Study Resources - Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply

Learning outcomes, exam criteria and indicative content

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PLEASE NOTE:
The last exam opportunity for the current Advanced Diploma is in May 2019.

Existing course books and elearning will not be suitable for studying the updated qualifications.

New study guides, ebooks and elearning resources for studying the updated qualification will be available from March 2019.

Course Books

• AD1 - Management in Procurement and Supply
• AD2 - Managing Risks in Supply Chains
• AD3 - Improving the Competitiveness of Supply Chains
• AD4 - Option: Category Management in Procurement and Supply
• AD5 - Sustainability in Supply Chains
• AD6 - Operations Management in Supply Chains

eLearning

• AD1 - Management in Procurement and Supply
• AD2 - Managing Risks in Supply Chains
• AD3 - Improving the Competitiveness of Supply Chains
• AD4 - Category Management in Procurement and Supply
• AD5 - Sustainability in Supply Chains
• AD6 - Operations Management in Supply Chains

Recommended Reading

AD1 - Management in Procurement and Supply

• Management and Organisational Behaviour
  Laurie Mullins

AD2 - Managing Risks in Supply Chains

• The Complete Guide to Business Risk Management
  Kit Sadgrove
• Project Management - a Managerial Approach
  Jack R. Meredith

AD3 - Improving the Competitiveness of Supply Chains

• Supply Chain Management
  Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl

AD4 - Category Management in Procurement and Supply

• Category Management in Purchasing
  Jonathan O'Brien

AD5 - Sustainability in Supply Chains

• Making Sustainability Work
  Marc J. Epstein and Adriana Rejc Buhovac

AD6 - Operations Management in Supply Chains

• Operations Management
  Nigel Slack, Alistair Brandon-Jones and Robert Johnston
• Supply Chain Management
  Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl

Prepare for your exam with past question papers and the principal marker's reports.

Check out the format and style of questions that you will encounter in exams:

AD1 - Management
Unseen case study

• Sample questions
• Answer content

AD2 - Managing risks
Unseen case study

• Sample questions
• Answer content

AD3 - Improving competitiveness
Pre-released case studies

• Sample questions
• Answer content

AD4 - Category management
Exam questions

• Sample questions
• Answer content

AD5 - Sustainability
Exam questions

• Sample questions
• Answer content

AD6 - Operations management
Exam questions

• Sample questions
• Answer content

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