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New: creating value supply chain course please As soon as possible everything had a due date for this week try first discussion one and two.

Assignment 1.1 (ONE PAGE)

Particularly since 2001 the field of SCM has gotten a lot of attention, with folks saying things like "It is no longer competition between individual companies, it is competition between supply chains," yet certainly procurement has been going on for many thousands of years. Why the change now? Assuming you are the Chief Procurement Officer in a for-profit company or in a similar role in a budget-constrained not-for-profit, how can you best demonstrate the financial importance of supply functions to the rest of the organization's leaders?

Submit a one (1) page report answering the previous questions through this safe assign tool. Your instructor will post some (or all) of them, or excerpts for further discussion.

Submission requirements:

1. Microsoft WORD document

2. 12-point font.

3. Single space.

4. Put your name on the sheet.

ASSIGNMENT 1.2(ONE PAGE)

For the first negotiation you are assigned to a two-person group to form a negotiation dyad (If there are an odd number of classmates one group will have 3 students, 2 on one side and one on the other.). You will have access to your part of the negotiation documentation. Your part will contain some information that is confidential to your situation and which is different from the information provided to your negotiation partner. Be sure to follow Negotiation One Guidelines

You should email your aspirations to your instructor by Day 3, and plan to reach an agreement by the end of Day 6.

ASSIGNMENT 1.3( ONE PAGE)

The case is part of your course pack. It follows Chapter 3. Refer to the  outline for case analysis  for structure and guidance. You will need to: devise solutions to supply chain manager problems; and discuss daily challenges that are commonly faced. 

1. Devise solutions to supply chain manager problems.

2. Discuss daily challenges that are commonly faced.

3. Focus on practical solutions and discuss the timing and steps needed for actual implementation of your solution.

DICUSION 1; 1 ( one page)

Procurement Case Discussion

This will be a follow-up to Assignment 1.3 - Dr. Straight will select from the submissions from Assignment 1.3 and post them for further discussion. Please use the class discussion forum titled "Discussion 1.1" to answer this week's questions. 

DISCUSSION 1.2 (one page)

Use this forum for your group's post negotiation discussion. Discuss your negotiation—what went well? What did not? Was the outcome satisfactory? What about the process? If you were maintaining a lifetime negotiation journal, what would you note from this negotiation? What ethical issues arose? Would you like to negotiate with this person again? Please use the class discussion forum titled "Discussion 1.2" to answer this week's questions.