The Positive Purchasing Academy represents the latest development in on-line support for purchasing practitioners. The Purchasing Academy combines a full modular toolkit and e-learning platform and provides a personal managed e-learning pathways. We have taken the best of our well proven resources and training and made them available on-line using the latest stream video and e-learning management technology making the Academy a leader in this field.

The best practice toolkit on-line

The Purchasing Academy contains an extensive toolkit for practitioners in modular form Covering all the major elements needed by today's purchasing teams. This includes full Category Management process and options for the Supplier Relationship Management, Negotiation, Supply Side Corporate Responsibility and Lean In The Supply Chain modules. For each the Academy provides the full process and tookit. For each tool practitioners have everything they need to understand and use the tool including video tutorials, e-learning modules, examples and downloadable workbooks, quick reference guides and templates. The Purchasing Academy is easily navigable with users able to quickly get to precisely what they need to do their jobs or learn more about a particular tool or approach. The Academy also provides a range of research and data tools including commodity tracking indices.

The Purchasing Academy is available for both individuals and with licenses for company wide use. In addition we can provide a fully customised Purchasing Academy using your process and toolkit and integrated into your desktop so it is a natural extension of your intranet.

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Learning Managment for your team

The Purchasing Academy allows you to take control over learning management for your team. Once the development needs for each individual have been identified, either by you or through our Competency Assessment program, we can identify individual on-line learning pathways. Our Purchasing Academy incorporates the latest learning management technology and allows individuals to move through a series of on-line learning activities to fulfill individual objectives and achieve on-line certification. Individuals can see their progress and managers can monitor entire team development using a series of reporting tools. 

My Academy - Your personal area

Every user can access 'My Academy'; a pesonalised page containing all the support tools and information specific to that individual. My Academy providers individual users with their status and progress on their learning and development journey and will provide key alerts linked to projects they are involved in. 

Full Collaboration Tools

The Purchasing Academy provides users with the latest collaboration tools. These include team shared areas for specific projects, blogs, forums and Wiki's available as public areas or set up specific to your organisation or team.