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Xchanging Sponsors The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Australia 2006/2007 Conference
06 Oct 2006
LONDON/SYDNEY, 6 October 2006 - Xchanging, the business processing services company, has entered into agreement for lead sponsorship of the 2006/2007 conference activities for The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Australia (CIPSA).
The agreement sees Xchanging as the Platinum Sponsor for the CIPSA 2nd Annual Conference in Melbourne 17-18 October 2006, as well as the principal supporter of CIPSA conferences, events and publications during the tenure of the Sponsorship.
Jonathan Dutton, Managing Director CIPSA, said: “This exciting sponsorship agreement will help support our goals in Australia, acting as a voice for the profession and helping organisations improve their procurement practices. Xchanging has an excellent historic relationship with CIPS and we are confident CIPSA will benefit from this experience."
David Ward, Managing Director of Xchanging Australia, said, “To date Xchanging has achieved some exciting procurement deals in Europe with key players in their sectors, including National Australia Bank UK, BAE Systems and United Biscuits. We’re delighted to build on that success by working together with CIPSA and being a part of procurement best practice in Australia.”
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About CIPS Australia
Driving excellence in procurement & supply management CIPS Australia Pty Ltd (CIPSA) is a proprietary limited trading company 100% owned by The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), which is an international organisation based in the UK representing the procurement and supply management profession. With over 40,000 members in 120 countries CIPS is dedicated to promoting best practice and provides a programme of continuous improvement in professional standards, raising awareness of the effective contribution management of supply markets makes to corporate, national and international prosperity.
CIPSA has almost 2,000 members and a similar constitution to its UK-based parent and is mandated to act in the public interest and for the benefit of the procurement profession as a whole. It seeks to do this by:
- Acting as a voice for the profession
- Helping individuals to be better professionals
- Helping organisations improve their procurement practices
- Building the global body of knowledge for purchasing and supply.
In addition, although not-for-profit in ethos, CIPSA is mandated to utilise its surpluses for the benefit of developing procurement and supply management within Australia.