About Our Media Partners

The activities of purchasing and supply chain professionals have a major impact on the profitability and efficiency of all types of organisation. Using smart procurement and supply chain techniques requires specialist skills and training as supply chains are longer and leaner than even a decade ago. Just as qualified accountants are needed in the finance department and lawyers in legal teams, so qualified procurement teams can help to make or break a business or public sector department.

CIPS is the leading international body representing purchasing and supply management professionals. It is the worldwide centre of excellence on purchasing and supply management issues. CIPS has over 60,000 members in 150 different countries, including senior business people, high-ranking civil servants and leading academics. Based in the UK, CIPS has offices covering Australasia, Southern Africa and the Middle East and builds relationships with other purchasing organisations to offer more value to our members and the purchasing profession as a whole. - www.cips.org

NEVI is the leading knowledge network for purchasing and supply management in the Netherlands. As knowledge center of and for purchasing professionals and via a network of over 6,500 members NEVI offers accessibility of purchasing knowledge for everyone that is involved in the purchasing process. Among others, NEVI does this by organizing congresses and network meetings, offering educations and trainings, issuing publications and subsidizing academics, assistants and PhD’s in the area of purchasing and supply management. More information: www.nevi.nl

Supply Chain Magazine
www.supplychainmagazine.nl/

Supply Chain Movement
An initiative of Supply Chain Magazine in the Netherlands. This blogsite will give you information about international supply chain management topics - www.supplychainmovement.com/

 Efficient Purchasing is an industry magazine for sourcing and procurement professionals in Europe. It aims to be an inspiring forum for opinions, best practice, and innovative ideas. The publication is wholly financed by the purchasing services and solutions provider IBX with the conviction that efficient purchasing is fundamental for competitiveness and value creation in any company today.

The magazine is published twice a year (spring and fall). The premier issue was distributed in September 2005. Some 8,000 purchasing pros in Germany, the UK, Benelux and the Nordic countries receive the publication free of charge. Additional on-site distribution is also available at a variety of key sourcing and procurement events in Europe. All practitioners in the purchasing profession can get a free subscription by filling in the form on our homepage - www.efficientpurchasing.com

APCADEC - The Portuguese Association for Purchasing and Materials Management

APCADEC is the Portuguese Association for Purchasing and Materials Management. It was established in 1964 and congregates men and women who work in their companies in areas related to Materials Management, as buyers, stores and stocking managers, purchasing chairmen or quality dealers.

Every year, APCADEC organizes events and establishes partnerships in order to assure to the Portuguese Purchasing Professionals access to the latest news concerning Purchasing and Supply Management issues. It also has a strong relationship with Universities, not only in terms of training but also in terms of stimulating the development of a Purchasing Community involving also students (in 2010, APCADEC implemented the initiative APCADEC UNIVERSITY AWARD 2011, awarding the best post-graduation works in the areas of Purchasing and Materials Management).

More information about APCADEC initiatives can be found at: www.apcadec.org.pt