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(Solution) CIPD 7C004- Business Research in People Practice
(Solution) CIPS ROSHN Sourcing Essentials- PSE
- In this report, the area of focus is on different sourcing approaches which can be used in procurement and supply management (PS&M) in contemporary business environment. This is through the focus of ROSHN organisation in Design Building category of spend.
- To achieve the intended aim of this report, data has been sourced from the organisation internal documents, different CIPS modules and models (Mendelow, STEEPLE and Kraljic). The key findings include ROSHN prefeed approach being multiple sourcing owing to the high-level of market competitiveness. This is with sole and single approaches preferred when only one supplier is being engaged owing to differences in organisation needs.
- Also, the findings evidence that single sourcing prevail in an event many suppliers are available, but an organisation decides to go for one. Another finding in this report is that dual sourcing is used when different methods/options for sourcing are embraced and put in place.
- Finally, through the application of supplier appraisal tool, focusing on the Design Building spend area, an evaluation has been put into account. The result from the appraisal using Carter’s 10C’s evidence organisation success to achieve value for money outcomes and improved market development.
- Internal and external analysis to identify most appropriate sourcing strategy
- Broad sourcing appraisal strategy need to be introduced
- Focus on managing successful sourcing strategy as part of organisation policy and practices
- Involve more stakeholders as part of their operations for success in sourcing strategy
- Pursuing capacity development initiatives for PS&M understanding of relevance of different PS&M
(Solution) CIPS Advanced Level Contract & Category Management in P&S – APGM
- This business report has been used for evaluating the category and contract management in Eco2Solar Company.
- In particular, Eco2Solar operates to improve their project management (PM) and Cost Management (CM) as part of their category management has been evaluated.
- The areas of focus has included an evaluation of requirements for initiating and preparing category management, strategic and conventional sourcing process and role in contract management, tools and techniques for mapping categories of direct and indirect expenditure.
- From the findings obtained, innovative measures for improving the supply chain in light of categories and category management has been recommended.
- Further, in this business report, the contract administration and contract management in case of category management has similarly been evaluated in context of category management this is with assessment of risks and implementation of risk management techniques in contracts being reviewed in context of category management.
- In order to appreciate the best practice in category and contract management in the selected Eco2Solar construction spend area, use of quantitative and desk research has been pursued to obtain relevant data.
- Additionally, different tools have been applied such as Mendelow Stakeholders analysis, CIPS Category Management Cycle, CIPS Contract Management Cycle, Suppliers positioning, PESTLE analysis and SWOT analysis.
- Considering this business report findings, Eco2Solar need to improve their approach for risk management and efficiency and effectiveness of category and contract management.
- From these finding, the stakeholders collaboration in Eco2Solar need to be improved which can be done by embrace of blockchain technologies.
- Also, by identifying their PS&M teams training and capacity development, they would be able to improve on their category management. In the contemporary procurement environment, the training and capacity development has been noted as the best practice to manage gaps in their operations. Also, the findings indicate the need for Eco2Solar to improve their category management of their construction spend by coming up with appropriate SLA’s agreement and KPIs while ensuring they capitalise on innovativeness.
- For the project management and cost management, this being a long-term investment would require an improved auditing. This can entail embrace of analytics to analyse and present contract management data and appropriate management strategy.
- The importance of improved collaboration is ensuring stakeholders active involvement and awareness on core decisions made as this could harness their practice, contribution and suggestions noted.
- By successfully pursuing stakeholder analysis, it is important to maintain stakeholders relations which promote Eco2Solar organisation image and increase their market share.