaluation of
  the steps as illustrated in your flowchart.In
  your summary, be sure

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• Read the following scenarioYour biggest
  competitor has just outsourced their Warranty
  Call Center to India, which will give them a
  significant cost advantage. In order to remain
  competitive, the Vice President of your division
  has requested that you determine your
  organizations best course of action. At this
  time, your organization has call cent

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• ISCOM 473 Week 4 DQs

• ISCOM 473 Week 4 Individual Assignment
  Negotiating Across Cultures Paper and Presentation

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• Week 4 DQ 1
• Describe your organizations steps to issue a
  purchase order. How does your organization ensure
  that requirements flow from the first tier
  supplier to second and third tier suppliers? How
  does effective contract administration lead to
  better supplier management?
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• Week 4 DQ 2Why would an organization be
  interested in developing longer-term

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• Read the following scenarioSelect two countries
  to research. Research your selected countries and
  document each countrys cultural and ethnic
  composition as well as the populations ethnic
  makeup, include percentages (for example
  Malaysia Ethnic groups Malaysian 50.2, Chinese
  24.5, Indigenous 11.0, Indian 7.2,
  Non-Malaysian citizens 5.9 , Others 1.2).One
  of the countries which you selected will be the
  country in which your organization is currently
  headquartered and where you are employed. The
  second country is the country that your
  organization will be negotiating with as a p

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• ISCOM 473 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
  Negotiations Strategies Paper

• ISCOM 473 Week 5 Individual Assignment Future
  Trends in Purchasing Paper

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• ISCOM 473 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
  Negotiations Strategies Paper

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• Based on current events and trends in the
  sourcing and procurement environment, prepare a
  1,050-1,750-word paper hypothesizing the future
  of purchasing in the global economy. In your
  paper, be sure to address the followingBenefits
  and risks of e-businessFuture opportunities and
  tre

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• ISCOM 473 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Contract Administration Presentation

• ISCOM 473 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Strategic Global Logistics Paper

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• ISCOM 473 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Contract Administration Presentation

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• With your instructors approval, select an
  organization and prepare a 1,050-1,750-word paper
  addressing the following itemsIdentify and
  compare at least four to five factors (cost,
  shelf life, weather, etc.) that impact
  transportation needs Determine appropriate
  logistics methods in various scenarios (local,
  out-of-state, regional, coast-to-coast, and
  global) Summarize the "strategic" requirements of
  global logistics

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