(CIPS) Graduate Diploma - Greenwich School of Management

the proactive identification and avoidance of
risk, as well as provision for post-event
recovery initiatives.
By the end of the unit students should be able
to apply a variety of tools and techniques, in a
diverse range of contexts, to proactively
establish the level of risk presented and to
recommend ways of avoiding, mitigating or
managing those risks.
IMPROVING SUPPLY PERFORMANCE
(Integrative Unit)
This unit is designed to consolidate the learning
from the other two compulsory units in the
CIPS Advanced Diploma. You will be assessed
through either a case study exam or an
assignment.
Achieving success within the supply chain
involves a complex range of variables, which
can frequently be dependent on one another
for the success of the supply chain.
This unit is designed to enable students to use
a range of techniques and strategies to develop
and improve supplier performance in order to
achieve competitiveness, efficiency and
profitability within the supply chain.
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
measure and evaluate the effectiveness of
supply chain performance. They will be able to
identify innovative development of systems to
improve the performance of the supply chain,
and make justifiable recommendations for
implementation in order to aid the effectiveness
of the supply chain.
MARKETING FOR PURCHASERS
(Optional Unit)
This unit is designed to provide students with
an appreciation of the marketing concept, the
role of marketing within an organisation,
marketing’s relationship with purchasing and
supply, and marketing’s contribution to the
overall strategic plan.
Students will be
introduced to
marketing
concepts,
methods and
techniques that
are used to
develop
marketing plans
with the ultimate
aim of achieving
customer
satisfaction.
These techniques may be applied to both notfor-profit
and commercial organisations.
By the end of the unit students should be able
to evaluate and apply marketing tools and
techniques, in a range of contexts, to achieve
customer satisfaction.
STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
(Optional Unit)
This unit is concerned with helping students to
identify the major areas of concern in effectively
managing stores and distribution throughout
the supply chain. It is essential that goods are
moved through supply chains to customers at
the right time, in the right condition, at the right
place and at the right cost. Failure in any of
these areas will add unnecessary costs to the
ultimate customer while success will add value,
and delight the customer.
It is essential that storage, distribution and
general logistics are coordinated, both
upstream and downstream, in order to reduce
lead times, provide agility and reduce
unnecessary costs. In order for this to happen it
is essential that relationships, both internally
and externally, are honed to the appropriate
level.
To be effective, storage and distribution must fit
in a seamless way to the total supply chain
locally, nationally and globally.