CIPSA Professional Resources
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.
CIPS has been collecting knowledge internationally since its inception, over 75 years ago. The CIPS Body of Knowledge is designed to provide members with relevant information regarding all aspects of procurement as quickly as possible. Click here to visit the global Professional Resources or scroll down this page to view the Australasian resources.
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CIPS Australasia Resources
CIPS Australasia produces a wide range of publications and resources, offering direct support to Australasian practitioners.
- Bookshop CIPS Australia has a range of current best practice texts on professional procurement. Each book is recommended by CIPSA and 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.
- Library CIPS Australia has a library of over 500 procurement books, publications, magazines and reports at its office in Melbourne.
- Procurement Professional Magazine is the bi-monthly flagship publication for CIPS Australia's members. It is available online at www.pponline.com
- CIPSA Foundation Professors CIPS Australia currently has three foundation professors to contribute to CIPS Body of Knowledge.
- CIPSA Professional Agenda The CIPSA Professional Agenda 2010 outlines the current issues faced by procurement managers.
- Regional event presentations View presentations from past regional events
- Recent procurement research collected from CIPS and academics around the globe.
- Top 20 websites A list of the best that the web has to offer to procurement professionals today.
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- PCI, PMI and PSI Monthly Index Performance of Manufacturing, Performance of Services and Performance of Construction Index compiled monthly by the AIG.
- The Knowledge Club Published from 2005 to 2009, this quarterly digest of practical articles helped support the procurement practitioner in their day-to-day job.
- White papers Brief, user friendly, booklets on topical issues facing the modern procurement professional. They cover a broad range of subject matter at different levels.
- Resource documents A large collection of documents covering single topics.
- Procurement templates Template and guidance notes that span the spectrum of normal sourcing activities