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PSM611S - Purchasing and Supply Chain Management -2nd Opp - June 2022 |
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n Am I BI A u n IVER s ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOFCOMMERCEH, UMANSCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTOF MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BBMA
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: PSM611S
COURSE NAME: PURCHASINGMANAGEMENT
SESSION: JUNE 2022
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER:1
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
MODERATOR:
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Ms O.N Kangandjo
Mr M Nelenge
Mr M B Simasiku
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 3 PAGES(Including this front page)
INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Answer all questions.
2.
Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3.
Marks for each question are indicated at the end of each question.
4.
Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable and start each Section on a
new page.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Examination question paper
2. Examination answer sheet
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ISECTIONA]
Question 1
[87 Marks]
1.1 A buyer has to be knowledgeable about the form of competition present in different markets
so that he or she is able to plan for purchasing prices. Explain how the different market
structures influence suppliers' price determination.
(12)
1.2 As a purchaser you ought to be aware of risks. Outline and explain the various types of
purchasing and supply risks. Provide an example of each risk.
(16)
1.3 Outline any five circumstances under which purchasing and supply negotiation should
take place.
(10)
1.4 Outline three categories of e-procurement.
(3)
1.5 Many purchasers do not welcome small business purchasing programmes and have certain
justified objections against affirmation purchasing. Discussfour of these objections. (10)
1.6 Performance evaluation has been identified as one of the techniques for purchasing and
supply control. You are required to outline the steps in the process of evaluating the
purchasing and supply function.
(10)
1.7 As a consultant hired by a company that manufacture electronic equipments, you discovered
that the company does not have purchasing and supply policies and strategies, you advised
them to develop one. What issues would you advise the company to consider in developing
purchasing and supply policies and strategies?
(16)
1.8 Dishonest people in the purchasing and supply function are in the position of being able to
enrich themselves personally, or to gain other personal favours for granting contracts or
orders or giving preferential treatment to specific suppliers. Identify and explain possible
areas of unethical conduct in purchasing and supply management.
{10)
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Question 2
Readthe case below and answer the questions that follow.
[13marks]
HealthCarefor Truckers
Truck drivers in Africa have a new navigation tool to help them find healthcare centres along the
subcontinent's major transport corridors. In a partnership between Shell, Maplecroft and North Star
Alliance, four maps have been published showing the exact locations of more than 160 roadside
wellness centres in west, east and southern Africa.
Some of the services provided by the wellness centres include sexual health education and
counselling, HIV/Aids testing, blood pressure testing, TB screening, treatments of minor infections and
wounds, and the distribution of free condoms.
The maps are produced by Maplecroft and funded by Shell. Shell recognises that the wellbeing of the
drivers has a direct impact on the business.
Shell distributes the maps to its road transport managers in various sub-Saharan African countries.
North Star Alliance 3 also distributes the maps to drivers who visits their roadside wellness centres, and
to other roadside clinic networks in sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: Abstracted from Export and Import South Africa (2010:33) as cited by Badenhorst-Weiss
(2013)
2.1 What impact can the health of truck drivers have on the performance of purchasing
and supply and the supply chain as a whole?
(4)
2.2 To which categories of corporate social responsibilities does the effort of taking care
of the health of truck drivers contribute? Motivate your answer.
(9)
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