Atkins Receives Top Purchasing and Supply Accolade
Atkins has been recognised for delivering excellence through their purchasing and supply procedures after being awarded the prestigious Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Certification for Standards of Excellence in Purchasing Policies and Procedures.
The Asset Management firm joins an elite club of around 70 organisations to have achieved the standard which recognises best practice in purchasing and supply to deliver better performance and increase profitability for organisations across the world.
AAM has been working towards the CIPS accreditation for several months commencing with an initial audit of our procedures in October 2006. CIPS assess the quality of our processes against best practice and also assist in identifying continuous improvement opportunities in our Supply Chain Management
The firm manages the property portfolios of some of the country’s leading organisations, including Barclays and Halifax Bank of Scotland and the Atkins Group Corporate Estate, with effective supply chain management being a vital element of this service. Achieving the CIPS accreditation is just part of Atkins Asset Management’s ambition to deliver a world class purchase and supply programme. It is currently in the process of developing a Supply Chain Centre of Excellence to foster customer and supplier relationships to enhance performance for all. The Centre of Excellence will ensure AAM has the best structure, processes, systems, resources and accreditation to deliver excellence to its customers. A key element of the output from the Centre of Excellence is AAM’s own service standard, Quantum, which has been developed to enhance the performance and capabilities of its own supplier organisations.
Roy Ayliffe, CIPS Director of Professional Practice, commended Atkins Asset Management when he made the formal presentation of the Certificate. He said, “It is CIPS’ mission to spread good practice in supply and purchasing for the benefit or everybody across the world. We recognise that it is organisations like Atkins who work hard to improve their capabilities in supply chain management that can help us achieve this. We will continue to work with Atkins to help them maintain their high standards and to take advantage of new opportunities to improve performance.”
Sean Haley, Atkins Asset Management Managing Director, added “It’s a fantastic accolade to be recognised as having the highest standards in our purchasing processes.
“Being CIPS accredited demonstrates how we deliver excellence to our customers by maximising value when purchasing goods and services providing real transparency - which is at the core of our business. We will now build on this achievement by following the CIPS continuous improvement and assessment programme to deliver longer term benefits.”
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Atkins Asset Management is one of around 70 companies throughout the world that have won this award; others include British Airways, Barclays, Price Waterhouse Coopers, the BBC and Asda.
Atkins Asset Management is part of Atkins Global Plc.
Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) plans, designs and enables the delivery of complex capital programmes for clients in the public and private sectors across the globe. Atkins is the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe; the largest engineering consultancy in the UK; and the world’s third largest design firm.
Atkins was named among the “20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2006’ by The Sunday Times; ‘Construction Consultant of the Year 2005’ by Building; and ‘Consultant of the Year Major Firm 2005’ by New Civil Engineer.