ROLE OF THE PURCHASING AGENT IN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT Inventory ties up the largest amount of cash in companies‚ and inventory management decisions directly influence the purchasing function. As these activities fall under the supply chain management umbrella‚ managers cannot act independently pursuing an objective that is going to satisfy one department. Instead‚ managers foster teamwork and cooperation not only within their own company‚ but also between their company and the company’s
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AND SUPPLY CHAINCourse Outline This course intends to develop students knowledge of procurement principles. Procedures and Documentation. Objectives of the course. At the end of the course‚ the trainee should be able to-: i)Demonstrate knowledge of the general principles and procedure of purchasing. ii)Use and produce the documents involved in the purchasing process. TOPICS 1.Defination and scoop of purchasing. 2.Purchasing procedures. 3. Documents used in purchasing. 4.Purchasing Functions
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BUS-230-W01 Joseph Marshone Phillip Lemmon Case Study Avion‚ Inc. 9/28/14 In Case 1 (Avion‚ Inc.) of the text book Purchasing Supply Chain Management‚ procurement managers Susan Dey and Bill Mifflin are having a meeting about struggles of a supplier they are using for a certain material required to make their product. In this meeting they start by discussing how they are in a large surprise that this Foster Technologies‚ the supplier‚ is not meeting the quality and on time delivery they had set
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT BOSE CORPORATION Bose Corporation‚ headquartered in Framingham‚ Massachusetts‚ offers an excellent example of integrated supply chain management. Bose‚ a producer of audio premium speakers used in automobiles‚ high-fidelity systems‚ and consumer and commercial broadcasting systems‚ was founded in 1964 by Dr. Bose of MIT. Bose currently maintains plants in Massachusetts and Michigan as well as Canada‚ Mexico‚ and Ireland. Its purchasing organization‚ while decentralized
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Johnson & Johnson‚ a global company‚ posts that "The fundamental objective of Johnson & Johnson is to provide scientifically sound‚ high quality products and services to help heal‚ cure disease and improve the quality of life." This and a bit more information about the company and its objectives and vision can be gathered by reading from the Johnson & Johnson company page at their web site. There are numerous links there to other Johnson & Johnson posts including one to the company
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PPPS01C/201/3/2013 Tutorial letter 201/3/2013 PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: A PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE PPPS01C Semester 1 and 2 Centre for Business Management This tutorial letter contains the answers to the assignments‚ guidelines for the examination as well as an example of a previous examination paper . Bar code CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION 2 ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENTS 01 and 02 3 GUIDELINES FOR THE EXAMINATION 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS 5 EXAMPLE OF AN EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
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Delphi method∗ Abstract The Delphi method was originally developed in the 50s by the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica‚ California. This approach consists of a survey conducted in two or more rounds and provides the participants in the second round with the results of the first so that they can alter the original assessments if they want to - or stick to their previous opinion. Nobody ‘looses face’ because the survey is done anonymously using a questionnaire (the first Delphis were panels)
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Describe how Purchasing interacts with other functional areas of the company. The strategic role of purchasing is to perform source-related activities in a way that supports the overall objectives of a business. It can make many contributions to the success of that organization through its key role as one of the organizations’ boundary-spanning functions. Purchasing can gain important information about new technologies‚ potential new materials or services‚ new source of supply‚ and changes in
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Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which a group tries to find a solution for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members. The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book Applied Imagination. In the book‚ Osborn not only proposed the brainstorming method but also established effective rules for hosting brainstorming sessions. Brainstorming has become a popular group technique and has aroused attention in academia. Multiple
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Traditional View: Logistics in the Economy (1990‚ 1996) Supply Chain Management (3rd Edition) Chapter 1 Understanding the Supply Chain Freight Transportation Inventory Expense Administrative Expense Logistics Related Activity $352‚ $455 Billion $221‚ $311 Billion $27‚ $31 Billion 11%‚ 10.5% of GNP Source: Cass Logistics © 2007 Pearson Education 1-1 © 2007 Pearson Education 1-2 Traditional View: Logistics in the Manufacturing Firm Profit Logistics Cost Marketing Cost Manufacturing
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