TY - BOOK ED - CIPS TI - Category management in procurement and supply. SN - 9781861242358 AV - HF5437.AD4.C48 PY - 2012/// CY - Maidenhead PB - Profex KW - Purchasing- management KW - Industrial procurement -management KW - Business logistics. KW - Marketing channels -- Management KW - Physical distribution of goods -- Management. N1 - Optional unit Advanced Diploma in procurement and supply: course book Advanced Diploma in procurement and supply: revision notes; Contents: Definitions -- Categorising expenditures -- Strategic acquisition processes -- Skills for category management -- Understanding the data -- Preparing for t he process -- Supply market factors -- Pre-planning preparation -- Planning processes -- Working with stakeholders -- Mobilisation, start-up and transition -- Managing contracts and suppliers -- Performance measurement -- Risk, volatility ad exits -- ER -