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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 Integration Presentation ISCOM 361 Week 2
Video Analysis
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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)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid
.com   Identify 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.
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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
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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 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
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Supplier quality Challenge
Incoming Receiving Inspection (New
Syllabus)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid
.com   Create 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
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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 experiences. Identify those areas that
you agree and disagree with the speaker. Cite
specific examples to support your thoughts.
Format the paper
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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.iscom361a
id.com ?Resources 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
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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 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.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.
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. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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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. Write a
1,050 word negotiations training guide that
includes Elements of business negotiations
Specific negotiation tactics pertaining to
purchasing
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
  FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom361aid.com Reso
urces 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,
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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 Reso
urces 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. The supplier
has been late on delivering orders
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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. Your
company is hitting its peak production season and
has sales forecasts of 2,000 units
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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. If this acquisition is completed, the
fabrication of the plastic fittings will be
relocated to Saratov. It is
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