The following list of useful links and publications has been provided to assist Procurement Directors and Category Buyers to obtain up to date and relevant information about procurement quickly and easily. The list is kept up to date regularly so please let us know of any useful sites you think are useful and should be shared with like minded Procurement Professionals.
Procurement Websites
Supply Management - Containing selected articles from Supply Change magazine and Purchasing Managers Index reports as well as a range of online-only features
Central Buying Consortium - This is the Largest Central Buying Consortium in the UK with 17 local authority members and now represents most of the major authorities from the Midlands to the South-East, outside London
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply - CIPS is an international organisation, based in the UK, dedicated to promoting good practice within the purchasing and supply profession
Procurement Leaders - The Procurement Leaders Network is an international membership-led community exclusively for Executive level Procurement, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management Professionals
American Purchasing Society - The American Purchasing Society is a professional association of Buyers and Purchasing Managers focused on the advancement of the purchasing profession and those who are in it.
Buying Solutions - Buying Solutions is a Professional Buying Organisation dedicated to maximising the value for money obtained by Government departments and other public bodies through the procurement and supply of goods and services
London Contracts and Supplies Group - LCSG is responsible for co-ordination and joint action in purchasing and supply matters in Greater London. Their site gives insight into their activities, methods and member organisations
Spend Matters - Spend Matters is a news and blog site on issues surrounding Company Spend covering Procurement, Sourcing, Contract Management, Spend Analysis and Visibility, Category Management and more. Spend Matters offers a variety of programs and services aimed to help both sellers and consumers of procurement and supply chain software, services and content achieve breakthrough results
CAPS Research - Established in 1986, CAPS Research is a nonprofit, independent research organisation to supply and supply chain issues. They provide thorough, practical research for our strategic-minded corporate sponsors and for the public