Questions You have been asked to prepare a business report evaluating category and contract management in your organisation. As part of your report, you must evaluate each of the following in relation to your organisation: Examine the requirements for initiating and preparing the introduction of a category management process Critically compare strategic and conventional sourcing processes and their role in category management Compare and contrast the tools and techniques that ca...

Executive Summary The report below entails developing contracts in procurement and supply to assess the application of the terms and conditions in managing the risks of increased costs, extension of time, poor quality, and unethical practice. This report finds that RCU has an effective set of terms and conditions for mitigating these risks. These include requiring the Second Party to re-perform the services in case they do not meet the required quality and imposing the fines for services not...

Executive Summary In this report, sourcing approaches for a spend category in Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has been evaluated. The selected spend category in this assessment is the Information Technology (IT) spend category. This is further compared with logistics, staff uniforms and office supplies. For evaluating the identified spend categories, various tools have been selected which are Kraljic Analysis Tool, Mendelow’s Analysis Tool for Stakeholder analysis and the Maslow Hierarchy o...

Executive Summary In this assessment, identifying sourcing approaches has been done to explain their application on the category of spend within XXX organisation. The selected spend category is the IT systems, specifically in the current COVID-19 pandemic where the organisation has been adopting remote working in its operations. In the evaluation in this assessment, the identified category of spend has been compared to the health and safety equipment, logistics, machinery in their onshore an...

Table of Contents Executive Summary. 4 1.0 Introduction. 5 2.0 Contract Types and Management 5 3.0 Overview of FIDIC terms and conditions in procurement and supply department 7 4.0 Importance of FIDIC terms and conditions (general construction) 9 4.1 Managing Risks of Poor Quality. 9 4.2 Managing the Risk of Time. 10 4.3 Managing Increased Costs 11 4.4 Managing Unethical Practice. 12_Toc34942108 4.5 Ensuring Monitoring and Management of Performance Measures. 12 ...

1.0 Introduction. 4 1.1 Background of the ADNOC Refining. 4 1.2 Procurement Division in ADNOC Background. 4 1.3 Scope of Assessment 5 2.0 ADNOC Stakeholders Analysis 5 3.1 Relevance of Stakeholders in the Identified Area of Spend. 7 3.2 Stakeholders Impact on Procurement from ADNOC Context 8 4.0 Research and Market Analysis 9 4.1 Procurement of Nanotechnology fitted Pipes Analysis 9 5.0 Market Analysis 10 5.1 Market Overview. 10 5.2 Market Positioning. 11 5.2...

Executive Summary In this final assessment for Corporate Award Program, it intends to create a formal negotiation plan for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The basis of this negotiation plan include facts, data and tools/techniques relevant for negotiation practice. By reflecting on Information Technology (IT) as the category of spend, different models, tools and concepts have been applied to evaluate and propose the best negotiation plans. The basis of selecting the IT is informed by the e...

Executive Summary For this assessment, the impact of products/service category of spend to stakeholders of an organisation has been evaluated. By pursuing a brief market analysis, an illustration of the role of procurement function in achieving value for money has been attained. Information Technology (IT) system category of spend by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has been selected for evaluation. For the purpose of achieving this project purpose, various models have been used in evalu...

Executive Summary In this assessment, it focuses on evaluating the process followed in category planning and its eventual implementation. This is evaluated in context of XXX organisation and particularly sourcing of HP laptops in broad IT spend category. The challenges encountered and their likely solutions has been evaluated. This is guided by the rationale of noting the scope of achieving value, reducing risks and managing goods and services supply process. The findings in this assessment ...

Executive Summary This report entails the supply chain mapping of laptops for BP, an oil and gas company in Oman. The analysis draws from various models and frameworks across different dimensions, such as environmental scanning, competitiveness, and value chain. The developed map involves various stakeholders, including the assembly from potential companies, logistics, and the repair and maintenance strategy. From the analysis, there are several elements that influence the supply chain mappi...