(CIPS) Graduate Diploma - Greenwich School of Management

elationships, old and new, within the supply
chain.
Students will be able to review and develop
existing relationships and identify opportunities
for establishing new relationships that will
enhance the performance of the supply chain,
while exploring the benefits and risks of
establishing such relationships.
By the end of this unit, students should be able
to develop new relationships, manage existing
relationships and exploit opportunities in both,
that will maximise the effectiveness of the
supply chain.
PURCHASING CONTEXTS
(Compulsory Core and Integrative Unit)
This unit is designed to consolidate the learning
from all four units in the CIPS Foundation
Diploma. There will be an assessment .
This unit is designed to enable students to
apply the fundamental principles of purchasing
and supply in a variety of different contexts,
including a range of private sector
organisations, including multi-nationals and
small/medium sized enterprises (SMEs), plus
the public sector; national and local
government; the NHS; and the not-for profit
sector including charities and the voluntary
sector. Students will be able to consider the
procurement cycle as it applies to a diverse
range to purchased products and services
including raw materials, commodities,
components, utilities and services, both
domestically and in an international context.
This unit will tackle the different challenges
faced by a wide range of organisations and
sectors as they strive to achieve best value,
quality, effectiveness and competitiveness
within the broader supply chain.
Successful students will be able to apply sound
principles of purchasing and supply management
to a diverse range of sectors and organisations
utilising knowledge from across all of level 4,
and will be able to employ and develop
transferable best practice where appropriate.
LEVEL 5
CIPS ADVANCED DIPLOMA
MANAGEMENT IN THE PURCHASING
FUNCTION
(Compulsory Core Unit)
This unit is designed to enable students to
manage their own area of responsibility within
an organisation’s internal supply chain, in line
with the overall strategic business plan and the
operational plan for the purchasing function.
Students should be able to implement
operational plans for their own area of
responsibility to achieve objectives set out in
their plan. In doing so they should be able to
employ a range of resources, including human,
physical and financial, and manage and
delegate tasks effectively.
This unit is about managing the expectations of
the stakeholders that are directly involved in the
student’s own area of responsibility and will
provide them with management techniques to
help them to involve others, be innovative,
consultative, influential and persuasive in order
to achieve targets effectively.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN
VULNERABILITY
(Compulsory Core Unit)
This unit is designed to enable students to
undertake risk analysis and a variety of risk
assessments relating to different aspects of
purchasing and supply and to implement a
range of appropriate risk management tools
and techniques.
Students will use a variety of risk assessment
tools and techniques designed to provide a
detailed analysis of supply chain situations,
including legal, corporate social responsibility
(CSR), ethical, health and safety, financial,
international, innovation and a variety of other
potential risk scenarios. The scope covers both