The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply www.cips.org is an international organisation, based in the UK, serving the purchasing and supply profession worldwide. Dedicated to good practice, CIPS provides a wide range of services for the benefit of members and the wider business community. CIPS has over 54,000 members in 152 different countries and membership is steadily on the increase. CIPS provides a programme of continuous improvement in professional standards and raises awareness of the contribution that purchasing and supply makes to Corporate, national and international prosperity In 1992, the year of its diamond jubilee, CIPS was awarded a Royal Charter in recognition of its leading role. CIPS is one of the World’s largest providers of specialist training in the procurement profession and provides access to the full range of skills, techniques and knowledge that today’s professionals need to maximise their contribution to business success throughout their career. A key aspect of our remit is to promote and maintain high standards of professional skill, ability and integrity amongst all practitioners engaged in our profession. We do this through our professional qualifications programme and associated membership standard and by providing public access training programmes and comprehensive range of learning resources and events including:

• Training courses - from core competencies to the development of advanced purchasing management skills.
• Workshops and seminars - focusing on a single issue the workshops and seminars are interactive events covering each subject in greater depth, providing you with the necessary skills and knowledge you need to apply when you return to the office
• MasterClasses - open discussion forums designed for the senior professionals to explore complex areas of business

For more information on CIPS, please visit our website www.cips.org