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• ISCOM 473 Entire Course
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ISCOM 473 Week 1 DQs ISCOM 473 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Article Analysis Paper ISCOM 473 Week
2 DQs ISCOM 473 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Procurement Strategies Presentation
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• ISCOM 473 Week 1 DQs
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Week 1 DQ 2How 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 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
  Analysis Paper
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Using a local newspaper, news magazines, the
Internet, or other additional article sources,
locate a current (no older than four months) news
article that addresses the strategic role of
procurement in an organizational setting. Prepare
a 700-1,050-word paper that explains the
similarities and/or differences between the
purchasing role listed in the article and your
organization's current purchasing role, or one
with which you are familiar. Identify any
improvements that might enhance your selected
organizations procurement function.
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• ISCOM 473 Week 2 DQs
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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)?
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• ISCOM 473 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Procurement Strategies Paper and Presentation
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With your instructors approval, select an
organization in which you identify and examine
the customer (both internal and external to the
organization), as well as the organization's
procurement expectations.
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• ISCOM 473 Week 3 DQs
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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?
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• ISCOM 473 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sourcing
  Process Evaluation
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Translating corporate objectives into procurement
goalsEstablishing business unit requirement
processesConducting supply market
researchSetting material management
goalsStrategic executionReciprocity
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• ISCOM 473 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
  Outsourcing Insourcing Proposal
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Consider the organizations motivation,
short-term and long-term implications Best
strategic location Keeping the call center
insourced in North America Insourcing in one of
your facilities in another part of the world
(China, India, Russia) Outsourcing the call
center in North America Outsourcing the call
center in another part of the world (China,
India, Russia)
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• ISCOM 473 Week 4 DQs
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Week 4 DQ 2Why 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
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Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper in which you
consider how you would prepare for negotiations
based on the scenario. Be sure to identify
negotiation tactics that would be effective in
reaching your objective. Additionally, identify
negotiation tactics that would be ineffective
when dealing with the selected country, and
explain why those tactics would be ineffective.
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• ISCOM 473 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
  Negotiations Strategies Paper
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ISCOM 473 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
Negotiations Strategies Paper
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• ISCOM 473 Week 5 Individual Assignment Future
  Trends in Purchasing Paper
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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 followingBenefits
and risks of e-businessFuture opportunities and
trends in purchasingFuture challenges in
purchasing
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• ISCOM 473 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Contract Administration Presentation
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ISCOM 473 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Contract Administration Presentation
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• ISCOM 473 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Strategic Global Logistics Paper
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With your instructors approval, select an
organization and prepare a 1,050-1,750-word paper
addressing the following itemsIdentify and
compare at least four to five factors (cost,
shelf life, weather, etc.) that impact
transportation needs Determine appropriate
logistics methods in various scenarios (local,
out-of-state, regional, coast-to-coast, and
global) Summarize the "strategic" requirements of
global logistics.
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