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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
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• ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1
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• 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
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• ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 3
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• 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
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• 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.

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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1
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• 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
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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 3
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• 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
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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
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis FOR MORE
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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
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• ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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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Resources Internet, University Library,
Textbook Your Supply Chain Manager has assigned
you the responsibility of developing a new
Supplier Evaluation process for your company.
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• ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
  Development
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• Your team has been chosen to develop a business
  case for implementing an E-Procurement system for
  your commodity products.

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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,
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• ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 2
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• 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
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• 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
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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
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
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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, and where
elements of supplier negotiation
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• ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1
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• 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
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• 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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• 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 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361master.com   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.
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