CIPS 2018 Qualifications update April 2019

CIPS Teaching & Learning: Ian Schollar Gary Ramsden Alan Iddenden

Session Agenda

Credits and content

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2

Transfer arrangements 3

Assessment 4

Learner resources 5

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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

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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

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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

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Assessment Strategy and

Launch of Computer Based Exams

Future of CIPS 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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