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ISCOM 361 Entire Course   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.iscom361papers.com   ISCOM 361 Week 1
Individual Assignment Policies and Procedures
Summary ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ
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Individual Assignment The Purchasing Cycle
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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   FOR
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urces 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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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
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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 life cycle. Prepare
a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation with
Speaker Notes.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis   FOR MORE
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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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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
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  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,
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development   FOR MORE CLASSES
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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 ? Forecasting ?
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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
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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
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  Resources 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, and where elements of
supplier negotiation in no more than ten line
items. 2.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.iscom361papers.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.iscom361papers.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
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  Resources 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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 Risk Management Plan   FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT   www.iscom361papers.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
expected to take six months to transition
production to the new location once the agreement
is signed. The current situation with the Chinese
supplier has not been good.
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