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    - This document contains instructions for a 60 minute test on procurement and international supply chain management. The test will contain 5 questions asking the test taker to: 1) Explain why procurement was not paid attention to in the past, 2) Identify what is missing from a sentence describing the role of procurement today, 3) Explain two lenses through which we can view the importance of procurement, 4) Determine if a given procurement design fits every industry/company and explain their answer, and 5) Mention and explain two procurement objectives.

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    Sep 7, 2020 Tutor: Jaime Andres Garcia Cuello

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    Carlos Adolfo Salah Fernandez
    - This document contains instructions for a 60 minute test on procurement and international supply chain management. The test will contain 5 questions asking the test taker to: 1) Explain why procurement was not paid attention to in the past, 2) Identify what is missing from a sentence describing the role of procurement today, 3) Explain two lenses through which we can view the importance of procurement, 4) Determine if a given procurement design fits every industry/company and explain their answer, and 5) Mention and explain two procurement objectives.

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    Purchasing and international supply chain


    Tutor: Jaime Andres Garcia Cuello
    Test 1
    Time: 60 minutes

    -Please be concise with your answers. I am looking for clarity of concepts, not quantity.

    1. It is said that in the past nobody paid attention to procurement. Can you explain
    the reasons for this?

    2. Explain what is missing in this sentence and why what is missing is so important
    for the role of procurement today.
    “The purchasing function today is to be a strategic unit in charge of managing a secure
    and stable supplier base, aligned with the requirements of the company in a way that
    allows it to gain competitiveness and create / transmit value to their customers.”

    3. Mention and explain two (2) of the lenses we reviewed the importance of
    procurement through.

    4. Is the following affirmation true or false? Explain your answer.


    “ a given procurement organizational design will fit every single industry/company”

    5. Mention and explain two ( 2 ) purchasing objectives.

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