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Carol Husband UK Membership Officer

The Benefits of CIPS Membership

24th January 2010

What is CIPS?

• Largest in the world
• 65,000 members in over 120 countries
• All business sectors
• All aspects of Purchasing & SCM
• UK and International Branch network

What is CIPS?

• An Organisation for Professionals
• A working knowledge of current best

practice and the tools/techniques used in purchasing & supply management

• Ability to demonstrate practical use of the

above to add value to the organisation

Routes to Membership

Qualification Ladder

Management Entry Route

The Management Entry Route (MER) is one way of achieving MCIPS and if you have a senior role in procurement or supply chain management and already have some qualifications, this may be the route for you.

Please visit the website for more info: http://www.cips.org/en- gb/membership/grades/managemententryrroute/

Corporate Award

We can offer innovative training solutions to help you realise the full potential of your purchasing and supply

• team. Whether you want to encompass the entire

purchasing and supply process or to tackle specific issues, we can create an in-company training solution that delivers a tangible return on investment for your business.

For more information please go to the CIPS website: http://www.cips.org/en- gb/trainingevents/incompanytrainingprogrammes/

Other Membership Benefits

• Branch events -Free events for members
• Fortnightly SM magazine
• Monthly e update
• Informative website
• Online discussion forums
• Bookshop
• Recruitment

Branch Events

Membership Benefits

CIPS Website - Professional Resources area including:

• Knowledge Bytes
• How to’s
• Specialist publications
• Model terms and Conditions
• Policies, Positions and Procedures

CPD - Continuing Professional Development

What is it?

• Online tool
• Benefits you and your organisation
• Supports individual development
• Useful for your CV

Log on to your ‘My CIPS’ area on the website and find out for yourself!

Continuing Professional Development

“Continuing professional development is the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skill and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties throughout the practitioner’s working life”

Continuing Professional Development

• The importance of CPD to your profession
• Without learning, the knowledge gained from innovation and experience will

not spread throughout industry

• So what is it really?
• It’s taking a structured approach to life-long learning
• It’s about keeping up to date with technical and business related subjects
• It’s about being even better at what you do
• It’s about skills and knowledge enhancement

Continuing Professional Development

• How much CPD should a professional

undertake?

• The 64 million dollar question
• Consultation with Private and Public Sector and Academics
• What counts as CPD activity?
• Different categories – for example:
• Formal and informal learning
• Training courses
• Conferences, seminars, branch events
• Self study – reading books, journals and articles

Continuing Professional Development

• Monitoring the activity
• CIPS credit values attached to different CPD categories
• Automatic updating of CIPS member’s CPD record
• Option to upload self study CPD activities
• Running total of CPD credits
• So what next?
• CPD specification currently being developed
• Opportunity for consultation and feedback
• IT solution being developed
• Member launch May 2011

Membership Benefits

CIPS business intelligence (powered by EBSCO)

• Members have free access to a business intelligence database
• 3000 magazines
• 1100 country economic reports
• 5,000 industry reports
• 10,000 substantial company profiles.

Member Benefits

REGUS Business world

Membership Benefits

REGUS Business world

• Studying members will receive a blue card and a

voucher to trial a Regus service

• 10% discount on meeting rooms,. Day offices and

videoconferencing

Membership Benefits

Law Express

• Free Legal helpline now available
• Accessed through the CIPS Website
• LX Business - the legal resource for business

decision makers

• LX Personal – provides practical information on

a variety of legal issues

Member Benefits

Membership Benefits

CIPS GPA are a specialist recruitment agency and they can be accessed through the CIPS website

Question?

Are there people in your organisation that would benefit from being a member of CIPS?

If so, Please contact Carol Husband, UK Membership Officer, carol.husband@cips.org