CIPS L5 Advanced Diploma

L5M6 Category Management

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On completion of this module, learners will be able to evaluate approaches that can be adopted to develop category management of both direct and indirect organisational expenditure and plan for the associated strategic processes.

Course curriculum

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    Course Preview and Explanation

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    Chapter 1 – Approaches that can be used to develop category management strategies

    • Session Notes

    • LO1.1|Critically compare strategic and conventional sourcing processes and their role in category management

    • LO1.2|Critically compare models for the adoption of category management

    • LO1.3|Identify the technical and behavioural skills required to implements category management

    • Practice Question
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    Chapter 2 – The concepts, tools and techniques associated with managing expenditure

    • Session Notes

    • LO2.1 – Contrast the types of expenditure that can be analysed for category management processes

    • LO2.2 – Compare and contrast the tools and techniques that can be applied to map categories of direct and indirect expenditure

    • Practice Questions
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    Chapter 3 – The strategic impact of a category management process

    • Session Notes

    • LO3.1 – Analyse the data required for the development of category management process

    • LO3.2 – Examine the requirements for initiating and preparing the introduction of a category management process

    • LO3.3 – Analyse supply market factors that impact on the development of a category management process

    • Practice Questions
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    CIPS Provided Practice Questions

    • CIPS Practice Questions