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ISCOM 473 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com   ISCOM 473 Week 1
DQs ISCOM 473 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Article Analysis Paper ISCOM 473 Week 1
Individual Assignment Article Analysis Paper
(New) ISCOM 473 Week 2 DQs ISCOM 373 Week 2 Team
Assignment Insourcing and Outsourcing
Practices ISCOM 473 Week 2 Individual Assignment
Review Sourcing Steps ISCOM 473 Week 2 Learning
Team Assignment Procurement Strategies Paper and
Presentation ISCOM 473 Week 3 DQs ISCOM 473 Week
3 Individual Assignment Sourcing Process
Evaluation
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ISCOM 473 AID Predictable World /iscom473aid.com
ISCOM 473 Week 1 DQs (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom473aid.com   Week 1 DQ 1 What is
your organizations buying strategy? How did it
establish its buying strategy? What procurement
strategies can an organization use to improve its
overall performance? Week 1 DQ 2 How does your
organization initiate buying products and/or
services? Is it efficient? Why or why not? What
are the benefits of a company having a buying
department as compared to each department
ordering on its own? How does buying add value to
an organization?
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ISCOM 473 AID Predictable World /iscom473aid.com
ISCOM 473 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
Analysis Paper (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com    The purpose of Week 1 is
to become familiar with the world of procurement
and review some of the professional organizations
that have articles about procurement subjects.
Choose an article from a professional supply
chain organization that focuses on Sourcing and
Procurement. Write a 700-word summary of the
article to include how this article relates to
your current organization (or one you know)
sourcing and procurement practices and what your
organization (or one you know) can do
differently based on the article. Format your
paper according to APA standards. You need at
least two references (not from same source but
different sources) and aPlagiarism report from
the Library.
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ISCOM 473 Week 2 DQs (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom473aid.com   Week 2 DQ1 How is
outsourcing domestically different from
outsourcing internationally? If your organization
uses outsourcing, what is the process used? Why
would you consider outsourcing (buy versus
make)? Week 2 DQ2 When would you have multiple
rounds of bidding? What evaluation criteria would
be used to initially select a supplier? What
criteria are used to evaluate supplier
performance? What factors should be considered in
supplier selection both domestically and globally?
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ISCOM 473 Week 2 Individual Assignment Review
Sourcing Steps FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com   Choose your current
organization or one with which you are
familiar. Write in your own words a 700-word
paper that assesses the steps of the sourcing
process as it relates to your current
organization or one you are familiar
with. Discuss and provide an example of how each
step is performed. Review how your organization
processes can be improved from these
steps. Format your paper according to APA
standards.
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ISCOM 473 Week 2 Team Assignment Insourcing and
Outsourcing Practices FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com    Your team has been
chosen as consultants. Use the organization
identified in Week 1 to review the current
insourcing and outsourcing practices of the
product offering. Include the following in your
analysis The product offering and how it is
used The countries operated in and the pros and
cons of servicing them Evaluation of the current
suppliers being used Review of any problems with
current suppliers Recommendations for change and
improvement in the current process Create a
PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides (not
including title and references slides) with
speaker notes that explains your findings to
senior management.
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ISCOM 473 Week 3 DQs (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom473aid.com   Week 3 DQ 1 What is
the goal of negotiating? Why is planning critical
to the negotiation process? When would an
organization negotiate for an item or product
instead of releasing a simple purchase order?
Week 3 DQ 2 What are the components of cost
analysis? When would you use cost analysis versus
price analysis? How is one better than the other
at different times?
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ISCOM 473 AID Predictable World /iscom473aid.com
ISCOM 473 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sourcing
Process Evaluation (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com  Using the assigned
readings, ERR library, and for any other
additional sources, prepare a 700-1,050-word
summary, accompanied by a flowchart, that
describes/outlines the steps that occur in a
typical sourcing process for a global
manufacturing firm. Provide a brief evaluation of
the steps as illustrated in your flowchart. In
your summary, be sure to include the
following Translating corporate objectives into
procurement goals Establishing business unit
requirement processes Conducting supply market
research Setting material management
goals Strategic execution Reciprocity
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ISCOM 473 Week 3 Team Assignment Negotiations
Strategies Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com   Identify a negotiation
scenario from a professional organization or
credible supply chain website. Prepare a 700-word
paper in which you analyze the negotiation
scenario. Address the following in your
paper Analyze the elements of negotiation(s). Sel
ect three negotiation strategies and describe
each of them. Provide scenarios where each
negotiation strategy would be either appropriate,
or inappropriate, for a negotiator to use to
secure a successful outcome. Determine pricing
strategy and estimate costs.
