Professional resources

Expand your horizons with a wealth of expertise and knowledge

We have 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.

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Comprehensive sources of information

Our 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 UK and International journals.
• Feedback on current practice via practitioners on technical and specialist groups.

We also maintain a close interest in UK and International research activities, and produce surveys of research programmes and publications.

Making purchasing key to business operations

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. 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.