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• ISCOM 361 Entire Course
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• 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
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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
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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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• ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 3
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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 Purchasing Strategies
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• 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 familiar with or one that you would like
  to become more

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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1
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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? How
  could it be improved?

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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 2
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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 for an organization?

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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 3
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• 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
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• 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 life cycle.

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• ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis
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• 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 according to APA standards.
• Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your
  assignment.

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• ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1
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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
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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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• ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 3
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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 Effective Supplier Evaluations
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• 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 product, and
  increased inventory levels of nonconforming

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• ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
  Development
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• 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

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• ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1
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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
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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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• ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 3
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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 Media Library Negotiating
  Strategies and Tactics
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• 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.

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• ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
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  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, and where
  elements of supplier negotiation in no more than
  ten line items.

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• ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1
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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
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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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• ISCOM 361 Week 5 Managing a Crisis Simulation
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• 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.

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• ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan
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• 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
  expected to take six months to transition
  production to the new location once the agreement
  is signed.

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