Welcome to the first Supply Management “Guide to…”.
Reader research tells us that this type of guidance, bringing together all relevant material on one subject, is valued very highly. We hope that you will keep them as long-term reference materials.
Anecdotally, I also hear that there are certain topics that procurement professionals know they have studied in the past, but, after years of experience, are too embarrassed to ask anybody about as they feel they should already know the answer. I hope the guides will be both a valuable reference and a crib sheet.
The first guide is on contract management. Future guides will cover topics including supplier appraisal, category management and technology.
Content from the guides is drawn from a variety of sources including CIPS material and articles commissioned from experts especially for the guide.
I am particularly indebted to Rima Evans, Susan Singleton, Jimmy Desai, Paul Carter Hemlin, Adam Green and Angela Konteas for their hard work on this guide. And to Trudy Salandiak, Emma Scott and Rob Vine at CIPS for their assistance.
As ever, please forward any comments on this guide to me at the address below.
Steve Bagshaw, editor
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