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ISCOM 361 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom361master.com 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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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 Individual Assignment Policies
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www.iscom361master.com Read the following
scenario 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.
The procedures are a set of steps or details
explaining how to complete job duties. A business
professional must be familiar with policies and
procedures in the workplace and how technology
changes them. Use headers for each item please.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.com How do technology
practices, such as Internet buying, affect
negotiation?
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment The
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www.iscom361master.com Read the following
scenario 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. The effectiveness a
purchasing department displays in overcoming
challenges presented by the process and the
efficiency with which it streamlines day-to-day
operations is vital to organizational success.
For an employee to work in the process, he or she
must understand it. Please use headers for each
requirement below.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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 Learning Team Caterpillar
Example FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361master
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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. What is the advantage of
integrating groups or people for a common
purpose? What is meant by internal integration?
How is this accomplished? How is external
integration accomplished in the example? With
whom could Caterpillar build a relationship in
the future?
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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 Individual Assignment Eaton
Corporation Example FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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. What are steps in the selection
process? Briefly describe each step and its
function in the process. How do purchasers
evaluate suppliers? What criteria must a supplier
use?
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom361master.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.iscom361master.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 Individual Assignment Accent
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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. Define concepts of
purchasing and supply measurement systems. What
are pros and cons of measuring performance?
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Tango in the Electronic Reserve Readings Research
a third-party logistics provider. Create a
negotiation strategy for doing business with a
new provider. What objectives do you have for
this negotiation?
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