Beyond Red & Green Books..

Leading Professional Membership Organisations and Charters in Public Procurement:

Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is the first supply management institute in the world. Founded in 1915, ISM exists to lead and serve the supply management profession and the renowned monthly ISM Report On Business - ISM is a highly influential and respected association in the global marketplace. CIPS is the premier global organisation serving the procurement and supply profession. Dedicated to promoting best practice, CIPS provides a wide range of services for the benefit of members and the wider business community. www.cips.org NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement- Developing, supporting and promoting the public procurement profession through premier educational and research programs, professional support, technical services and advocacy initiatives that benefit members and constituents. since 1944. www.nigp.org The International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) is the union of 48 National and Regional Purchasing Associations worldwide. Within this circle, about 250,000 Purchasing Professionals can be reached. IFPSM facilitates the development and distribution of knowledge to elevate and advance the procurement profession, thus favorably impacting the standard of living of citizens worldwide through improved business practices. http://www.ifpsm.org/ Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM)" with its Headquarters at Navi Mumbai, is the National Apex body representing a wide spectrum of professionals engaged in various facets of Material Management, responsible for planning, sourcing, Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Through its wide network of 44 branches and 16 chapters having over 8000 members drawn from public and private sectors, IIMM is dedicated to the promotion of the profession of Materials Management. www.iimm.org

Vol. 2 Issue No. 4 April 2012

[BR&GB in its second year, bringing news and views about emerging procurement strategy,Trends, technology, personalities, etc. from beyond your work station..]

Gaining New Knowledge in Public Procurement

Procurement has come off as a profession, Governments have started recognizing the strategic role of procurement in bringing efficiency in public expenditure- Governors speak about strategic outsourcing and Chief Procurement Officers now come more often on television interviews announcing savings of billion pounds an year! Leading corporate houses have escalated the representation of Procurement to their Board level and a stint at Procurement department is now an edge for prospective CEOs . All these changes have made it essential for procurement professionals to keep up to date with latest developments in our field. BRGBs current issue is focusing on How to gain new knowledge in public procurement. We are carrying brief literature of major public procurement learning centers, research institutions, and membership bodies and leading public procurement journals in this issue. Lets start with a listing of different types of procurement methods available in various parts of the world. Check for yourself, how many of these are known to you and how many of these were used by you! How Many of these Procurement Methods are known to you Co-operative Contracting Strategic Out sourcing Electronic Reverse Auction Swiss Challenge Open Competitive Bidding Two Stage Bidding Procurement Cards National Competitive Bidding Spot Purchase Phase Inversion Method (assessment) RFP with Dialogue Adjudication Design and Realization Contests Quote Request Simplified below threshold procedure Negotiated Procedure with or without Publication Adapted Procedure Limited Competition Selective Tender Direct Award Relationship Based Procurement Closed and Open Framework Contracts Restrictive Bidding Two Envelope Bidding International Competitive Bidding Shopping Competitive Negotiations Consecutive Negotiations Competitive Dialogue Dynamic Purchasing System Appel doffres Public Auction Petty Purchase e-auction General Competition Designated Competition Limited Tender Competition of Solutions

Hope this issue is timely with your focus set on learning and knowledge sharing through 2012 Fiduciary Forum. We hope you will enjoy reading this issue and share your feedback with us. With regards, Payal, Bala and Kalesh
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Leading academic & research institutions in Public Procurement

CRiSPS - Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply- University of Bath, UK The Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS) is a world leading centre for research and education in supply strategy. Established in 1994, CRiSPS enjoys an international reputation for its ability to apply academic rigour to real-world issues and to influence policy. As a result of a 1999 partnership agreement between the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc(NIGP), and Florida Atlantic University's College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs, the Public Procurement Research Center was created to assist the public procurement profession by providing applied research, training, education and scholarly publication. The University of Nottingham's Public Procurement Research Group is a global leader in research and teaching on public procurement regulation. It is part of the School of Law at the University of Nottingham, which is consistently ranked amongst the leading law schools in the United Kingdom. It is part of the School of Law at the University of Nottingham, which is consistently ranked amongst the leading law schools in the United Kingdom. Research projects span areas as diverse as EU and WTO procurement law, tied aid procurement, defence procurement, and developing country procurement reform, and the Group works closely with both national governments and international organisations. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pprg The International Research Study of Public Procurement (IRSPP) is a multi-national research study of Public Procurement practices and policies which develops international comparative procurement benchmarks and enhances the body of knowledge in government procurement. Netherlands. The mission of the group Operational Methods for Production and Logistics (OMPL) is to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary research and education embedded at international, national and university level in the general area of Operations Management. The research of OMPL is divided in four themes: i. Supply Chain Management, maintenance and service logistics; ii. Manufacturing and distribution systems; iii. Health care operational process management; and iv. Purchasing and Procurement management. Chair Management Science and Purchasing Management- Management Science involves designing and applying scientific approaches to decision making by using quantitative and analytical methods. Private and public sector applications mostly deal with important one-time decisions like make or buy decisions, centralisation versus decentralisation, etc. CAPS Research, working in partnership with its global network of executives and academics, is dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of strategic supply management knowledge and best practices. Since 1986, CAPS Research has been providing thorough, practical research for our strategic-minded corporate sponsors and for the public. Our research products and events are aimed at executives with strategic responsibilities for the supply/sourcing/procurement effort. In our global Roundtables, Best Practices Workshops, and Critical Issues Partnership Events, they engage in best-practices sharing; in our benchmarking, focus studies, and Practix reports, they see how they can measure their efforts; in Knowledge Central, they utilize the knowledge database and the tools to assess their own best practices and strategies. www.capresearch.org

Leading Procurement & Supply Chain Journals

http://pracademics.com/jopp.html

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pprg/publications/ law_review.aspx

http://www.ism.ws/pubs/ ISMMag

http://ees.elsevier.com/ jpsm

http:www.supplymanagement .com

http://www.scmr.com

Procurement Humour: Marriage is an Institution; Life is a Contract

and Procurement a Profession! Match the following and find whether you have the Perfect Match!
Love Marriage Live-in-Partnership Arranged Marriage Alimony Polygamy/Polyandry Second marriage Intra Faith Marriage Inter Faith Marriage Polyamory Dowry Divorce Break ups! Framework Arrangement QCBS Letter of Intend Restricted Procedure Open Competition Category Management Force majoure Liquidated damages Single Source Selection Relationship Based Procurement RFP with Dialogue Performance Security
http:www.summitconnects. com www.inderscience.com/ ijpm

www.procurementleaders. com

http://ppdigital.pponline. com.au

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