Useful links

IFPSM affiliations

Networking

Kinaxis Supply Chain Expert Community
The Supply Chain Expert Community — a social place for learning, laughter, sharing and connecting.

Research and consultants

A.T. Kearney
Management consultants who provide services in areas including procurement and analysis, supply chain management, IT and mergers and acquisitions.

Basware
Three interesting Cost Control Research reports can be found there after free registration. Reports date from June 2009, November 2009 and May 2010. A second valuable item can be found there under the title Procurement and Finance Integrated Not Isolated written by Dr Robert Fieten.

Future Purchasing
Procurement consultancy offering education and advice on best practice and sustainable buying for private and public sector organisations.

Capgemini
International company which provides consulting, outsourcing, technology and local professional services for a range of industries.

McKinsey & Company
Global management consulting firm offering services in businesses, governments and institutions.

IBM
Multinational computer technology and IT consultancy

IBM Center for The Business of Government
Sponsors independent research and publishes reports, linking public management research with practice.

Montgomery Research Inc
Publishers of thought leadership initiatives (defined as “what sets a business leader apart”) that focus on the convergence of technology and business.

CAPS Research
A global, non-profit research organisation dedicated to supply and supply chain issues.

IRSPP
The website of the International Research Study of Public Procurement.

Puridiom
Procure-to-pay and e-procurement technology provider.

Media

Supply Management
The purchasing and supply website. Supply Management is the official magazine of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, published every two weeks and daily online.

CPO Agenda
The business review for procurement and supply leaders. Quarterly publication aimed at senior procurement and supply chain professionals across the world.

Harvard Business Review
Search for "procurement" and you will find about 100 papers; "purchasing" brings up about 200 and "supply" 1300.

McKinsey Quarterly
The business journal of McKinsey & Company. Content is available online and in print.

Spend Matters
In particular I recommend reading the content of Spend Matters Compass Researchnteresting Cost Control Research reports can be found there after free registration. Reports date from June 2009, November 2009 and May 2010.

Supply Excellence
Supply chain blog

Globalisation

Sustainable History
Offers a wealth of information and links to other websites. Recommended is the publication Definitions of Globalisation; a Comprehensive Overview and a Proposed Definition. Dr V.S.A. Kumar argues the debate about what to do about globalisation is still very much about what globalisation is.

Peterson Institute for International Economics
An impressive source for subjects reflecting the different dimensions - economic, political, cultural, legal and environmental – of globalisation.

Suggested reading

·     The Next Great Globalization by Frederic S. Mishkin
·     Globalization and its discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz
·     The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman

Sustainability

The Sustainability Consortium
An independent organisation of diverse global participants contributing to a more sustainable world through better products, consumption, and supply chains.

The Sustainable Trade Initiative
The mission of the Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) is the acceleration and up-scaling of sustainability within mainstream commodity markets.

Other

The Office of Government Commerce
An independent office of HM Treasury, established to help Government deliver best value from its spending.

United Nations Global Compact
A strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

IPPA
The website of the International Public Procurement Conference.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

International Public Procurement Conference document library
Papers presented at the International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC)