CPSP-K 3 REVISION QUESTIONS

SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT

Suggestions:

Discussion of principles of sustainable procurement.
Discussion of technology and sustainable innovation principles in procurement.
Discussion of sustainable trends and influencers in procurement.
Discussion of challenges in green procurement.
Development of a sustainable procurement policy document for a given organization.
Development of a balanced score card to support sustainable procurement.
Demonstration on how to conduct a green procurement auditing exercise.
Apply key performance indicators to measure sustainable procurement.
Discussion of the challenges and opportunities posed by the emerging issues and trends in sustainable procurement.

Suggestions:

Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of international procurement.
Drawing up specifications to facilitate international procurement.
Discussion of effects of globalization on international procurement.
Discussion of the various international market entry strategies.
Discussion of the commonly traded products in the leading commodity markets.
Preparation of documents used in international procurement.
Discussion of the legal requirements in import and export procedures.
Discussion of ways of enforcing the rights and obligations of importers and exporters.
Discussion of various custom service, regulations and instructions.
Discussion of factors considered when choosing the mode of transport in international procurement.
Application of incoterms in international procurement.
Discussion of various sources of international financing.
Discussion of the procedure of financing imports and exports in international trade.
Discuss the role of various institutions involved in promoting international procurement.
Designing a risk register for international procurement.
Discussion of measures employed in addressing the challenges faced in international procurement.
Discussion of the challenges and opportunities posed by the emerging issues and trends in international procurement.

Suggestions:

Discussion of the concept of logistics in procurement and supply.
Discussion of the principles of management in logistics.
Choice of the ideal mode of transport in a given case.
Discussion of distribution strategies within a supply chain environment.
Discussion of the role of logistics service providers in supply chain.
Discussion of logistics costs.
Discussion of logistics in humanitarian organizations.
Discussion of functions of stores.
Discussion of rationale for holding stock.
Carryout stores coding exercise.
Classification of stock using ABC analysis.
Demonstration of how to carry out a stock taking exercise.
Designing policies for effective stores management.
Risk mitigation in store house facility.
Discussion on the various types of inventory management information system.
Discuss and simulate inventory optimization techniques.
Discussion of the challenges and opportunities posed by the emerging issues and trends in logistics and inventory management.

Suggestions:

Discussion on the types of research.
Definition of a research problem.
Development of a research design.
Discussion of the various types of sampling design.
Discussion of the scaling and measurement tools in research.
Identification and selection of an appropriate method for data collection in a given case.
Discussion of the data analysis techniques used in procurement research.
Selection of an appropriate sample size in a given research case.
Testing hypothesis in a given research case.
Discussion of the multivariate analysis techniques.
Interpretation of analysed data and preparation of a report based on the same.
Discussion of the relationship between research and IT today.
Use of statistical packages.
Discussion of challenges and opportunities posed by the emerging issues and trends in research in procurement.

Suggestion:

Application of knowledge of operations management in supply chain management.
Analysis of tools and techniques used in value analysis in supply chain.
Calculation of forecast for demand using the various qualitative and quantitative techniques.
Preparation schedules using various scheduling techniques in different scenarios.
Formulation of operation strategy in supply chain management.
Analysing decisions in a given situation using different decision-making techniques.
Application of production planning elements in supply chain management.
Identification of types of production systems.
Application of the various design systems in operating environment.
Application of location methods in facility location decision making.
Illustration of types of plant layout.
Design an operating layout.
Application of quality control tools in supply chain management.
Discussion of the types of bench-marking in operations management.
Illustration of the process of product and service design.
Preparation of a plant and equipment maintenance schedule.
Dealing with challenges and opportunities posed by issues and trends in operations management.