CIPS L5 Advanced Diploma

L5M6 Category Management

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    LO|1 Approaches that can be used to develop category management strategies

    • LO|1.1 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 implement category management
  • 2

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

    • 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
  • 3

    Chapter 3 – The strategic impact of a category management process

    • 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