The Academy: Online learning, toolkit and resources

A purchasing practitioners solution for

1 - Great training and capability uplift without the travel cost
2 - Common ways of working across your team
3 - Global team collaboration on sourcing projects
4 - Access to a wealth of online materials
5 - Any organisation, big or small or singler users
 

The Academy is the latest, fully integrated online solution for today's purchasing practitioners. The Academy provides high-quality web learning using streamed video tutorials and allows learning programs to be uniquely designed for each individual user according to their development needs. The Academy provides a full range of professional purchasing toolkits (processes, online tools, templates), as well as research tools and collaboration tools allowing dispersed teams to work on sourcing projects remotely. Find our more by watching both of the videos on this page...

Want to find out more about how the Academy can help?

Watch 'A day in the life' of professional purchasing practitioner Laura (a Senior Buyer) to see how she uses the Academy...

The Academy is available in different forms for organisations big and small and for single purchasing practitioners and comes complete with a range of features and professional benefits. The Corporate Academy is fully customisable to your organisation, brand and any existing methodologies and approaches your organisation may want to include. 

Which Academy is right for you?

Compare features and professional benefits across our Academy range here:

Feature	Corporate	Pro-One	Pro-Two	Excellence
Online web-learning	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes
Video tutorials	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes
'My Academy'	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes
Collaboration tools/file share	Yes*
Online e-tools	Yes*	Yes	Yes
5i® Category Management	Yes*	Yes	Yes
Red Sheet® Negotiation	Yes - Full*	Yes - Full	Yes - Full	Yes - Lite
e-Sourcing support tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Supplier Relationship M'gmt	Optional*		Yes
Supplier Management	Optional*	Yes²	Yes	Yes
Sustainable Purchasing	Optional*		Yes
Research tools	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes
Purchasing fundamentals		Yes²	Yes	Yes
A3 Sourcing basics				Yes
Line Manager administration	Yes*

   * fully customisable for your organisation, process and ways of working
   ² feature available later

To find out more about The Academy, click on one of the icons on the right of this page, visit our store or  contact us, email us or phone +44 (0) 845 331 3312 or +44 1752 827969.