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CIPS Procurement and Supply in Practice L4M8 Exam

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Vendor:	CIPS
Exam Name:	Procurement and Supply in Practice
Registration Code:	L4M8
Related Certification:	CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply Certification
Exam Audience:	Procurement and Supply Professionals,

Total Questions

200

Last Updated

12-07-2026

Exam Duration

180 MINUTES

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Question: 1

Describe three ways in which a supplier could improve the effect its company has on the environ-ment.

AExplanation:
Responsible and ethical sourcing promotes working with suppliers who want to have a positive effect on the environment or at least minimize the damage they cause. Suppliers can make effort to reduce their impact on the planet through reducing the pollution, taking steps to recycle or reuse products can improve on supplier's impact on the environment, also supplier can consider sustainability as another environmental factor. Suppliers with strong values on ethics will have a programme to return anything taken from nature in the form of replanting or replacing

Question: 2

In relation to the case study 'Walmart and H&M in spotlight regarding human rights in media ex-plain which human rights are not being granted to the workers.

AExplanation:
Human rights are the statutory ways in which individual expects to and should be treated. Ethical and responsible sourcing includes the protection of human rights, not violating it.
When young women are being bound into contracts where they work for two to three years, they are not being granted the right to freedom from slavery.
Forcing these women to live in hostels under restrictions that prevent them from moving and are denied the opportunity to improve on their living condition is a violation of their right to life, liberty and personal security, also, their freedom from torture and degrading treatment is being violated.

Question: 3

Describe two ways in which an organization with which you are familiar could use continuous im-provement as part of whole life asset management.

AExplanation:
Continuous improvement relates to removing waste from the supply chain and improving processes to increase efficiency within whole life asset management in a full power project (a flour producing firm) can benefit from continuous improvement in the following ways;
1) Reduce cost of spears by recondition parts, instead of disposing them out rightly.
2) Can reduce down time by conducting routine maintenance after hours.
3) Can reducing accident by up skilling operators on safety
4) Can reduce waste oil by following owner's manual instead of relying on experience.
5) Create efficiencies by operating a 24/7 shift pattern.
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Question: 4

What Incoterm applies here?

The supplier is responsible of placing the goods in the hands of a chosen carrier by the buyer, at which point the buyer takes on the risk.

AEXW -- Ex Works

BFCA -- Free Career

CCPT -- Carriage Paid To

DCIP -- Carriage and Insurance Paid to

Question: 5

What is the method of monitoring suppliers?

AExplanation:
When a contract has been awarded, either is to meet tangible needs or intangible needs, contractors or suppliers should be managed to ensure that they are meeting up with fulfilling their contractual agreement. To establish this, there are methods of managing contracts and suppliers.
Service level agreement (SLA) clauses: is placed in contract to ensures that supplier meets the expected and agreed level of service
Key performance indicator (KPI): are used to manage contracts that fulfill tangible needs, the KPIs are set performance thresholds that are used to monitor supplier's performance.
Management by objectives (MBO): is the process of defining objective that are strategic to the organization relating them to the vision and mission and communicating them to the supplier through the contract and ensuring that this objective is met during contract performance.
Reviews: Regular supplier reviews are good practices, for it gives the buyer opportunity to give feedback on performance.
Continuous Improvement: Contracts and suppliers can be monitored through how they are chang-ing for better incrementally as they are fulfilling the schedule. There must be a set down system to timely improve on the process, people and continuously reduce waste.
Training: It is essential that training, are provided to come up on areas supplier is lacking.
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