Breakfast function featuring Sam Walsh (Rio Tinto Iron Ore)
Topic "Reflection on procurement from a customer’s perspective". The WA CIPSA committee is pleased to confirm that Sam Walsh, Chief Executive, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, will be guest speaking at a breakfast planned for the 14th of May..... Read more
End of Financial Year Training opportunities
Plan next year’s training with CIPSA end of financial year specials..... Read more
Open Training Courses Booking Out Quickly
Courses are filling up quickly for CIPSA’s 2008 Open Training programme. Book now to secure your place!
23 June - Business Negotiation
24 June - Effective Expediting
3 July - Introduction to Socially Responsible Procurement
25 July - Reducing Total Cost
Business Networking Lunch: Sole Supplier Negotiating
Are you about to enter into sole supplier negotiations? Are you concerned about the negotiations being protracted or ending in deadlock? Would you like to secure a positive outcome? If your answer to any of the above is yes, you will want to attend this event addressing the above questions.... Read more
CIPSA WA tour of the West Australian Newspaper
The first event of the year for the WA Region was a tour of The West Australian newspaper..... Read more
CIPS Australia debuts at #49 on BRW fast starters list
CIPS Australia has been included in the prestigious listing of the top 100 fastest growing ‘start-up’ companies in Australia, and is proud to debut at number 49.... Read more
3rd Public Sector Procurement forum, 21-22 May, Canberra
Procurement teams throughout the public sector will be asked to play a critical role in helping to achieve the challenging target of $10 billion savings at the heart of this government’s fiscal policy.... Read more
CIPSA sponsored research project
Commencing later this month will be a CIPSA sponsored research project looking at how manufacturing organisations can improve their ability to innovate by leveraging relationships with their key suppliers.... Read more
Finalising CIPS’ 2008 Conference Programme
CIPSA still has a further seven conferences scheduled throughout the course of the year.... Read more
Women In Procurement forum, 19 June
A new event on the calendar, the “Women in Procurement” forum will provide a unique educational and networking opportunity for those interested in the advancement of women within the procurement profession.... Read more
Open Training Courses Booking Out Quickly
Courses are filling up quickly for CIPSA’s 2008 Open Training programme. Book now to secure your place!.... Read more
The CIPS Australia Procurement Professional Awards 2008
Following the success of the inaugural Procurement Professional Awards programme last year, CIPSA is delighted to be launching the Procurement Professional Awards for 2008 earlier to allow you more time to complete your entry.... Read more
CIPSA National Essay Competition - $10,000 Prize Pool!
Sponsored by Curtin University, the CIPS National Essay Competition is taking place again.... Read more
CPO Agenda Masterclasses
CIPS Australia will run a series of CPO Agenda Masterclasses throughout the 2008 business season.... Read more
CIPS/Croner Reward salary survey results
The latest survey in the UK from CIPS and Croner Reward shows a number of interesting findings relating to salaries in the procurement profession..... Read more
Craig Rawlings.... Read more
Clive Nielsen, MCIPS... Read more
Victorian committee member Ashok Chopra.... Read more
Mick Lavers.... Read more
CIPSA Managing Director to visit CIPS headquarters in UK.... Read more
Upcoming key CIPSA dates for your diary around Australia & New Zealand:
14 May PERTH - Rio Tinto Sam Walsh breakfast - Book now!
14 May WELLINGTON - Leaders' Armchair Forum
15 May SYDNEY - Capgemini Event - Accelerated Solutions Environment
21 May MELBOURNE - Knowledge Bites Lunchtime Lecture Series #2
21 May GLADSTONE - QLD networking event at CQU
21-22 May CANBERRA - The 3rd Public Sector Procurement Forum
28 May AUCKLAND - How can function drive value?
5 June SYDNEY - Steering Group meeting #22 will be held in Sydney
11 June PERTH - Sole Supplier Negotiating Networking Lunch
12 June AUCKLAND – The CIPS NZ Strategic Procurement Forum
19-20 June MELBOURNE - Women in Procurement Conference
Have your say on T&L recruitment
The T&L Industry is invited to “Have Their Say” on staff recruitment as part of a major survey to be conducted within the next month.... Read more
Can outsourced marketing work?
Although almost all major corporations outsource a portion of their marketing functions, what about other parts of the business such as lead management or customer analytics?.... Read more
Portland Group Completes Acquisition of Cyberlynx Procurement Services
Portland Group has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cyberlynx Procurement Services from Woolworths and the Commonwealth Bank.... Read more
Strategic Procurement Masterclass, 22-23 May, Singapore
The Strategic Function in Procurement and Supply Chain Management, featuring world class procurement function in procurement and supply chain management will be held on 22-23 May 2008 in Singapore.... Read more
Australia's premier Open Source Conference is only 5 weeks away - Open CeBIT 2008
Would you like to reduce the costs and complexity of your IT infrastructure?.... Read more
14th IFPSM Summer School – 2nd call for papers
The organisation of the 14th IFPSM Summer School is progressing according to schedule.... Read more
Macquarie University Integrated Logistics & Supply Management Executive Course, 28-29 May
Register now for Macquarie Graduate School of Management’s Integrated Logistics & Supply Chain Management Executive Program, taking place for 3 days from 28-30 May 2008.... Read more
Enhanced Project By-law Scheme information seminar
AusIndustry is the Australian Government’s business program delivery division in the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.... Read more
Procurement Director
Central London.... Read more
Following is a collection of articles from around the world that may be of interest to procurement professionals.... Read more
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