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ISCOM 361 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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 Purchasing Strategies
Centralized vs. Decentralized (New Syllabus)
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ntify 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. Write a 750 word
paper that makes an argument for either a
centralized or decentralized purchasing
organization.
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 Purchasing Strategies For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.com   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
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cre
ate 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
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resources
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 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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 Effective Supplier Evaluations
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Res
ources 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 cannot seem to
effectively measure supplier performance because
it doesnt know which metrics to implement that
will drive the right changes.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   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. Write a 700- to
1050-word paper in which the team will   Define
the elements of establishing E-Procurement with
the commodity supplier.   ERP/MRP system  
Transactions
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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 Media Library Negotiating
Strategies and Tactics For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resources Internet,
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, and why or why
not you would follow the recommendations. Include
application examples in your summary.
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
(New Syllabus) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 Specific negotiation tactics
pertaining to purchasing relationships Importance
of supplier relationship management in
negotiations Examples of successful negotiations
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
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ources Internet, University Library, 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 in no more than ten line
items.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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 Managing a Crisis Simulation
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Res
ources 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 classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   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
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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. It is expected to take six
months to transition production to the new
location once the agreement is signed.
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