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CIPS 2018 Qualifications update April 2019
CIPS Teaching & Learning: Ian Schollar Gary Ramsden Alan Iddenden
Session Agenda
Credits and content
1
2
Transfer arrangements 3
Assessment 4
Learner resources 5
6
Headline dates
Final Questions/Discussion
L4 Diploma, L5 Advanced Diploma and L6 Professional Diploma: key dates for implementation
January 2019
Qualifications launch: Full module content released and information for students and other stakeholders.
March 2019
New study
guides,
ebooks and
elearning
for sale
November 2018
Current (2013) qualifications exam series
May 2019
Last current (2013) qualifications exam series
July 2019
First new (2018) qualifications CBE series
OR – globally
CR – Group 1 countries
October 2018
Full module content pre-released to study centres
CIPS regional CBE locations published
Education partner events (Africa)
April 2019
July 2019 exam series - entries open globally for updated syllabus exams.
November2019
First new (2018) qualifications CR PBE series Group 2 & 3 countries
Leading edge learning CIPS Professional Qualifications
CIPS Qualifications 2013
Leading global excellence in procurement and supply
“To create flexible, agile, internationally regulated qualifications, helping to elevate CIPS as the voice
and standard for the profession and promoting commercial procurement excellence across all
disciplines responsible for supply chain management.”
Vision:
Credits, Content & Transfer Arrangements
Introductory content regarded as the building blocks for the profession. It is designed to inspire those with an interest in the profession to develop their procurement and supply skills, knowledge and understanding further.
2 Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations
CORE (MANDATORY) modules make up 18 credits Total qualification time (TQT) = 180 hours Guided learning hours (GLH) = 120 hours Self-study requirement (SSR) = 54 hours Assessment time = 6 hours
6 credits
Introducing Procurement and Supply
Previously
15 credits
Total
18 credits
Procurement and Supply Operations
3 credits
Stakeholder Relationships
3 credits
Systems Technology
3 credits
Inventory, Logistics and
Expediting
3 credits
Transition Arrangements (Certificate) 2013 2018
Systems technology (L2M4)
Procurement and supply operations
(L2M2)
Inventory, logistics and expediting
(L2M5)
Stakeholder relationships (L2M3)
Introducing procurement and supply
(L2M1)
Procurement and supply principles (NC1)
Procurement and supply functions (NC2)
Procurement and supply processes (NC3)
Procurement and supply administration (NC4)
Procurement and supply stakeholders (NC5)
Total qualification time (TQT) = 300 hours
Guided learning hours (GLH) = 200 hours
3 Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations
Also an early entry point this is the progression from L2 with the first introduction of a pathway option, students are only expected to do 5 modules.
Core
24 credits
Electives
6 credits
Previously
25 credits
Total
30 credits
Procurement and Supply
Environments
6 credits
Ethical Procurement and Supply
6 credits
Contract Administration,
6 credits
Teams Dynamics and
Change
6 credits
Socially Responsible Procurement
Procurement Pathway
6 credits
Socially Responsible Warehousing and Distribution
Supply Pathway
6 credits
Self-study requirement (SSR) = 90 hours
Assessment time = 10 hours
Transition Arrangements (Advanced Certificate)
2013 2018
Contract administration (L3M3)
Ethical procurement and supply
(L3M2)
Socially responsible warehousing and distribution (L3M6)
Team dynamics and change (L3M4)
Procurement and supply environments (L3M1)
Procurement and supply environments (AC1)
Procurement and supply operations (AC2)
Procurement and supply workflow
(AC3)
Procurement and supply relationships (AC5)
Socially responsible procurement (L3M5)
2013 2018
Inventory and logistics operations
(AC4)
4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply
The content in the Diploma provides a learning journey around the procurement and supply cycle.
Defining Business
Need
Scope and Influence of
Procurement & Supply
Defining Business
Need
Ethical and Responsible
Sourcing
Commercial Contracting
Commercial Negotiation
Supplier Relationships
Whole Life Asset
Management
Practical Procurement and Supply Operations
4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply
The Diploma uses the procurement and supply cycle as its focus which presents a cyclical process of key steps faced when procuring goods and services. This is the highest entry point onto CIPS qualifications.
