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INF 336 Entire Course   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   INF 336 Week 1 DQ 1
Risk Management
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INF 336 Week 1 DQ 1 Risk Management   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Risk
Management. Risk management is a critical aspect
of project management. The supply chain decisions
that are made have risk involved like any other
project decision. Comment on two examples of
risks that can occur in the supply
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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ISCOM 361 Week 2 Video Analysis   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resources
Internet, University Library
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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
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ISCOM 361 Week 3 E-Procurement Business Case
Development   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Resources Internet, University
Library, Textbook
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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   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
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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
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ISCOM 361 Week 4 Negotiation Plan
Development   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Resources Internet, University
Library, Textbook, Excel Using the purchase
material or component from your Week 1 writing
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.snaptutori
al.com   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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