Business Purchasing & Materials Management Assignment

Discuss  three (3) legal and three (3) ethical considerations that you deem most  important to your company or organization when forming a strategic  alliance with a supplier.

• Six short paragraphs (4-5 sentences each) to explain each of the considerations.

Explain  which one (1) of the evaluation methods in Chapter 13 is most  appropriate to use by a small business. State your rationale. (Informal or semi formal Evaluation rating, Executive roundtable discussions, Formal supplier evaluation and rating, or Weighted point evaluation systems)

• One to two paragraphs (5-7 sentences each)

Describe the strategic technology-based alliances of Amazon or Dell Computer eStore, and describe the competitive advantage to both and/or multiple businesses of the alliance.

• One to two paragraphs (7-10 sentences each)

Global Suppliers. Please respond to the following:

• -Describe  how organizations can overcome the geographic, cultural, and language  challenges when seeking potential overseas suppliers. Give specific  examples.
• One to two paragraphs (5-7 sentences each)
• -Decide how organizations can instill the same ethical standards in overseas suppliers, especially Asian suppliers.
•  One to two paragraphs (5-7 sentences each)
• -Explain  what other two (2) assessments, in addition to what is published in the  Global Competitiveness Report, you might need to determine the risks  and opportunities of an overseas supplier for your company or  organization or institution. Expand on the value add of these two (2)  assessments.
• One to two paragraphs (5-7 sentences each)