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Learner Handbook
Policies Handbook
How to use this course
How-to lesson
Study Plan
Level 4 Crossover Topics
The Procurement Cycle
The 5 Rights
The Kraljic Matrix
Supplier Preferencing Model
The Relationship Spectrum
Mendelow's Stakeholder Mapping Matrix
Porter's 5 Forces
Porter's Value Chain
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
LO1 - Learning Outcomes You Could Be Asked About
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1.1 Test Questions
1.1.1 Definitions of procurement, supply chains, supply chain management and supply chain networks
1.1.2 Compare the role and function of supply chain management with procurement
1.1.3 Definition and function of supply chain tiering
1.1.4 Definition and issues related to complex supply chains
1.1.5 Definitions of logistics and materials management
1.1.6 Definitions of waste management and closed-loop recycling
1.2 Test Questions
1.2.1 The five rights of procurement
5 Rights Trade-Offs & How Procurement can achieve the 5 rights
1.2.2 Defining total life cycle costs or whole-life asset management
1.2.3 Achieving five rights of procurement from external suppliers
1.2.4 Other sources of added value: innovation, sustainability and market development
1.2.5 Defining value for money
1.3 Test Questions
1.3.1 Typical breakdown of organisational costs represented by procurement of goods, services and constructional works
1.3.2 Stock and non-stock procurement
1.3.3 Direct and indirect procurement
1.3.4 Capital purchases and operational expenditures
Capex vs Opex Question
1.3.5 Services procurements
1.3.6 Utility procurement
1.3.7 Commodity procurement
1.4 Test Questions
1.4.1 Definition of stakeholders
1.4.2 Examples of stakeholders of a procurement and supply chain function
1.4.3 Mapping stakeholders for a procurement and supply chain function
Assignment 1
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Reading the Question
Planning
Structure
Answering the Question
Distinction Essay
Timing
LO2 - Learning Outcomes You Could Be Asked About
LO2 Full Slide Deck
2.1 Test Questions
2.1.1 CIPS Procurement Cycle: pre-contract award stages (stages 1-8 of the CIPS Procurement Cycle) for generic procurement and supply activities
2.1.2 CIPS Procurement Cycle: post-contract award stages (stages 9-13 of the CIPS Procurement Cycle) for generic procurement and supply activities
Fill in the blanks.... Procurement Cycle Exercise
2.2 Test Questions
2.2.1 The purpose and added value created at each pre-contract award stage (stages 1-8) of the CIPS Procurement Cycle
2.2.2 The purpose and added value created at each post-contract award stage (stages 9-13) of the CIPS Procurement Cycle
2.3 Test Questions
2.3.1 Definition and function of e-requisitions, e-catalogues, e-auctions, e-tendering and online supplier evaluation systems
2.3.2 The application of electronic systems at each pre-contract award stage (stages 1-8) of the CIPS Procurement Cycle
2.3.3 The application of electronic systems at each post-contract award stage (stages 9-13) of the CIPS Procurement Cycle
P2P Question Sample Structure
2.4 Test Questions
2.4.1 Organisational and contextual drivers for structured procurement and supply processes
2.4.2 Understanding and balancing the relationship between policy and process compliance with securing added value and customer service outcomes in different contexts
Assignment 2
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How to Remember the Procurement Cycle
LO3 - Learning Outcomes You Could Be Asked About
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3.1 Test Questions
3.1.1 Conflicts of interest
3.1.2 The need for documented policies and procedures for procurement
3.1.3 Organisational accountability and reporting for procurement roles and functions
3.1.4 Code of ethics in procurement and supply: CIPS Code of Ethics and ILO (International Labour Organization) core conventions
3.1.5 The CIPS Code of Conduct
CIPS Code of Conduct
3.2 Test Questions
3.2.1 Topics included in procedures for procurement and supply: responsibilities for procurement, regulations relating to competition, levels of delegated authority, responsibilities for the stages of the sourcing process, invoice clearance and payment
3.2.2 The use of procurement policies, procurement strategies and procurement manuals
3.2.3 The involvement of internal functions and personnel in the procurement process
3.3 Test Questions
3.3.1 The role and status of procurement and supply chain management within different organisations
3.3.2 The use of centralised and decentralised structures
3.3.3 The use of hybrid structures in procurement and supply chain functions
Hybrid Structure Revision Sheets
3.4 Test Questions
3.4.1 P2P systems
3.4.2 Systems for inventory management
3.4.3 Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
3.4.4 Communications systems for internal and external use
3.4.5 Systems used to support e-sourcing, e-tendering and e-auctions
Assignment 3
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LO4 - Learning Outcomes You Could Be Asked About
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4.1 Test Questions
4.1.1 Economic classifications including public and private sectors, charities, not-for-profit and third sector
4.1.2 Industrial classifications and sectors such as manufacturing, retail, construction, financial, agriculture and service
4.2 Test Questions
4.2.1 Objectives of public sector organisations: improving services, supporting communities and social value, and equality, diversity and inclusion
4.2.2 Regulations that impact on procurement and supply chain operations
4.2.3 Role of competition, public accountability and value for money in public sector procurement and supply activities
4.3 Test Questions
4.3.1 Objectives of private sector organisations: market share, shareholder value, environmental, social, governance and economic viability
4.3.2 Regulations that impact on procurement and supply chain operations
4.3.3 The importance and role of an organisation’s branding in procurement and supply activities
4.4 Test Questions
4.4.1 Objectives and principles of the not-for-profit or third sector
4.4.2 Regulations that impact on procurement and supply chain activities in charity and third sectors
4.4.3 Need for procurement and supply activities to align with organisation context mission and objectives
Assignment 4
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