Concept of the “battle of the forms” agreement under the organisations own terms and conditions

Question: Practitioner Corporate Award Assessment Code: PDC This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of: Module: Developing Contracts in Procurement and Supply Task Using a set of your organisations (or one with which you are familiar) terms and conditions, explain how the terms and conditions help the organisation ensure that: The risks of poor quality, extension of time, increased costs and unethical practice are managed effectivelyThe relevant perf...
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Terms and conditions help the organisation ensure relevant performance measures are monitored and managed

Question: Practitioner Corporate Award Assessment Code: PDC This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of: Module: Developing Contracts in Procurement and Supply Task Using a set of your organisations (or one with which you are familiar) terms and conditions, explain how the terms and conditions help the organisation ensure that: The risks of poor quality, extension of time, increased costs and unethical practice are managed effectivelyThe relevant perf...
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Terms and conditions risks of poor quality, extension of time, increased costs and unethical practice

Question: Practitioner Corporate Award Assessment Code: PDC This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of: Module: Developing Contracts in Procurement and Supply Task Using a set of your organisations (or one with which you are familiar) terms and conditions, explain how the terms and conditions help the organisation ensure that: The risks of poor quality, extension of time, increased costs and unethical practice are managed effectively The relevant...
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PDC – Developing Contracts Assessment

Question: Practitioner Corporate Award Assessment Code: PDC This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of: Module: Developing Contracts in Procurement and Supply Task Using a set of your organisations (or one with which you are familiar) terms and conditions, explain how the terms and conditions help the organisation ensure that: The risks of poor quality, extension of time, increased costs and unethical practice are managed effectivelyThe relevant perf...
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(Solution) CIPS Practitioner Programme Sourcing Essentials in Procurement and Supply Assessment 3

Question: This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of:Module 4: Sourcing EssentialsTaskIdentify four sourcing approaches, and for each one, identify and explain how you apply them to a category ofspend within your organisation.Choose one of these categories and develop a supplier appraisal check list.Guidance for candidatesYour work should consist of 3,000 words. Solution/Answer: 1.0 Introduction The establishment of Etihad Airways can be traced back in Jul...
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Assessment 3 Practitioner Corporate Award Sourcing Essentials

Question: This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of:Module 4: Sourcing EssentialsTaskIdentify four sourcing approaches, and for each one, identify and explain how you apply them to a category ofspend within your organisation.Choose one of these categories and develop a supplier appraisal check list.Guidance for candidatesYour work should consist of 3,000 words. Solution/Answer: 1.0 Introduction The establishment of Etihad Airways can be traced back in Jul...
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CIPS Practitioner Programme Negotiation in Procurement and Supply Assessment 4

Question: Practitioner Corporate AwardAssessment 3This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of:Module 4: Sourcing EssentialsTaskIdentify four sourcing approaches, and for each one, identify and explain how you apply them to a category ofspend within your organisation.Choose one of these categories and develop a supplier appraisal check list. Practitioner Corporate AwardIntegrative Assessment 4Question 1: 100% of the total marksYou are required to select an area ...
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CIPS Stakeholders Collaboration in Engagement in Procurement

Question: What is the role of collaboration with stakeholders to increase early engagement in the procurement process? Solution/Answer: According to Tompkins et al. (2010), neglect of key stakeholder’s engagement is a critical failure in procurement. In most cases, this has led to reworking, legal challenge, cost overruns, challenging communication and failure in the entire supply chain. Therefore, a step-wise engagement of all stakeholders assists identification of possible issues in...
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CIPS Policies and Procedures for an Effective Procurement and Supply

Question: Which are the organisational policies and procedures used for an effective procurement and supply process implementation? Solution/Answer: There are different procedural controls potentially exercised with internal stakeholders for ensuring compliance with procurement processes and to attain value for money of an organisation. One of such procedural process is the use of e-procurement as shown in appendix 2. The rationale of this is attributed to Xu (2010) study that had not...
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Procurement and Supply Function in an Organisation

Question: What is the role of procurement and supply function in creating savings, efficiencies or added value? Solution/Answer: Procurement and supply function play an instrumental role in the government and commercial entities as a critical enabler in setting elaborate business strategy and attainment of sustainable cost reduction (Hsin Chang et al., 2013). For instance, in cost savings, procurement and supply function facilitates successful negotiations of contracts ensuring leverag...
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