1. KNOWLEDGE
Presentation to Congress
March 2013

2. Why Knowledge?
‘To promote and develop for the public benefit the art and science of purchasing and supply and to encourage the promotion and development of improved methods of purchasing and supply in all organisations’.
‘To promote and maintain for the benefit of the public high standards of professional skill, ability and integrity among those engaged in purchasing an supply’.
Knowledge is a vital part of our membership proposition
Improve
Tools
Templates
Guides
Case studies
Inform
Category expertise
Market trends/indexes
Benchmarking
Insight
Emerging issues
Latest thinking
Practical research & surveys

3. Knowledge Vision – ‘CIPS First’
To be the primary reference point for procurement and supply knowledge, acting as a knowledge hub for the profession
DN Strategic Plan dated 13th June 2012
Signposting, best aggregator, CIPS should be a Knowledge hub
Leverage CIPS networks…..don't create but build an ecosystem
Must be a global solution and resect IP ownership
Knowledge must drive products and be an input to syllabus
Leverage CIPS networks…..don't create but build an ecosystem

4. CIPS Added Value
Given the strategic direction to harvest knowledge from our networks and other public domain sources CIPS added value must be:
Quality assurance
Organised and accessible
Current and relevant at multiple levels

5. Knowledge Hub – current position
Key concepts and white papers held on CIPS Intelligence
Tools, Templates other resources held on CIPS.org
No one-stop shop for accessing all Knowledge
Poor search function on the site, contributes to user frustration

6. What’s achievable
Create a structured intuitive area of the site that holds all our procurement and supply chain materials / resources
Construct clear topic areas via Taxonomy
Categorise existing content under Taxonomy headings
Feed in all related content to these revised categories
Generate sponsorship for knowledge topics
Encourage member and network interaction
Tie in social media to new topics / categories
Key concepts and white papers held on CIPS Intelligence
Tools, Templates other resources held on CIPS.org
No one-stop shop for accessing all Knowledge
Poor search function on the site, contributes to user frustration

7. How will it look?

8. How will it look?

9. How will it work? Use best in class examples - CIPD
Introduce ‘Mega nav’ that plays host to newly created content
‘Tag’ up all pages so they sit under defined topic area
Feed in all content based on Taxonomy tagging
Allow users to search by any topic via an A-Z
Engage with B 2 B Marketing to generate sponsored content
Regularly refresh content and promote to users based on their interests

10. So, over to you …
What should our top 3 deliverables from the Knowledge theme be?
How do we measure success?
This is very much an outsourced and volunteer based approach to knowledge harvesting – what are the main risks and how do we mitigate them?
What should our taxonomy look like and how do we decide where our priorities are?