MPP Presentation

The 16th November CIPSA Perth function was well attended by 32 members and guests who were treated to an illuminating and entertaining presentation by Jonathan Rollason on the topic “Making Purchasing Pay”. Jonathan is a past President of CIPS globally and an experienced supply chain practitioner in the Finance Industry. His speech covered topics such as effective contract management, using scorecards, understanding risk, cost of supplies as well as many other informative and thought provoking issues.

Curtin University to Host Presentation

On the 6th December, the WA Region launched their second event at the Curtain Business School. Titled “Graduate Courses in Procurement 2006”, the event drew 60 professionals and was presented by Guy Callender, a Professor at the Curtain Business School and a CIPSA Steering Group Member. Curtain is one of two organizations who offer Supply Chain courses which are accredited by CIPS and lead to MCIPS (Member). Guy highlighted these programs and his personal observations regarding the growing professionalism in the Purchasing landscape. A continental breakfast and an opportunity to network followed, with everyone agreeing the event was a great success.

Woodside is Welcomed

WA-based Woodside Energy Ltd has been the latest addition to CIPSA’s growing list of group members with over 35 new individual members. Woodside is Australia’s largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company with a market capitalization of more than A$22 billion (at June 2005) and is the largest public company by market capitalization in WA.

Annual Members & Professional Associations Survey

This week is the last chance to respond to our CIPSA member survey. Simply go to www.beaton01.com and follow the links or respond to the link in our last email of 25th November.

The survey is run by Beaton Consulting on behalf of 20 not-for-profit organizations in Australia and will provide valuable member feedback for CIPSA after our first year and benchmark our performance against the other participants.

Respondants could win one of 12 substantial prizes – including two $2,500 vouchers for Peppers Resorts.

CIPSA Launch PMI service for members

CIPSA are delighted to launch their endorsement of the Performance of Manufacturing Index [PMI] and Performance of Services Index [PSI] which are compiled monthly by the AIG. Other supporters include PWC and NTC Research.

As a new benefit for CIPSA members, these indices will be e-mailed directly to all members on the 5th working day of each month as a new CIPSA member benefit. Members wishing not to receive this new monthly service are free to unsubscribe by reply or by emailing directly to info@cipsa.com.au

CIPSA Office closing for Christmas

After an amazing first year with almost 2000 members on board, a successful conference under our belt and a challenging new year ahead, CIPSA is closing their office for a short break to recharge our batteries! From the 23rd December to the 9th January, CIPSA will officially close. Queries can be made to info@cipsa.com.au, or leave a message on our 1300 765 142 number which will be attended to on the 10th January. If an urgent matter must be attended to, please contact 0404 452 861 during this period. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a safe and happy New Year!

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Tel: 1300 765 142, Fax: 1300 765 143, Email: info@cipsa.com.au, www.cipsa.com.au