question 1 .procurement often lacks a strategic focus , and is sometimes viewed as an administrative function.

Do you agree ? give reasons for your answer and include example

question 2 . take an example of a purchase in any organisation or any company , prepare a flow chart showing the process involved in procuring that purchase

question 3. what business challenges do you believe the procurement sector will be facing over the next decade and why ?

question 4 what is the different between the three market types that have an impact on procurement and give some examples of each .

question 5 what impact does government legislation have on procurement strategies ? and provide examples

questions 6. in Kralijic's portfolio, under which headings , "leverage" ,"routine",and bottleneck" , would you place the following items ?

-chemical suppliers for glass manufacture

- steel

- cleaning materials

- security services

- bottling equipment for a brewery

question 7 what is the different between strategy formulation and implementation? give some examples

question 8. using the procurement policy as your reference , find another published procurement policy and identify the purpose and objective of the policy

question 9.how does the procurement procedure help to procurement function to fulfil the corporate obligations

question 10 what are the classic problems and limitations of EDI?( Electronic Data Interchange)