Scope and Influence of
Procurement & Supply
12 credits
Procurement and Supply in Practice
12 credits
Total
60 credits
Defining Business
Need
6 credits
Whole Life Asset Management
6 credits
Commercial Contracting
6 credits
Commercial Negotiation
6 credits
Supplier Relationships
6 credits
Commercial Contracting
6 credits
Ethical and Responsible Sourcing
Transfer Arrangements - Diploma
Contexts of procurement & supply (D1) Scope & influence of procurement and supply (L4M1)
Business needs in procurement and supply (D2)
Defining business need (L4M2)
Sourcing in procurement and supply (D3)
Whole life asset management (L4M7)
Negotiating and Contracting in procurement and supply (D4)
Ethical & responsible sourcing (L4M4)
Managing contracts & relationships in procurement and supply (D5)
Procurement & supply in practice (L4M8)
Commercial negotiation (L4M5)
Commercial contracting (L4M3)
Supplier relationships (L4M6)
2013 Qualifications syllabus 2018 Qualifications syllabus
06
06
06
06
06
06
12
12
5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply
Designed for those in or aspiring to be in junior to middle managerial level roles, delivering organisational objectives, influencing stakeholders and acting as internal consultant/change agent.
Category Management
Managing Teams and Individuals
12 credits
Advanced Contract and
Financial Management
12 credits
Managing Contractual
Risk
6 credits
Managing Supply Chain
Risk
6 credits
12 credits
Core
42 Credits
Electives
18 credits
• Category Management • Achieving Competitive Advantage Through The Supply Chain • Project and Change Management • Operations Management • Logistics Management • Advanced Negotiation
Managing Ethical
Procurement and Supply
6 credits
Transfer Arrangements - Advanced Diploma
Management in procurement & supply (AD1)
Managing risks in supply chains(AD2)
Improving competitiveness of supply chains (AD3)
Category management in procurement and supply (AD4)
Sustainability in procurement and supply (AD5)
2013 Qualifications syllabus 2018 Qualifications syllabus
Operations management supply chains (AD6)
Managing supply chain risk (L5M2)
Managing contractual risk (L5M3)
Category management (L5M6)
Operations management (L5M9)
Managing ethical procurement & supply (L5M5)
Achieving competitive advantage through the supply chain (L5M7)
Project & change management (L5M8)
Logistics management (L5M10)
Advanced contract & financial management (L5M4)
Managing teams and individuals (L5M1) 12
06
06
12
06
06
06
06
06
06
6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply
Strategic Ethical
Leadership
Successful students completing this level will continue to be in a position to gain MCIPS. The content is designed to develop and the skill required to design, develop and optimise process to shape procurement within organisations.
Global Commercial
Strategy
Global Strategic
Supply Chain Management
Future Strategic Challenges for the Profession
Category Management
12 credits
12 credits
12 credits
6 credits
12 credits
Core
42 credits
Electives
18 credits
• Strategic Programme Leadership • Commercial Data Management • Innovation in Procurement and Supply • Supply Network Design • Global Logistics Strategy
6 credits
Transfer Arrangements - Professional Diploma
Leadership in procurement & supply (PD1) Strategic ethical leadership (L6M1)
Corporate and business strategy (PD2) Global commercial strategy (L6M2)
Strategic supply chain management (PD3) Global strategic supply chain management (L6M3)
Supply chain diligence (PD4) Global logistics strategy (L6M10)
Programme & project management (PD5)
Future strategic challenges for the profession (L6M4)
Innovation in procurement and supply (L6M8)
Strategic programme leadership (L6M5)
Legal aspects in procurement & supply (PD6)
Supply network design (L6M9)
Commercial data management (L6M7)
2013 Qualifications syllabus 2018 Qualifications syllabus
06
12
06
12
12
06
06
06
06
Assessment Strategy and
Launch of Computer Based Exams
How will I know which type of exam I will have to take?
OR exam formats – across all levels
• Objective response (OR)
• Single, short questions that require the candidate to choose or type a response to the question where the correct answer(s) are predetermined.
• Delivered as computer based examinations (CBE) and auto-marked
Multiple choice Drop down list Drag and drop
CR exam formats – Diploma only
• Constructed response (CR) &
• Constructed response questions require the student to create
‘construct’ a response to the question, such as an essay either by
typing or writing their response.
• CR exams for: 2x Diploma modules, 2x Advanced Diploma
modules and 4x Professional Diploma modules
Constructed Response
From Paper to Computer Based Exams For Students
• Quicker results and progression
• Feedback on performance
• More opportunities to sit exams
• Improve structure of answers
• Secure, global offline delivery
• Flexible schedule (OR exams) For CIPS
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Increased security
• Increased reliability
Learning Resources
Study guide and eBook
• Improved navigation
• Content more digestible/ more infographics
• Glossary of terms
• More diagrams and tables/ summaries/ engagement
• Links to CIPS Knowledge
• More checking
• Improved consistency and accuracy
• Encrypted-PDF version of the
Study Guide.
• Links to CIPS Knowledge
• Available on all major
platforms and devices
• Best-viewed on tablet or
desktop.
• Complements other resources
• Based on sound learning theory
• Motivating
Effective
• Not time or location dependent
• Bitesize
• Introduction or revision
Flexible
ELearning
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