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INF 336 Entire Course (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.inf336.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 (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.inf336.com   Risk
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?
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INF 336 Week 1 DQ 2 Organizational Structure
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf336.com   Organizational 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
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf336.com Article 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
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf336.com   Supply 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 2 Outsourcing (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.inf336.com Outsourcing
. The process of outsourcing the creation of a
product or a service is a controversial, yet
critical strategic decision for many employers.
Describe one example from your professional
experience, or that you are familiar with, where
a process or function was outsourced. What are
the financial implications of this change? Did
the quality of the product or service stay the
same, improve, or decline?
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INF 336 Week 3 Assignment Need Definition
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf336.com   Need 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. a. Why is it preferable to separate
need identification and defining commercial
equivalents into two separate stages? b. Why is
early supply/supplier important?
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INF 336 Week 3 DQ 1 Capital Goods (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.inf336.com   Capital
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.
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INF 336 Week 3 DQ 2 Quality (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.inf336.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
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf336.com   Case 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. This can be submitted
in a MS Word Document, with title page, or as an
MS Excel sheet with a clear one-paragraph
introduction on the importance of a materials and
supply budget.
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INF 336 Week 4 DQ 1 Procuring Services (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.inf336.com   Procu
ring 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.
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INF 336 Week 4 DQ 2 Target Pricing (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.inf336.com   Target
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 (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.inf336.com   Sustainabi
lity. 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 (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.inf336.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 Paper (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.inf336.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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