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ISCOM 473 Week 4 DQs (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom473aid.com  Week 4 DQ 1 Describe
your organizations steps to issue a purchase
order. How does your organization ensure that
requirements flow from the first tier supplier to
second and third tier suppliers? How does
effective contract administration lead to better
supplier management? Week 4 DQ 2 Why would an
organization be interested in developing
longer-term relationships with selected
suppliers? Why would a supplier be interested?
How can an organization further develop its
suppliers?
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ISCOM 473 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Negotiating Across Cultures Paper and
Presentation (2 Set) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com  This Tutorial contains 2
Papers/PPT  Read the following scenarioSelect
two countries to research. Research your selected
countries and document each countrys cultural
and ethnic composition as well as the
populations ethnic makeup, include percentages
(for example Malaysia Ethnic groups Malaysian
50.2, Chinese 24.5, Indigenous 11.0, Indian
7.2, Non-Malaysian citizens 5.9 , Others
1.2).One of the countries which you selected
will be the country in which your organization is
currently headquartered and where you are
employed. The second country is the country that
your organization will be negotiating with as a
potential supplier on a major purchase of key
components used for manufacturing your product.
Examine the cultural and ethnic differences of
your two selected
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ISCOM 473 Week 4 Individual Assignment Supplier
Evaluation and Contract Review (Rocky Plain
Brewing Ltd and Gilpin Printing) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom473aid.com   Read the
case study of Rocky Plain Brewing Ltd and Gilpin
Printing in Chapter 15 ofPurchasing and Supply
Management, pages 473-475. Answer the following
questions in your discussion in 700
words Explain what the Rocky Plains could have
done to improve the supplier relationship with
Gilpin. Explain the type of metrics that could
have been used to measure success with
Gilpin. Explain the factors that were used by
Mike to make his decision to switch suppliers.
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ISCOM 473 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
Negotiations Strategies Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.iscom473aid.com   ISCOM 473 Week 4
Learning Team Assignment Negotiations Strategies
Paper
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ISCOM 473 Week 4 Team Assignment Supplier
Evaluation Case Review (Delphi Corporation) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.iscom473aid.com   The
entire team will read the Delphi Corporation Case
study in Chapter 13 of Purchasing and Supply
Management, pages 387-391. Discuss this case
with your team and submit a 1,050-word paper that
includes Summary of the case From the company
you chose in Week 1, how can some of the
strategies Delphi has taken relate? Provide
examples of how your organization is similar to
Delphi in their approach and how they are
different. Could your organization adopt some
of the strategic initiatives Delphi has adopted
with your suppliers? How would your organization
plan for implementation of these initiatives?
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ISCOM 473 Week 5 Individual Assignment Future
Trends in Purchasing Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.iscom473aid.com    Based on
current events and trends in the sourcing and
procurement environment, prepare a
1,050-1,750-word paper hypothesizing the future
of purchasing in the global economy. In your
paper, be sure to address the following Benefits
and risks of e-business Future opportunities and
trends in purchasing Future challenges in
purchasing
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ISCOM 473 Week 5 Team Assignment eCommerce
Process FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.iscom473aid.com  From the organization
chosen in Week 1, review Ch. 4 from the text.
Review the ERP and Procurement tools currently
used to manage suppliers. Design/create a
process map that shows the Information Systems
and Supply Management Process. Include how
information is managed and the various
departments the information is sent to. Create a
PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides (not
including the title and references slides) with
speaker's notes that discusses this
process Format your presentation according to APA
standards. You need at least three references
(not from same source but different sources) and
a Plagiarism report from the Library. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment
and Plagiarism report as a cut and pasted
documetn to MS Word.
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