The document outlines an assignment for a supply chain management consulting project. Students are tasked with analyzing the existing processes of MLD Hospital and developing their purchasing policies and procedures, with a focus on ethics. Specifically, students must write a paper addressing: 1) the importance of identifying the best suppliers and the impact on supply chain performance, 2) whether the hospital should outsource or insource its sourcing needs, and 3) developing a high-level ethics policy for the purchasing department. The paper should be 3-4 pages and draw from course materials and other resources.

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Assignment Description
Your efforts with MLD Hospital have paid off. The corporation
has hired SMP and your staff to provide supply chain
management consulting services. Your team has begun
analyzing the existing processes, and you have been tasked with
developing the purchasing policies and procedures with focus
on ethics in the supply chain.
Remember: From a supply chain management perspective, a
company produces services or products. Clearly, MLD Hospital
produces a service. This means that sourcing
analysis must consider the raw materials necessary for
producing this service (e.g., bandages, needles, blood, and
medical equipment).
Using course materials and other resources, develop a paper for
the hospital management consisting of the following sections:

2. 1. Discuss the importance of identifying the best suppliers by
explaining the impact of source selection on supply chain
performance.
2. In conjunction with number 1, discuss whether the hospital
will insource or outsource its sourcing needs.
3. Develop a high-level ethics policy for the purchasing
department at MLD Hospital, identifying general
responsibilities and prohibited behaviors.
Please submit your assignment.
Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the
following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
Reading Assignment
Chase & Jacobs, chapters 4, 6, & 11
Assignment Objectives
Assess strategic alliances and outsourcing strategies
Evaluate supply chain coordination and contracts, customer
value, and supply chain management
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3. Assignment Details
Assignment Description
Your efforts with MLD Hospital have paid off. The corporation
has hired SMP and your staff to provide supply chain
management consulting services. Your team has begun
analyzing the existing processes, and you have been tasked with
developing the purchasing policies and procedures with focus
on ethics in the supply chain.
Remember: From a supply chain management perspective, a
company produces services or products. Clearly, MLD Hospital
produces a service. This means that sourcing
analysis must consider the raw materials necessary for
producing this service (e.g., bandages, needles, blood, and
medical equipment).
Using course materials and other resources, develop a paper for
the hospital management consisting of the following sections:
1. Discuss the importance of identifying the best suppliers by
explaining the impact of source selection on supply chain
performance.
2. In conjunction with number 1, discuss whether the hospital
will insource or outsource its sourcing needs.
3. Develop a high-level ethics policy for the purchasing
department at MLD Hospital, identifying general
responsibilities and prohibited behaviors.
Please submit your assignment.

4. Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the
following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
Reading Assignment
Chase & Jacobs, chapters 4, 6, & 11
Assignment Objectives
Assess strategic alliances and outsourcing strategies
Evaluate supply chain coordination and contracts, customer
value, and supply chain management
Other Information
There is no additional information to display at this time.
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Extra Credit View Assignment Rubric
Assignment Overview
Type: Individual Project
Unit: Planning and Sourcing
Due Date: Sun, 5/8/16
Grading Type: Numeric
Points Possible: 175

5. Points Earned: 0
Deliverable Length: 3-4 pages
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Assignment Details
Learning Materials
Reading Assignment
My Work:
Online Deliverables: Submissions
4:33 PM (CDT)
Privacy Statement Terms and Conditions Contact Us
© 2015 American InterContinental University.
All Rights Reserved. Authorized Users Only.
Unit 2 - Individual Project
Assignment Details
Assignment Description
Your efforts with MLD Hospital have paid off. The corporation
has hired SMP and your staff to provide supply chain
management consulting services. Your team has begun

6. analyzing the existing processes, and you have been tasked with
developing the purchasing policies and procedures with focus
on ethics in the supply chain.
Remember: From a supply chain management perspective, a
company produces services or products. Clearly, MLD Hospital
produces a service. This means that sourcing
analysis must consider the raw materials necessary for
producing this service (e.g., bandages, needles, blood, and
medical equipment).
Using course materials and other resources, develop a paper for
the hospital management consisting of the following sections:
1. Discuss the importance of identifying the best suppliers by
explaining the impact of source selection on supply chain
performance.
2. In conjunction with number 1, discuss whether the hospital
will insource or outsource its sourcing needs.
3. Develop a high-level ethics policy for the purchasing
department at MLD Hospital, identifying general
responsibilities and prohibited behaviors.
Please submit your assignment.
Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the
following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
Reading Assignment
Chase & Jacobs, chapters 4, 6, & 11

7. Assignment Objectives
Assess strategic alliances and outsourcing strategies
Evaluate supply chain coordination and contracts, customer
value, and supply chain management
Other Information
There is no additional information to display at this time.
Legend
Extra Credit View Assignment Rubric
Assignment Details
Assignment Description
Your efforts with MLD Hospital have paid off. The corporation
has hired SMP and your staff to provide supply chain
management consulting services. Your team has begun
analyzing the existing processes, and you have been tasked with
developing the purchasing policies and procedures with focus
on ethics in the supply chain.
Remember: From a supply chain management perspective, a
company produces services or products. Clearly, MLD Hospital
produces a service. This means that sourcing
analysis must consider the raw materials necessary for
producing this service (e.g., bandages, needles, blood, and
medical equipment).

8. Using course materials and other resources, develop a paper for
the hospital management consisting of the following sections:
1. Discuss the importance of identifying the best suppliers by
explaining the impact of source selection on supply chain
performance.
2. In conjunction with number 1, discuss whether the hospital
will insource or outsource its sourcing needs.
3. Develop a high-level ethics policy for the purchasing
department at MLD Hospital, identifying general
responsibilities and prohibited behaviors.
Please submit your assignment.
Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the
following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
Reading Assignment
Chase & Jacobs, chapters 4, 6, & 11
Assignment Objectives
Assess strategic alliances and outsourcing strategies
Evaluate supply chain coordination and contracts, customer
value, and supply chain management
Other Information
There is no additional information to display at this time.

9. Legend
Extra Credit View Assignment Rubric
Assignment Overview
Type: Individual Project
Unit: Planning and Sourcing
Due Date: Sun, 5/8/16
Grading Type: Numeric
Points Possible: 175
Points Earned: 0
Deliverable Length: 3-4 pages
Go To:
Assignment Details
Learning Materials
Reading Assignment
My Work:
Online Deliverables: Submissions
Instructions, Format, and Sample of Discussion of Current
Event
In my weekly class email, a group of students will be assigned

10. to briefly analyze a current
political event of their choice and post their analysis on
Titanium. The next week, that same
group of students will be required to post on Titanium a
comment on (or “reply” to) another
student’s analysis. Then, time permitting, we will have an
active discussion and debate about
the more interesting Titanium discussion posts in class.
Please make sure your discussion and posts are submitted within
the required timeframe to
receive credit.
Instructions for Discussion of Current Event:
Find and read an article or two online, in the newspaper, in a
magazine, etc. that deals with a
government/political issue that interests you. Write one
paragraph that summarizes the key
points and facts of the article(s). Then write one paragraph
about your opinions, views, and
analysis of the article.
Format:
1 - Basic subject matter of your current event in the “subject”
field of your post on Titanium
2 - Name of Student
3 - Title of Article(s)
4 - Source of Article(s)
5 - Link to Article(s) (if online)
6 - 1 Paragraph summarizing the key points and facts of the
article
7 - 1 Paragraph about your opinions, views, and analysis of the
article.