In this practical 1.5-day course (or 6 x 2-hour sessions), you will evaluate the influence of strategic supply chain management and assess the methods available to measure, improve and optimise supply chain performance. Choose the short course on its own, or add the optional CIPS L6M3 exam to earn 12 credits towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
Description
Are demand swings and poor visibility leaving your supply chain one step behind?
In this practical 1.5-day course (or 6 x 2-hour sessions), you will evaluate the influence of strategic supply chain management and assess the methods available to measure, improve and optimise supply chain performance.
Globalisation has markedly increased the complexity of supply chains and their networks. As a procurement and supply leader, you need to develop and lead modern supply chains and understand their vital role in the success of corporate and business strategy. You will focus on the development, implementation, monitoring and optimisation of global supply chains and their strategic influence on competitive advantage.
Delivered by AcademyGlobal faculty who are experienced procurement practitioners and hold MCIPS or FCIPS qualifications, the course combines practical activities, group discussion and locally relevant examples drawn from the Australian and New Zealand procurement environment.
AcademyGlobal is Australia and New Zealand's first and only CIPS Centre of Excellence, recognising the quality of our CIPS teaching, learner support and study centre delivery.
Choose your learning pathway
Two pathways, depending on your goals.
Option 1: Short course
Build practical skills you can apply immediately in the workplace. Complete the course and receive an AcademyGlobal Certificate of Course Completion recognising your professional development. There is no requirement to become a CIPS member or sit an examination.
Option 2: Short course + CIPS exam
Build your skills and progress towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply. Complete the course and register for the official CIPS L6M3 exam. Pass the exam to earn 12 credits towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
Eligibility: you need the CIPS Level 4 Diploma and Level 5 Advanced Diploma first.
What the course covers
• The relationship between supply chain, business and corporate levels of strategy
• Creating competitive advantage, including outsourcing, offshoring, inshoring and insourcing
• The impact of market change, globalisation and ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors
• Strategic relationship management with customers, suppliers and stakeholders
• Segmentation, networked supply chains and distribution systems
• Lean and agile supply chains, demand planning accuracy and supply chain visibility
• Supply chain collaboration and managing change with stakeholders
• Measuring supply chain performance with KPIs
• Improving and optimising supply chain performance, including network optimisation models and CPFR
• Achieving and maintaining strategic fit
What you will be able to do
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
• Assess the relationship between functional, business and corporate levels of strategy
• Evaluate the contribution of strategic supply chain management and the impact of market change
• Evaluate approaches to developing and implementing strategic relationship management
• Evaluate approaches to segmentation, networked supply chains, distribution systems and lean and agile supply chains
• Evaluate approaches to supply chain collaboration and managing change with stakeholders
• Analyse approaches to measuring supply chain performance
• Assess methods to improve and optimise supply chain performance
• Assess tools and techniques to achieve strategic fit, and the challenges to maintaining it
Course format
• Duration: 1.5 days or 6 x 2-hour sessions
• Delivery: in person or virtual, with practical activities and group discussion
• CIPS module: L6M3 Global Strategic Supply Chain Management (https://www.cips.org/qualifications/professional-diploma-in-procurement-supply/global-strategic-supply-chain-management)
Fees
• Standalone short course: $875 incl. GST per participant
• CIPS pathway: $1,095 incl. GST (includes one year CIPS student membership)
• The CIPS exam fee is set by CIPS and paid separately (https://www.cips.org/membership/exam-member-fees)
Assessment
Option 1: Short course. This option is for participants who wish to complete the training without undertaking a CIPS exam or other formal assessment. On completion of the course, you will receive an AcademyGlobal Certificate of Course Completion, confirming your participation in and completion of the training. This option does not include assessment, a CIPS examination or credits towards a CIPS qualification.
Option 2: Short course and CIPS exam. After completing the course, you can sit the CIPS L6M3 Constructed Response (CR) exam during one of CIPS’ scheduled exam periods throughout the year (see the CIPS exam schedule: https://www.cips.org/students/exam-success/exam-schedules). A pass gives you 12 credits towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply. To sit the exam, you must first have achieved the CIPS Level 4 Diploma and the CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply, which are the CIPS entry requirements for Level 6. This applies only if you choose to sit the exam. You do not need them to attend this course.
The L6M3 exam is a computer-based, three-hour Constructed Response examination. Rather than selecting answers from multiple-choice options, you are required to construct and type your own responses, using an essay-style or case-study approach to demonstrate your understanding and application of the module content. CIPS uses Constructed Response examinations across its Diploma-level qualifications.
CIPS offers remote invigilation, allowing you to sit the computer-based exam from a suitable location such as your home or office, provided you meet CIPS’ technical and examination-environment requirements. The examination is completed on CIPS’ computer-based examination platform and is supervised remotely by an online invigilator.
For a remotely invigilated examination, you will need an appropriate desktop or laptop computer, stable internet connection and a suitable private environment in which to complete the exam. CIPS provides instructions and technical checks to help candidates prepare for remote examination day.
The exam fee is set by CIPS and paid separately (see the CIPS exam fees: https://www.cips.org/membership/exam-member-fees). AcademyGlobal will take care of your exam registration and provide administrative support throughout the process.
You must hold current CIPS membership to sit the examination. If you are not already a CIPS member, the CIPS exam pathway fee includes one year of CIPS student membership.
