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Professional Resources


Introduction


Expand your horizons with a wealth of expertise and knowledge
CIPS has access to a wealth of expertise, experience and intellectual resources to support all of your purchasing and supply management activities.
This section is a central reference point for many of our resources and follows the structure of our purchasing and supply management model. A diagram showing a simplified outline of the model is provided and the full model is available for you to download.


Comprehensive sources of information
The CIPS Professional Practice Team has access to a wide range of resources, including:

  • Reference books and directories
  • Textbooks on purchasing and supply management, and other business disciplines
  • Relevant national and international journals
  • Feedback on current practice via practitioners on technical and specialist groups
 
Checklist for making purchasing key to business operations in your organisation

Purchasing and supply management should not be seen as a back office, peripheral function but as critical to business success.

Without effective strategies to co-ordinate purchasing and to manage supply lines, costs can spiral out of control, customers and members of the public are disappointed and the reputation of the organisation is damaged.

We have produced a checklist which helps chief executives to appraise their current purchasing and supply management practices.

Click here to download the checklist and ensure your senior directors are considering the issues pertinent to moving purchasing and supply management to the very core of your organisation.

 

CIPS Australia practical resources

CIPS Australia produces a wide range of publications and resources, offering direct support to practitioners and aimed at helping them do a better job in Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Rim.

  • Books - CIPS Australia has a range of current best practice texts on professional procurement. Each book is recommended by CIPS. Books are available by mail order through the Co-Op Bookshop. In addition, the CIPS bookshop based in the UK offers the widest range of books on professional procurement - often books which prove difficult to obtain elsewhere.

    Click here to view the list of titles available for purchase from the Co-op. 
  • CIPS Conferences - CIPS run a full calendar of conferences in many locations around the globe. Each event is geared to topical subjects of interest to the procurement professional. CIPS Australia are hosting seven major conferences in Australia and New Zealand throughout 2008 in six cities. Each event offers a real contribution to the professional agenda and offers unrivalled networking opportunities. Speaker slides and notes from previous events are available on a limited basis.
    Click here for a full schedule of CIPS Australia conferences. 
  • Supply Management Magazine is the CIPS UK journal produced fortnightly and is available online to members at www.cips.org. A full archive of over 15000 SM articles is available to members at www.cips.org. In addition, CIPS members based in Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific Rim can subscribe to supply management magazine at discounted rate of 45 GBP, normally 110 GBP. Take advantage of this special offer before it reverts back to a 50% discount. You will need a special promotional code from CIPS to receieve the discount. Email CIPS here for the code, then visit www.supplymanagement.com to subscribe.
  • CPO Agenda is the quarterly global magazine published by CIPS for senior procurement leaders. Produced for a global audience and to offer thoughtly issue in a professional procurement field. CIPS Australia members receive a discounted rate, and prices are shown in $AUD. Visit www.cpoagenda.com to subscribe.
  • Education and E-Learning – Study online to advance your professional skills through our E-Learning zone.

          Online learning and competency system

          Provides a set of easy to use tools to help you study the CIPS qualifications

          Blended learning for busy professionals

          By using the Learning Zone, you'll get access to a wealth of support material free

           – ie: Knowledge Bytes

          Vist http://cips.studyserve.com.au/ for more information or email CIPSA here.

  • Library - CIPS Australia has a small library of books, publications, magazines and reports at its office in Melbourne. Email info@cipsa.com.au to find out more about our library resources. 
  • Open Training courses - CIPS Australia offer a wide range of open training courses for individuals. On average CIPSA run between 60-100 training courses across nine locations in Australia and New Zealand covering 12-15 topical and relevant subjects. Click here to view the open training schedule.
  • Procurement Professional Magazine is produced bi-monthly and caries a wealth of feature articles covering relevant topics of interest to procurement professionals working in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim. Click here for an index of previous titles and contents. (You must be logged in as a member, can't login? Email here.)
  • Professional Practice Service - The CIPS professional practice team are available on a limited basis to answer specific questions on procurement practice.
    Click here to submit your question - We aim to ensure replies within seven days wherever possible. (These responses come directly from the professional practice team in the UK)
  • Regional Branch Events - CIPS Australia has seven branch committees of volunteer officers who arrange networking events for their local region throughout the year. 
    Click here to view find out what is happening in your region.
  • White Papers are brief, user friendly, booklets on topical issues facing the modern procurement professional. Published bi-monthly they cover a broad range of subject matter at different levels. Click here to see an inventory of available white papers. Free copies of these printed booklets are also available from the CPS Australia office, subject to availability. Click here to go to the White Paper downloads page. (You must be logged in as a member, can't login? Email here.)

 

 

The CIPS Body Of Knowledge

The CIPS Body of Knowledge is the 75 years worth of knowledge that CIPS has been collected internationally since its inception. The CIPS Australia site offers linked access to www.cips.org which includes a sophisticated search-engine for the CIPS body of knowledge, designed to provide members with relevant information for you about all aspects of procurement as quickly as possible.  Visit the CIPS Professional Resources page here, but make sure you are logged in to find all of the latest information. (You must be logged in as a member, can't login? Email here.)