The group shall have to choose an organisation in Oman in which that organization has a Procurement Department. The group shall have to identify the procurement process and procedure adopted in the company and to do a comparative study with the international procurement standard. The group should have to prepare GAP analysis between the company procurement processes & procedure in comparison with the international standard and suggest a better procurement standard. Data should be from primary source and collected from the organisation after visiting the organisation and meeting the procurement department people. Data collected from websites/internet can be used as an additional source of secondary data to support your work.

Please note that, the choice of an organization should be approved by the instructor in advance.

PART 1: Group Proposal Report

The students should have to draft group proposal report. The proposal has to be uploaded in the Moodle on a required date and time. The selected organization has to be approved the instructor. The report should consider the background about the company, the group plan of action to complete the assessment and Timeline and work breakdown (Gantt Chart).

PART 2: Group Report

You have to collect the details from the chosen company and answer the following questions.
1) Brief company profile:
i. Company Information, Location, Size and Industry
ii. Operations Portfolio
iii. Products & Services
iv. Procurement Objectives & Mission Statement

2) Highlights the Tendering & Procurement Process and Procedure with regards to:- (at least 05 processes and procedure required).
i. Pre Post Tendering & Procurement Process and Procedure
ii. Tendering & Procurement Process and Procedure
iii. Post Tendering & Procurement Process and Procedure

3) Critically analyse the procurement strategies of the selected organization in comparison with the international standards.

4) If e-procurement is adopted in the selected organization, the student should demonstrate

i. The type of the e-procurement system
ii. Draw hierarchy chart flow of procurement process from RFQ level till Purchase order placement
iii. List e-procurement benefit the organisation (at least 6 advantages)

5) From the selected organization, the student should discuss & analyse the below:-
i. Key Suppliers Evaluation Criteria (at least 5 Criteria's)
ii. Inco Terms process (at least 5 processes)
iii. Procurement documents that are used in the organization (at least 5 documents)

Group report should disclose consolidated results of group work on the task:

1. For the assignment students are expected to refer to secondary data and literature sources as well as primary data.

2. Total words count should not exceed 2000 +/- 5% words.

3. The report should contain:

- Cover page, which indicates title, names of students, name of instructor and date and place of submission (students can use provided template);

- Table of contents;

- Introduction, should contain a brief description of the company operations and products, the goal of the report, indicates objectives, and briefly describes structure of the report;

- Discussion, description of main points with proper in-text references;

- Conclusions, that reveal main findings regarding each question and challenges faced during completing the assignment;

- List of references (using Coventry Harvard style of referencing);

- Appendices if needed (appendices are not included in the main report words count);

4. The report should be done in Word, font size 12, font style Times New Roman, text color black, colors can be used ONLY in appendices; main body of the report should be black and white.

5. Report should be submitted through Moodle ONLY on time, any delay will lead to deduction in total marks.

PART 3: Individual Reflection

It is only 02 pages with 1.5 spacing. Each member of the group should have to submit through moodle a reflection on their group assignment (at least +/-500 words).
The individual reflection should cover the followings:
1) What was the objective of the group work done?
2) What was the student's personal contribution in the group work?
3) What did the student learn from the group assessment?

PART 4: PPT Presentation with the findings of the group should be presented by the group.