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Outsourcing & Procurement Forum


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Outsourcing & Procurement Forum

The Forum has been running a series of events on different stages of the Outsourcing Lifecycle over the last three years.

Click on the diagram below to access documents from our events and workshops.

Mission

  • To initiate, and contribute to, original thinking and discussion in the area of logistics and supply chain outsourcing.
  • To provide a link between the CILT and O & P Forum members and other bodies with an interest in the area of outsourcing with the objective of disseminating best practice, enhancing networking and contributing to research.
  • To produce whitepapers and reports and set up events and workshops on relevant subjects identified by the membership of the Forum and other CILT (UK) members. To support regional CILT groups by providing speakers and workshops on the topic of logistics outsourcing.

    Scope

    • To include all aspects of the outsourcing of logistics services including:
    • Procurement of these services
    • Ongoing management of outsourced supplier relationships
    • Issues resulting from a transfer of provider
    • IT considerations in outsourcing
    • Legal and contractual aspects 

    To exclude the procurement of vehicles, fuel and other assets except where related to the procurement of a wider logistics service.

Committee Structure

Chairman

Jo Godsmark FCILT, Labyrinth Logistics Consulting

Website/communications

Andrew Krawiecki, Bostik

CIPS Representative

Sheena Donaldson, CIPS

Events

Vacancy

Msc Leads

Phil Wood FCILT, Mondelez International

Rob Krikhaar CMILT, Fortna

 
Survey Lead

  
Rob Krikhaar CMILT, Fortna

Academic representative

Dr Soroosh Saghiri, Cranfield University

Manufacturer representative

Phil Wood FCILT, Mondelez

Retailer representative

Vacancy

3PL representative

Richard Parkins FCILT, Great Bear

Logistics & Transport Focus Magazine – UK and the USA special issue

In the wake of Brexit, international trade has never been so important and topical. Making meaningful connections with countries outside the EU could paramount to the UK supply chain. With this in mind we are dedicating our August issue to how the UK & the USA can work together in the future. 

For further information, please contact the editor Anthony Kendrick.

Tweet comments and questions for this feature to @ciltuk using hashtag #UKUSATrade

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply 

CIPS, the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, is the world’s largest organisation dedicated to the profession. We are the voice of procurement and supply and have a global community of over 117,000. Holder of a Royal Charter, CIPS is a not-for-profit organisation with offices around the world. We reinvest our income to advance global best practice in procurement and supply, for the public good. We are the only professional body in the world to set the Global Standard in procurement and supply management, and are the awarding body regulated by OFQUAL in the UK for procurement and supply management qualifications. We promote and ask our members to sign a Code of Conduct for procurement and supply practice. CIPS has called for Licensing the Profession to raise the status of procurement and supply, recognise individual excellence and engender public confidence and is supported in this aim by the United Nations Development Programme.

 

CIPS Knowledge offers best practice insights, guidance, and tools and templates to support procurement professionals in their roles.
CIPS Knowledge is sourced directly from our members, other associations/institutes, academia or commercial organisations.
All the key procurement topics, skills, and categories are underpinned by the Knowledge Framework which can be accessed through our procurement and supply cycle, or by searching in the CIPS knowledge framework. 
Some knowledge is openly accessible to all, in the interest of our public good intentions to support the procurement and supply profession, and some is a unique benefit to our members. 

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