SA/NT Presentation

On 6 April Keith Barber, Secretary CIPSA SA/NT, provided a presentation to the G6 Local Government Purchasing Group. This group comprises a number of corporate and procurement executives from the six major Councils in South Australia (namely Adelaide, Charles Sturt, Marion, Onkaparinga, Tea Tree Gully and Salisbury).

The aim of this presentation was to introduce CIPSA and highlight the potential benefits membership holds for the local government procurement community and the development of its practitioners. As the Procurement Coordinator for the City of Salisbury, it was Keith’s own goal to encourage membership in order to further develop a local government procurement network.

The presentation was well received with a number of attendees expressing interest in membership.

Committee Member Profile - Sue Dametto

Sue is Purchasing Team Leader (Minelab-Halcro) for Minelab Electronics P/L, having joined Minelab's team just over 2 years ago. Minelab is a world leader in metal sensing technology, while Halcro produces among the world’s finest audio amplifiers. Head office is based locally at Torrensville, in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility. An additional manufacturing and distribution facility is located in Cork, Ireland and a marketing and distribution chain in Las Vegas, USA.

Prior to this role, Sue was Materials Manager for Tytronics P/L and has worked within the Electronics industry for the past 15 years.

Sue is a member of CIPSA, including the CIPSA SA/NT Regional Committee. Sue studies part-time, as well as participating in local initiatives and networking programs in warehousing, distribution and lean manufacturing.

International Procurement Conference

Thursday 10 – Friday 11 August 2006
Adelaide Convention Centre

The International Procurement Conference series has been running since 2003, sponsored by the South Australian Government’s State Procurement Board. This series of conferences has been widely recognised as taking a key role in setting the agenda for public procurement development in Australia. The 2006 Conference has been given an expanded mandate as the second national conference of the Australian Procurement and Construction Council.

The 2006 International Procurement Conference is the first in a series of four biennial interconnected conferences that will run from 2006 to 2012.

The conference promises to be a highly informative and entertaining two days in a world-class venue - featuring internationally-renowned speakers, including keynote speaker John Oughton, Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce in the UK.

For further information, please contact James Fox, Contract Services, Department for Administrative Information Services - Tel: 08 8226 5662, Email: fox.james@saugov.sa.gov.au

CIPSA Event South Australia

The next South Australian event is on 24 May from 4:00pm to 6:30pm and will include a site visit to the SA based Coopers Brewing and a presentation on Value Stream Mapping. See first hand the stages of the Coopers supply chain and hear how systems are being used to manage the process. Then hear how the technique of Value Stream Mapping can be applied to the procurement process.

The fundamental premise underlying Lean Manufacturing is that all organisations have parts of their processes/actions that do not add value to the product or service they provide, and therefore equals waste (non value adding). Value stream mapping works around the principle of capturing a before & after visual “map” of a process & ways to improve the cycle & turn it into a value added process.

The event will conclude with time for a discussion on how theory meets practice and the applications in our own organisations. Presenters will include Tom Bullock - Development Manager, Coopers Brewing and Andrew Marshall – Manager Manufacturing Excellence, Department of Trade & Economic Development.

Attendees will need to wear covered in shoes and be on site by 4:00pm

Coopers Brewing is located on the corner of Regency and South Roads, with entry to the car park from South Road. Members and non members welcome. Please register your interest at CIPSA by emailing ebony.lowther@cipsa.com.au.

The CIPSA-Portland Group Capability Benchmarking Survey 2006

A joint survey between CIPSA and The Portland Group is seeking to benchmark the relative capabilities of the strategic procurement role within the Australian profession. In addition to a base questionnaire, to be sent to several hundred practitioners, over 50 face to face interviews will be conducted with strategic procurement professionals from across the profession including: private sector, public sector, academics, consultants and trainers who are active in the procurement field. The final results will be published at the CIPSA annual conference, to be held in Melbourne at the Crown Promenade Hotel, between 17 and 18 October. Detailed feedback on the survey will be revealed at the ‘CPO stream’ series of seminars during the first day of the conference, and will be published in booklet format for the second day of the event.

Managing the Tail Explored

Our “Managing the Tail” Conference took place at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney last month. Almost 100 attendees listened to a variety of speakers who dissected and deliberated over the ‘tail’ – an often-neglected area of expenditure. Informative and practical sessions were held on managing, making over, capturing and outsourcing the tail. The CIPSA white paper, “Managing the Tail” was provided to all conference attendees. To request a copy, please contact the CIPSA office on 1300 765 142. 18% of the delegates rated the overall conference as excellent, 79% good, 3% average and 0% poor.

