Dear CIPS Southern Africa Partner in Procurement The Supply Chain Management qualifications journey has been one filled with mountains, glorious valleys, and desolate wastelands. During March 2009 key stakeholders from various professional bodies, industry, public and private sector organisations started drawing the Supply Chain Management roadmap of qualifications that will form the basis of the Integrated...

On the 15th February 2011, with great pride and enthusiasm , David Noble, CIPS CEO, alongside Garry Pita, General manager: Business Services at Transnet, awarded the CIPS Advanced Practitioners Certificate to 6 learners from Transnet. Garry Pita, in his opening remarks said that the development of people with procurement skills and knowledge, is imperative for Transnet as an organisation, and also for the country...

The UNISA SBL signed a memorandum of agreement with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Southern Africa (CIPS) on 26 January 2011. The purpose of the agreement was to identify areas of collaboration and the possibility of establishing a partnership aimed at developing professional Supply Chain Management (SCM) in South and Southern Africa by aligning the South- and Southern African public and public...