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Ray Carter MA FRSA MCIPS MCMI Cert Ed

Ray is the Director of DPSS Consultants. He began his management career in the public sector and thereafter for a large food manufacturer in the UK. He graduated from University with a Masters Degree in Management Studies. His first book relating to supply chain management entitled Integrated Materials Management, was published in 1982 and has become a recommended text for a number of courses, including the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. This was followed by Stores and Physical Distribution, published by Liverpool Academic Press. His latest title Practical Procurement is published by Cambridge Academic Publishing. He is currently working on a new book, Understanding Supply Chains with Professor David Jessop. Ray has had numerous articles and papers published in journals such as Supply Management and the Centre for Advanced Procurement's Praxis publication. Ray is also Chairman of the Procurement Best Practice Forum, which is made up of many large blue-chip organisations, the purpose of which is to identify and disseminate supply chain management best practices. Ray's now famous '7c's' of supplier evaluation model, first published in 1995, has now become an accepted model for the evaluation of supplies and contractors and has been adopted by many organisations. It is also part of the CIPS level 3 syllabus.

Until 1991 Ray was Principal Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the Business School, University of North London. In recent years, he has undertaken training and consultancy assignments for organisations such as Shell IT, Lucas Engineering and Systems, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, BRC, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij.B.V, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), NDC, UK Intervention Board, Ericsson, British Aerospace, Marconi, BBC, Magnox, Ordnance Survey, Chevron, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Tengzichevroil Company, Medway Council, Coca-Cola and Shell International BV. Ray has worked in many locations, including the Far East, the Middle East, South America, Europe and Africa. The majority of these events have been related to strategic issues in relation to supply chain management, procurement and contracting.

Ray is an external examiner for Salford University and a Fellow of Leicester University.

Ray Carter MA FRSA MCIPS MCMI Cert Ed

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