Eassy Assignment- Purchasing And Material Management
This essay section of the Exam must be posted in your Assignment Folders as one document. It is your responsibility to ensure that your exam is successfully submitted and can be read using MS Word. If I cannot read it, I cannot grade it. The organization, depth, and clarity of responses will be important grading considerations. The exam is an individual assignment. Once you upload your completed exam to your Assignments Folder, please do not make any further revisions.
1. There are various contract types that contracting professionals can use to meet their internal customers' requirements.
a. Discuss at least TWO contract types and the conditions under which each type would be most beneficial for the buying organization. Include specific examples to support your case.
b. Now, discuss at least TWO DIFFERENT contract types and the conditions under which each type would be most beneficial for the selling organization. Include specific examples to support your case.
Do NOT simply copy content from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (or any other source). Use your own words and examples to develop your responses.
2. It is said "Everything is negotiable." You are the Procurement officer for a manufacturing company and given a purchase requirement to buy and support 10 large power generators for the company's three manufacturing plants. Your company needs them within 90 days to meet existing customer purchase orders. Receiving the generators early would enable your company to win a new high-dollar contract to supply a potential customer with manufactured items. Discuss at least THREE issues apart from the purchase price that you'll want to address with potential suppliers of the generators. Include in your discussion how the three issues might relate to the basic purchase price of the generators.
3. Why is important for Procurement professionals to be knowledgeable about procurement law? Provide various examples (actual or hypothetical) to fully support your argument.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.