Global Supply Management Awards

CIPS welcomes entries from Australian organisations for the CIPS/SM Global Awards 2006. These awards recognise excellence in a variety of procurement categories – public sector, private sector, large organisations and SMEs. The award will be presented at a gala dinner in London in October. Telstra are a previous winner. For further information and application details, please visit the CIPS website, www.cips.org.

Training program off to a flying start

In April, CIPSA kicked of their first training course for the year - ‘Strategic Price Management’, held at the CIPSA office in Melbourne. The course proved so popular, it was a sell out weeks before-hand. Future training courses are scheduled in both Sydney and Melbourne, on a range of relevant topics, such as: Contract Law, International Procurement, e-Procurement and Procurement Strategy. To view the CIPSA training brochure, please visit: www.cipsa.com.au and click on “Training”.

New Strategic Alignment with UK Government Procurement Service

A new strategic alignment between CIPS and the UK’s government’s procurement service (GPS) was announced at a launch event on 20 March. As part of this new relationship, CIPS will set up a public sector faculty as a central reference point and resource for public sector purchasers. DCEO Keith Trower will be revealing more about this exciting alliance at the Public Sector Procurement Forum, at the Hyatt hotel in Canberra between 17 and 18 May. For further information, please visit: www.cipsaconferences.com.au

International Council Election Nominations

Nominations have now closed for the RoW seat on the CIPS council. At the closing date, the valid nominations are:

• Nick Bennett MCIPS, Strategic Development Director, Glanbia plc, Republic of Ireland
• Tony Clare MCIPS, Purchasing Manager, Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand
• David Freeman MCIPS, Supply Chain Manager, Vodafone, New Zealand
• Derek Gaynor MCIPS, Procurement Officer, National University of Ireland, Republic of Ireland
• Rene Kling MCIPS, Chief Executive, RMK Business Consulting, Australia
• Paul Maras-Hilling MCIPS, Senior Purchasing Manager, Teligence Communications, Canada

Ballot papers are being printed and are currently being dispatched from Easton House, UK directly to all full members of CIPS, who are eligable to vote i.e. those which are MCIPS only.

Wanted: Your Top 10 Issues!

Currently, each CIPSA region is collating the Top 10 procurement issues specific to each region. Once compiled, CIPSA intend to publish a White Paper that explores each issue in more depth. CIPSA would welcome your contributions. Please email: CIPSA at info@cipsa.com.au with “Top Ten Issues” in the subject line.

REMINDER: University of Melbourne Survey-Supply Chain Uncertainty

Just a reminder that CIPSA members are invited to participate in the new University of Melbourne survey of Supply Chain Uncertainty. Download the pdf document, complete the survey and return it to the University of Melbourne. It should take no more than 15 minutes of your time, but shall no doubt provide some valuable insights for all of us.

Renew your membership before the end of the Financial Year

As you may be aware, we are coming up to the end of financial year, which means your membership may be up for renewal. Renewal forms will be sent out as early as the end of May. If your details have changed since renewal last year, please forward through your change of details to: info@cipsa.com.au. And of course, renewing before the end of the financial year means claiming your tax back!

Expansion of CIPS International Conferences

CIPS is expanding its conference programme internationally. May sees the inaugural CIPS Middle East Conference being held in Dubai, as well as the 2nd IPSA/CIPS Pan-African Conference being held in Johannesburg. IPSA is the South African purchasing institute, now affiliated with CIPS to support practitioners in South Africa.

Queensland Supply Chain Conference

The 2-day Queensland Supply Chain Conference kicks off on 13 July. The theme is “Availability”, and conference attendees will delve into issues such as: right price, right price, right place and right time. This conference is designed for all professionals - ranging from logisticians, practitioners to procurement and supply chain managers. An earlybird rate is available for CIPSA members.

Click here to download the pdf attachment to secure your seat now! For further information go to www.qldscc.com.

How do we measure up? Performance Measurement Conference

Measuring performance is one of the key areas of interest for many procurement organisations. “How do we measure up” will address specific ideas and suggestions for improving performance measurement of the procurement contribution via expert presentations and case studies. Held at the Crown Towers Melbourne, this conference is not to be missed. To register or for further details, please visit: www.cipsaconferences.com.au

CIPS Australia Level 10, 520 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Tel: 1300 765 142, Fax: 1300 765 143, Email: info@cipsa.com.au, www.cipsa.com.au

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