BUSN 3386 Supply Materials Management Assignment
- Country :
Australia
- Discuss how an appropriate material management process can bring a positive impact to an organization. Explain the positive impact.
- Discuss the potential area (s) of corruption within the material management process, and discuss the steps that should be implemented to prevent the development and/or escalation of corruption.
- Describe and discuss why material management is a topic of study in a college/university program. In addition, discuss from a potential employer perspective, the skillsets that employers are expecting to see from recently graduated students.
- Discuss and assess the impact the supply change may have on global warming. Present your findings and discuss who is responsibility for any adverse impact of the environment as a result of purchasing through a global supply chain…is it the importer, exporter, or someone else?
- Discuss the impact of Materials Requirement Planning has on the purchasing function. Include in the discussion the purchasing drawbacks if an MRP system is managed poorly.
- Discuss the concept of the purchasing function expanding into the supply chain. In today’s climate, is it a fad, or is it necessary to management your business? Critically discuss why or why not?
- Many purchasers believe that forecasting is not really necessary to effectively do their job as raw material buyers. Their belief is that managing a well-stocked raw material is an effective way to keep the flow of raw material to the operation. Discuss this concepts and weigh the pros and cons, and its impact on the operation.
- Discuss and analyze the concepts of centralized and decentralized purchasing. Critically discusses these concepts from the perspective of a medium-sized organization with multiple facilities.
