About us

Purchasing and Supply Management Ltd (PSM) was founded four years ago by Miriam Kennet and this builds on thirty years of purchasing experience of public and private sector purchasing and supply chain management at the highest levels and in the International arena.

The company experience is particularly focused on high technology and research and development of cutting edge technological advance and development and the implications for development and regulation. The company also has experience is at the focus for a global hub of consultants interested in Sustainable Development.

Miriam Kennet is at the forefront of research, both published and ongoing, on the discourse of Sustainable Development. She has advised CIPS the Institute of Purchasing and Supply in the UK, her paper on Sustainable Development perverse incentives was selected by IPSERA the European Purchasing Institute for their annual conference in Archamps in France. Miriam also is an advisor to CIPS on their diversity panel. She is running a conference with the Head of CIPS Ian Taylor who specialises in Corporate Social Responsibility.

As the Director of Purchasing and Supply Management, Miriam Kennet was recently a main speaker at the World Council of Business and Sustainable Development in Geneva, both addressing and sitting on a permanent advisory board of global CEO's and government heads and government agencies internationally.

Research, analysis and writing

One of the key benefits of PSM is the high level of writing skills of PSM's staff and associates. For example, we note that Jonathan Porritt has endorsed the high standard of publications and the International Journal of Green Economics edited by Miriam Kennet and Volker Heinemann. This ability is also demonstrated by the role of PSM staff and associates in the review and publication in the International Journal of Green Economics, for which the Director of PSM acts as Editor. Miriam Kennet also co-edited a book on Green Economics, called ‘Beyond Supply and demand to meeting people's needs' which is just going into its second edition and has just written an article on the current state of this discourse and its philosophical underpinning which was described by two professors as a marvellous article.

Project Management

The company has 60 years of experience of project management between them 60 years of project management experience including directing large multinational teams of many people across time zones and across companies. This includes experience of using the latest project management approaches and tools such as Microsoft Project.

We are a UK Limited Company formed in 2003 with two directors, Miriam Kennet and Volker Heinemann. We also have access to a diverse team of highly experienced international consultants.

Directors

• Miriam Kennet MCIPs MA MSC Oxon. International Business and Management Oxford Brookes, Oxford University Business School and South Bank University Business Schools and full corporate member of CIPS , and has 25 years purchasing experience and author of several academic articles, journal editor and books. She is running a conference in July 2006 in London with IPSERA the European Purchasing Institute and key speakers include Ian Taylor CEO of CIPS Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
• Volker Heinemann.Our Chief Financial Officer, formerly Price Waterhouse Coopers, Auditor and Accountant as well as international economist and writer and specialist in International Trade and macro economics from Economist Goettingen University and Kiel Universities.

Partners include

A team of consultants including Supply Chain Professors in New Zealand and Rose Bridger Specialist Supply Chain Consultant Fellows of CIPS, and Management Specialists with a combined procurement experience of over 100 years