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ISCOM 361 Entire Course   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 ISCOM
361 Week 2 DQ 1
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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
Centralized vs. Decentralized (New
Syllabus)   For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com Identify a company or industry that you are
either familiar with or one with which you would
like to become more familiar. As a purchasing
professional of the chosen company or industry,
your job is to determine the type of purchasing
organizational structure that can effectively
manage procurement functions. Write a 750 word
paper that makes an argument for either a
centralized or decentralized purchasing
organization.
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ISCOM 361 Week 1 Purchasing Strategies   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resources
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. Identify a company or industry that you
are either familiar with or one that you would
like to become more familiar with. As a
purchasing professional of the chosen company or
industry, identify a purchased material or
component that is used to produce a specific
product.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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 classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com Resources 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 Supplier quality Challenge
Incoming Receiving Inspection (New
Syllabus)   For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com Create a 10-slide visual presentation, with
speakers' notes, that outlines the components of
a receiving inspection plan. Select a commodity
to use as your example. Possible commodities
include Electrical components used in
smartphone assembly Bulk food products, such as
grains and liquids Mechanical components for
industrial tool manufacturing Wiring components
used in aerospace manufacturing
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resources
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.  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 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   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, re-working of product,
and increased inventory levels of nonconforming
material.  Your company cannot seem to
effectively measure supplier performance because
it doesnt know which metrics to implement that
will drive the right changes.
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development To Purchase This Material Click below
Link For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com  
Resources 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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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 To Purchase This Material
Click below Link For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resources 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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development
(New Syllabus)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   You are a business
negotiations consultant who has been hired by a
start-up company to create a training guide for
its newly hired procurement specialists.   Write
a 1,050 word negotiations training guide that
includes   Elements of business
negotiations Specific negotiation tactics
pertaining to purchasing relationships Importance
of supplier relationship management in
negotiations Examples of successful negotiations
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan Development For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resource
s 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.      Write a 700- to 1,050-word
document with detailed instructions on how you
will use the negotiation checklist and how to
complete each column of the checklist. Format the
paper according to APA standards. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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ISCOM 361 Week 5 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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 For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resource
s 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 (Custom
Writing)   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   This is a custom writing Presentation,
email us at uopashinfo_at_gmail.com, we will get it
done   Your company produces jet skis for the
U.S. market. One of your key suppliers of engine
components has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  
Your company is hitting its peak production
season and has sales forecasts of 2,000 units per
week for the next 12 weeks.   Your supplier has
enough remaining inventory of components to
support your production for 4 weeks. 
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