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ISCOM 361 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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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Individual Assignment The Purchasing Cycle
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361papers.com   Identi
fy 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
Centralized vs. Decentralized (New Syllabus) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361papers.com   Identi
fy 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 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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 Internal and External Supply
Chain Integration Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.iscom361papers.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. Include pertinent company or industry
information
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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
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sources 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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361pap
ers.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 ? Forecasting ?
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.
Format the paper according to APA standards
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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 Pitfalls to consider
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development FOR
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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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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
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sources 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.
You have been struggling with the supplier of
roofing nails for several months and you are fast
approaching the peak roofing season.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan (Custom
Writing) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361paper
s.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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361papers.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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