wills:

Many Thanks.

wills:

Many Thanks.

JesusDWay:

Hi everybody. Many thanks to those who have taken time to share their knowledge resource on this subject. Your contributions are quite invaluable. May God reward you in Jesus name.

I am very interested in developing a career in this area, but the qualification i have is not related. I have HND in Elect/Elect form Yabatech and really would want to get a Bsc first before i do Masters. My intention was to do a one year top up degree with any UK University that can offer the programme(Logistics and Supply Chain) by distance learning but, i could not get. I even tried related courses like Operations Management, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, hoping that if i do any of these, it can provide the platform for me to do a Masters in Logistics, but i still could not get. Also, i tried rdi, but they dont want to take HND in Electrical for any of the business courses they have on offer.

I would not mind going over to uk to do a full time programme but you know, we are talking about some 8000-9000 pounds.

I do not want just professional certification, but also a traditional degree(this is personal).

Can anybody advise on this. Thank you very much.

kamsi:

Thanks Wills and everyone who contributed to this trend.
Please I need some information on supply chain related certification in Nigeria, I work as a HR person and need to enrol some of our staff to be certify in SCM.

so please I need the info especially the best institute to use.

Akabi_boy:

Hi Guys
I have been following this tread for a while and i need a bit of advice, presently i work as a software developer in the UK and also studying for an MBA at the moment. My preferred situation will be to move back home after the MBA, now the question is do i need to get a scm certification to be able to work as a supply chain manager or i can apply with my MBA as there is a scm module in it?

corrall:

Hi Guys,

I is really interesting reading abt this here on NL. I have just started an online masters deg program on Purchasing and supply chain management(PSCM), with a UK university, and from what i have read so far, i am sure i am going to enjoy it. And they are also accredited with CIPS.

Thanks

psalm91:

thnk God for network sites like dis
pls i need u guy help wrt the ffg
1.i need to get a certification in logistics and scm wat are the requirements
ANS: bsc should be enough to get u started

2.how precisely do i need.
ans: as stated above

can i get material and then take the exams
Ans: ofcourse you can ,but with special arrangment.

3.who regulates scm in nigeria
there is a local arm that deals with logistic and transport NILT or something like that,thats the local arm within Nigeria alone, for the international body , CIPS (UK) and APICs (USA)

4.how long will it take me to get certified in scm
it all depends on ur level of preparation ,for cips ,if you are really determined it will take u maybe 2 and half years to get ur MCIPS, for APICS 1 year or thereabout

5.wat is the nature of exam online or live
for CIPS its live!!! theory all true, not easy at all!!, for APICS both live and computer base, obj and theory.

6.how available are materials
materials are available in two ways : you can order directly from the school or get it from accredited learning centres, at a fee though

7.wat are best options pls
you can take the CIPS route which is more common because u pay thru british council 4 ur exam and membership fees, but u source the materials urself, for APICS , there is multimix logistics, there are the accredited learning centre in Nigeria fee is around 360k, not cheap if u might say ,includes both exam and training fee,
so the choice is up to you
for CIPS you go thru level 4 to level 6 to get the MCIPS but for APICs, its just a one off training and exam.the CIPS route is cheaper but takes time,the APICS is shorter but is more expensive, so ? there u go

thx

[/quote]President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday emphasised the need for ministers and other public officers to join hands with the Federal Government in tackling corruption in the award and execution of all government contracts.

Delivering an address at a presidential retreat for the first four-year implementation plan for vision 20:2020, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Jonathan observed that corruption had become a major obstacle to the country’s socio-economic development.

He said :”Greed of which corruption is a part, is the main stumbling block that stems our growth. If people are greedy ,they tend to inflate contracts. Not just the corruption that someone in government misappropriates funds but we use the word corruption to describe some other people that I believe are the greatest part of our underdevelopment”.

Explaining further, the president said :”For example, somebody in the private sector who is a contractor to government who is to provide services or execute a contract - what is supposed to cost government N10,000, you will collaborate with the government functionaries to increase it to N30,000 and if you are cautioned you will say you are a businessman, and that you are not corrupt”.

Stressing the need for accountability and transparency in contract awards and execution, he said: “If procurement will cost three times what it is supposed to cost then by implication, any amount of money we spend from our capital budget, you are retarding us by a number of years. What we are supposed to do in one year, we are doing it in three years, what infrastructure that might produce 30 kilometers of roads might not even be up to provide ten kilometers.

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“ What we are supposed to be in three years time, you have by your action taken us back two years and yet you say you are not corrupt. That is why I will prefer to use the word greed because it is one of the stumbling blocks to the growth of our nation.

“We must look at our procurement if we must move fast because whenever I travel out of this country to another and I happen to see some infrastructural development , I always ask about the cost of execution and sometimes the cost I am told is three times less than what we are charged in this country,” he stressed. “That is one of the reasons why in the last Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, we set up a committee to look into our procurement because if we do not review our procurement, money that will give us three times the value of something, ends up giving us only one”.

Emphasising the new drive of the government in contract execution, President Jonathan said :”That is one of the reasons why we set up a committee to look into our procurement. The idea is not to victimise any contractor but the idea is to checkmate contractors that are unrepentant in inflating contracts. Administratively, contractors that are not good enough or who perpetually inflate contracts should not be retained. We are not going to take any contractor to court, but if we note a particular contractor known to be inflating contracts, we should be able to tell him it is not business as usual. Otherwise, you can forget doing business in Nigeria, that was why we set up that committee.

“But from the 2010 budget, I told the ministers that it is not enough for the federal government to approve contracts but even after the contracts have been awarded, we must monitor to ensure we have value for money. We must ensure that people whether civil servants or contractors, who are chronic collaborators to exploit us as a nation no longer have a filed day,” he stated.[quote]

The premier of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, has announced a summit involving all sectors of society aimed at addressing corruption in the supply chain.

Delivering her budget speech, Nomvula Mokonyane said corruption threatened the country’s democracy.

“We will pay special attention to promoting ethical procurement and introducing greater transparency in our procurement processes so that more people in our communities are able to benefit from government contracts.”

The premier’s media spokesman, Dumisani Zulu, told SM that representatives from government, non-governmental organisations and the private sector would be invited to take part in the summit in September.

“Clearly there are serious challenges relating to supply chain management and procurement. We have called for this summit because we are experiencing problems in this field. Many people are exploiting the procurement situation and the premier feels strongly that the system is very porous,” Zulu said.

“Something needs to be done to tighten the system and help address public concerns on graft issues,” he added. “We will work with all the role players, including civil society and the private sector, to try to find solutions to end corruption, especially in the supply chain.”

The province will also launch a hotline at the end of July to address complaints that had been raised with South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma’s office, Zulu said.

The proposed summit comes amid complaints from trade unions that neither Zuma nor his Cabinet are investigating allegations of corruption despite intense media coverage.