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INF 336 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   INF 336 Week 1 DQ 1
Risk ManagementINF 336 Week 1 DQ 2
Organizational StructureINF 336 Week 2 DQ 1
Supply Process ImprovementsINF 336 Week 2 DQ 2
OutsourcingINF 336 Week 2 Assignment Article
ReviewINF 336 Week 3 DQ 1 Capital GoodsINF 336
Week 3 DQ 2 Quality
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INF 336 Week 1 DQ 1 Risk Management For more
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Management. Risk management is a critical aspect
of project management. The supply chain decisions
that are made have risk involved like any other
project decision. Comment on two examples of
risks that can occur in the supply chain that can
affect a project. What can you do as a project
manager to reduce or eliminate the risks that you
defined? Provide professional examples, if at all
possible, from a project you have managed or of
which you have been a team member.
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INF 336 Week 1 DQ 2 Organizational Structure
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anizational Structure. The structure of an
organization can influence the overall success of
a project from initiation to closure. Identify if
your organization is centralized or decentralized
and evaluate benefits and weaknesses of the
structure. Would you change from centralized or
decentralized to meet the needs of your projects?
Why or why not? Respond to at least two of your
classmates? posts.  
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INF 336 Week 2 Assignment Article Review For
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Review. Review the following article from
ProQuest Avery, S. (2009, February). MRO
sourcing goes global.Purchasing, 138(2), 48-52.
Retrieved from ProQuest Database In a 1-2 page
paper, identify three best practices in the
article and describe how your organization, or an
organization you are familiar with, could improve
with the practices.
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INF 336 Week 2 DQ 1 Supply Process Improvements
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ply Process Improvements. Examine the steps of
the supply process in Chapter 4 of the text and
identify a project where improvements could be
made in one or more of the steps. Would the
project have been more successful with the
implementation of any or all of these steps in
the supply process?
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INF 336 Week 2 DQ 1 Supply Process Improvements
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ply Process Improvements. Examine the steps of
the supply process in Chapter 4 of the text and
identify a project where improvements could be
made in one or more of the steps. Would the
project have been more successful with the
implementation of any or all of these steps in
the supply process?
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INF 336 Week 3 Assignment Need Definition For
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Definition. From the end of Chapter 6, complete
the following questions out of the section titled
Questions for Review and Discussion. Each
question should be thoroughly answered in a
minimum of 150 words, using support from the text
and examples when appropriate.
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INF 336 Week 3 DQ 1 Capital Goods For more
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Goods. A project manger needs to understand the
importance of the acquisition of capital goods.
There are many choices for capital good
procurement, including buying or leasing new
equipment, or buying used equipment. Describe an
example from the text or your personal
professional experience where your project or
organization had to procure capital goods for
strategic reasons. What was the type of equipment
(new, used) and how was it purchased? Please
comment on the
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INF 336 Week 3 DQ 2 Quality For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Quality. Suitability
and reliability are two examples of quality in
terms of buying materials, goods or services.
Provide an example of a best buy from your
professional experience where quality aspects
were not met in accordance to the text definition
of quality dimensions. What aspect of quality
could be improved for future projects?
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INF 336 Week 4 Assignment Case 11-3 Budget For
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11-3 Budget. Refer to the City of Granston Case
11-3 at the end of Chapter 11. Using the Current
Year Q-3? data found in Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 3,
create a project supply and materials budget
based on the information in the case. Your budget
must include a one paragraph introduction on the
importance of a materials supply budget.
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INF 336 Week 4 DQ 1 Procuring Services For
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g Services. Many projects need to procure
services to execute successfully no matter what
industry you are in. There is a personal
relationship with the service provider, which
makes collaboration much more important than when
selecting goods products. Describe a project you
have been involved with, or have knowledge of,
where services were a major part of the
deliverables. How were references checked for
service suppliers and what lessons were learned
from the process? What
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INF 336 Week 4 DQ 2 Target Pricing For more
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Pricing. Target pricing is experiencing growing
use in North America. Should businesses use
target pricing? Do you think target pricing can
only be used for manufactured goods, or can it
also be applied to services? Defend your choices.
Respond to at least two of your classmates?
posts    
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INF 336 Week 5 DQ 1 Sustainability For more
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y. Sustainability is an important ethical and
environmental issue in purchasing. Describe one
material, product, or service that can contribute
to sustainability in a project you have been
involved with, or in your current organization.
Describe how these decisions enable the
organization to avoid violations in terms of
environmental issues.    
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INF 336 Week 5 DQ 2 Liability For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Liability. Personal
liability is a serious issue in purchasing and
supply management. Provide details from the text
or your personal experience where a supply
officer or project manager has been held
personally liable for conditions of a contract.
Comment on how you will proceed in the future to
avoid any personal liability for contracts if at
all possible. The text provides excellent
examples that can be researched starting on page
311.  
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INF 336 Week 5 Research Papery For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Focus of the
Research Paper Use at least one project you have
been a team member of, or a project manager for,
as an example to contextualize the research
topics below All of the following topics must be
addressed in order for the paper to be
complete a) The definition of purchasing and
supply management and the importance to the
business world.
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