Purchase Decision

Initial purchasing decisions often require in-depth considerations and analysis on an organization- long term directive and goals.
Conduct a critical analysis on a real-world service organization- make or buy strategy(service industries, eg. Hotel, school, 3PL, restaurant).
In addition, perform a detailed analysis on the chosen organization- supplier selection and evaluation system and provide recommendations of improvement.
Lastly, provide a detailed purchasing cost analysis on the chosen organization.
 
iii) Assignment Brief:
Working individually. You are required to consult and fully reference a MINIMUM of 5 references from 3 different sources (e.g., book; www; journal article from the full-text databases; current affairs magazine; newspaper etc.).The use of WIKIPEDIA online encyclopaedia is NOT allowed. The word range of this essay is about 1,500 words.
 
• More marks will be awarded for reports which provide more detailed discussion and in-depth analysis with adequate referencing to the purchasing concepts and models.
 
 
Assignment Format:
The essay should be presented as follows: 
 
• Introduction - Outline the purpose of this essay and let the reader know what the subject of the paper is (about 200 words). The introduction should grab the reader's attention, set up the issue, and lead into your essay argument. 
 
• Body - Discuss a real-world service organization- make or buy strategy. (300 words).
In addition, perform a detailed analysis on the chosen organization- supplier selection and evaluation system (300 words) and provide recommendations of improvement (300 words). Lastly, provide a detailed purchasing cost analysis on the chosen organization (300 words). 
 
• Conclusion - Reinstate points you introduced and gives improvement recommendation, if necessary (about 100 words)
 
• Referencing - All sources referred to in your essay, including any diagrams, must be referenced to in-text and be included in a full reference list at the end of the assignment, according to the APA system of referencing. 
 




Mark given by lecture are base on below:
Introduction
â–ªExcellent introduction that grabs the interest of readers and states background and topics â–ªCompany description is succinct, well written and clear, uses summarisation or paraphrasing, includes key attributes of the company
Make or Buy Analysis
submission has a make or buy analysis with good details in each section
Supplier Selection/Evaluation Analysis
submission has a supplier selection/evaluation analysis with good details in each section
Purchasing Cost Analysis
submission has a purchasing cost analysis with good details in each section
Conclusion
submission and conclusions are well considered and take into account the analysis of the company
Organisation
submission is very organised with well constructed paragraphs, and has clear headings
Word Length
the specified word length for each section is less that 10% higher or lower
References
â–ªExcellent APA style in-text citations used throughout document. Full reference list â–ªMore than 5 references