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ISCOM 361 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.com ISCOM 361 Week 1
Purchasing Strategies ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM
361 Week 1 DQ 2 ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 3 ISCOM 361
Week 2 Internal and External Supply Chain
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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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tify 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
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 Purchasing Strategies FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.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
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.com Resources Internet,
University Library, Textbook Select
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Supplier quality Challenge
Incoming Receiving Inspection (New Syllabus)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.com   Crea
te 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
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.com vResources
Internet, University Library Watch the Cooperate
With Suppliers From The Start video. Write a
700-word summary that critiques the video based
on your
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.com ?Resou
rces Internet, University Library, Textbook Your
Supply Chain Manager has assigned you the
responsibility of developing a new Supplier
Evaluation process for
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.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
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.com Resources Internet,
University Library, Textbook Watch the Media
Library Negotiating Strategies and Tactics
video. Write a 700-word summary of the video
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.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
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.com Resour
ces 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. 2.
Write a 700
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  ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.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.iscom361aid.com Resour
ces 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.iscom361aid.
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
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.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
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