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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Entire Course (UOP Course)
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 ISCOM 361
Week 3 DQ 1 ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 2 ISCOM 361 Week
3 DQ 3
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 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
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?
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 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 1 Individual Assignment Policies
and Procedures Summary (UOP Course)
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?
In todays business world, technology and new
information create an atmosphere of constant,
rapid change. To deal with these changes, every
organization has a set of policies and procedures
to help employees have a point of reference in
dealing with various situations. The policies
provide a set of accepted guidelines to follow
when questions arise in certain scenarios. The
procedures are a set of steps or details
explaining how to complete job duties. A business
professional must be familiar with policies and
procedures in the workplace and how technology
changes them. Use headers for each item please.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
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?
How do technology practices, such as Internet
buying, affect negotiation?
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment The
Purchasing Cycle (UOP Course)
a supplier evaluation? What is a supplier
evaluation? Why is it important? When might an
organization conduct
Read the following scenario   To be the best
asset to its organization, a purchasing
department must efficiently and effectively use
the purchasing process. The process includes how
the department identifies organizational needs,
evaluates those needs, chooses suppliers who
fulfill those needs, ensures prompt and accurate
payment, evaluates the level to which needs were
met, and facilitates improvement
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
What must retailers consider when determining
their product mix? Why is having a proper product
mix important?
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 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 3 Learning Team Caterpillar
Example (UOP Course)
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.
Resource pp. 148149 of Purchasing Supply
Chain Management Write a 1100to 1250-word paper,
addressing the topics below using headers to
identify each requirement.   Explain how an
organization develops working relationships with
supplier groups.  
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
  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?
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 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Eaton
Corporation Example (UOP Course)
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?
Individual Eaton Corporation Example Resource pp
. 264267 of Purchasing Supply Chain
Management Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word paper
addressing the topics below. Illustrate how a
purchaser would evaluate a supplier.   What are
steps in the selection process? Briefly describe
each step and its function in the process. How do
purchasers evaluate suppliers? What criteria must
a supplier use? How are supplier evaluations and
surveys effective for a purchaser?  
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment Accent
Industries Example (UOP Course)
ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
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?
Individual Accent Industries Example Resource pp.
735736 of Purchasing Supply Chain
Management   Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word paper,
addressing the topics below.   Determine how laws
that affect supply chain management influence the
evaluation of and relationship with suppliers.  
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Team Assignment (It Takes Two to
Tango Response) (UOP Course)
Learning Team It Takes Two to Tango
Response ResourceIt Takes Two to Tango in the
Electronic Reserve Readings Research a
third-party logistics provider. Create a
negotiation strategy for doing business with a
new provider.  
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CJA 353 Week 1 Assignment Criminal Procedure
Policy
CJA 353 Entire Course (UOP)
CJA 353 Week 1 Assignment Criminal Procedure
Policy Paper CJA 353 Week 1 DQs CJA 353 Week 2
Assignment Exclusionary Rule Evaluation CJA 353
Week 2 DQs CJA 353 Week 2 LT Assignment Fourth
Amendment Summary CJA 353 Week 3 Assignment
Criminal Procedure-Probable Cause Article
Summary CJA 353 Week 3 DQs CJA 353 Week 3 LT
Assignment Search and Seizure Paper
CJA 353 Week 1 Assignment Criminal Procedure
Policy Paper
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