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• ISCOM-361-Entire-Course

• ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1

• 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
• ISCOM 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment

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• 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

• ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 3

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• 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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• 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 Individual Assignment Policies
  and Procedures Summary

• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1

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• Read the following scenario
• 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 pol

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• 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

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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 2

• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 3

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• 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 f

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• How do technology practices, such as Internet
  buying, affect negotiation?
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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment The
  Purchasing Cycle

• ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1

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• 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

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• 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

• ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 3

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• 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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• 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 Learning Team Caterpillar Example

• ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1

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• Resource pp. 148149 of Purchasing Supply
  Chain Management
• Write a 1100to 1250-word paper, addressing the
  topics below using headers to identify each
  requirement.
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• Explain how an organization develops working
  relationships with supplier groups.

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• 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

• ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 3

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• 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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• 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 Individual Assignment Eaton
  Corporation Example

• ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1

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• 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

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• 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

• ISCOM 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment Accent
  Industries Example

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• 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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• 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

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• ISCOM 361 Week 5 Team Assignment

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• 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

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