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Learner Handbook
Policies Handbook
How to use the Course Materials
How-to Lesson
Study Plan
Level 4 Crossover Topics
Kraljic Matrix
The Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
LO1 - Learning Outcomes You Could Be Asked About
LO1 Full Slide Deck
1.1.1 Definitions of sourcing and outsourcing
1.1.2 Make or buy decisions and the role of intracompany trading
1.1.3 Strategic and tactical sourcing
1.1.4 Costs and benefits of outsourcing
1.1.5 Options and impacts of outsourcing non-core and core work or services
1.2.1 Single, dual and multiple sourcing arrangements
1.2.2 Types and use of tendering
Tendering Exercise
Tendering Exercise Answers
Definition of Financial Terms
1.2.3 Direct negotiations with suppliers
1.3.1 Typical criteria used to select external suppliers
1.3.2 Impacts of different selection criteria on supplier selection
1.3.3 Use and interpretation of indicators of profitability, liquidity, gearing and cash from financial statements to assess and make conclusions on the viability of suppliers
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1.4.1 Award criteria: price, whole-life asset management costs, technical merit, added-value solutions, environmental, social, governance and ethical
LO2 - Learning Outcomes You Could Be Asked About
LO2 Full Slide Deck
2.1.1 Compiling spend data relating to suppliers
2.1.2 Indices that measure economic activity and commodity pricing
2.1.3 Secondary data relating to markets and suppliers
2.1.4 Limitations of using financial statements that assess profits, assets & liabilities, and cash as selection criteria
2.1.5 The role of credit rating agencies
2.2.1 Advertising requirements
2.2.2 Requests for information or quotations
2.2.3 The operation of tendering
2.2.4 Formalised arrangements for tendering
Concise Tendering Process
2.3.1 Assessment of suppliers’ proposals
2.3.2 The use of weighted points systems for assessment
2.3.3 Assessment of environmental, social, governance and ethical elements of suppliers’ proposals
2.3.4 Assessing added value
2.3.5 Making recommendations
2.3.6 Procedures for contract award
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LO3 - Learning Outcomes You Could Be Asked About
LO3 Full Slide Deck
3.1.1 Impact of international, national and local regulatory frameworks on the sourcing process
3.1.2 The importance and impact of environmental, social and governance considerations of bribery, corruption, fraud, human rights and modern slavery in sourcing activities
3.1.3 Role of regulation and accountability for procurement in public, private and third sector organisations
3.2.1 The regulatory challenges of importing including documentation, duties and tariffs, customs control requirements and exchange rate fluctuations
3.2.2 Implications of international sourcing: documentation, duties and tariffs and Incoterms ®
Incoterms
3.2.3 Payment mechanisms, credit account, bills of exchange and letters of credit
3.2.4 Customs control and clearance
3.2.5 Applicable law and jurisdiction
3.3.1 Application of the CIPS Code of Conduct
3.3.2 Application of codes of practice supporting environmental, social and governance goals
3.3.3 Contractual provisions, supplier monitoring and KPIs
3.4.1 The use of audits to evaluate ethical standards
3.4.2 Encourage dialogue with suppliers to secure improvements
3.5.1 The triple bottom line – profit, people and planet
3.5.2 Standards applicable to environmental, social and governance goals
3.5.3 Reporting frameworks to include environmental, social and governance performance
3.5.4 Define organisational value for money to include environmental and social outcomes
Definitions
CIPS Code of Conduct
Conflict of Interests
The 4 D's and how to manage conflicts of interest
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Exam & Revision Techniques
Revision Notes
CIPS 20 Sample Questions
L4M4 LO1 - 23rd Mar - Cohort 1 AM Class
L4M4 LO2 - 30th Mar - Cohort 1 AM Class
L4M4 LO3 - 6th Apr - Cohort 1 AM Class
L4M4 LO1 - 23rd Mar - Cohort 2 AM Class
L4M4 LO2 - 30th Mar - Cohort 2 AM Class
L4M4 LO3 - 6th Apr - Cohort 1 AM Class
L4M4 LO1 - 23rd Mar - Cohort 1 PM Class
L4M4 LO2 - 30th Mar - Cohort 1 PM Class
L4M4 LO3 - 6th Apr - Cohort 1 PM Class
FULL LO1
FULL LO2
FULL LO3
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.4.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
3.5.4
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Lesson 1 Recording
Lesson 2 Recording
Lesson 3 Recording
L4M4 & L4M6 Revision Recording
Recording 1 - 28th March
Recording 2 - 12th April
