INF 336- Week 3 Discussion 1 and 2

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Week 3 - Discussion 1

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Capital Goods

A project manager needs to understand the importance of the acquisition of capital goods. There are many choices for capital good procurement, including buying or leasing new equipment, or buying used equipment. Describe an example from the text or your personal professional experience where your project or organization had to procure capital goods for strategic reasons. What was the type of equipment (new, used) and how was it purchased? Please comment on the benefits of the choice selected. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

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Week 3 - Discussion 2

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Quality

Suitability and reliability are two examples of quality in terms of buying materials, goods or services. Provide an example of a “best buy” from your professional experience where quality aspects were not met in accordance to the text definition of quality dimensions. What aspect of quality could be improved for future projects? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

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Week 3 Discussion 1:
Strategic procurement of Capital Goods case
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STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT OF CAPITAL GOODS CASE
Strategic procurement of Capital goods case
Strategic procurement includes all actions that aim at reducing the negotiations, supplier
base, and communication as well as keep suppliers in a long term relationship with the
organization (Lipsitz et al, 2017). This model of sourcing is common in hospitals. In one case, I
realized that the hospital I was working in was buying non-perishables in bulk. They used to
bring sy...


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