Powerful metrics, compelling research, dynamic events
Inspiring supply management leaders with profound discovery & executable strategies
Would your company and team benefit from a CAPS corporate membership with rich metrics, thought leadership, and a powerful network?
Regardless of your industry or strategic starting point, CAPS Research is your best source of unbiased benchmarks, innovative research, and completely sales-free, consultant-free networking events.
RESEARCH
Rigorous studies reveal your strategic destination
Notable professors from top universities worldwide give the edge with thought-provoking and trustworthy research studies
BENCHMARKING
Meaningful metrics help you chart the course
An expansive set of procurement and supply management metrics – participate in surveys and receive reports in return
EVENTS
Sales-free events create a path to transformation
Peer-to-peer global events that are results-driven and always sales-free and consultant-free
Biweekly infographics of timely & compelling metrics
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In the words of our members...
Greg Muñoz
VP, Global Procurement
Sonoco Products Company
“I think CAPS provides a lot more value than many of the other organizations to join because of the practical application of opportunities that you take away, strategic vision from other CPOs, and probably most importantly, not having to deal with companies that are trying to earn your business. We really get to business rather than having to deal with sales pitches.”
“The pairing of the Institute for Supply Management with Arizona State University is a fantastic combination. I found regardless of the industry everybody faces, at some level, the same problems, so the other chief procurement officers I get to interact with are all challenged by the same things and nobody has probably faced a problem that someone else hasn’t before. The networking that we do at the roundtables provides unbelievable benefit to me.”
Susan Spence
VP, Sourcing & Procurement
FedEx Corporation
Tom Lake
Senior Vice President
Honda North America
“Our bosses expect procurement to deliver more and more to the company's bottom line and the only way we can do that is to make sure we're continuing to take our discipline forward. Continuing to be on the cutting edge of what's happening in our industry as well as other industries. That's where the CAPS organization allows us to benchmark to find any areas where we might be behind, not only our competitors, but all the leading companies out there, so we're sure we can compete with the best of the best.”
“Your executive leadership will be glad you joined due to the best practice sharing and networking from like-minded, progressive senior supply chain executives ... and all with the same aim ... driving positive change to our organizations and enabling improved business performance.”
Thomas Nash, C.P.M., CPIM
Vice President & CPO
American Red Cross
James L. Ferrell, Jr.
Vice President, Supply Chain Management
Plains All American Pipeline
“You should consider joining CAPS. It’s the premier SCM organization made up of CPO’s of F500 companies. It’s non-profit (not vendor influenced) and has great benchmarking data, events, and SCM research projects. On the events side, they have an annual CPO summit that is the ‘who’s who’ of the industry and a great networking opportunity.”
“CAPS Research continues to be an unbiased global supply management research and metrics leader thanks to its nonprofit charter and committed partnerships with senior executives and academic supply chain elites. It creates and promotes uninhibited collaboration among companies and academia on value-added sourcing and strategic supply chain tools, products and services.”
Vincent J. Hrenak
Former CAPS board member
and senior supply management executive
at Raytheon, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman,
Westinghouse Defense, and U.S. Air Force
Kevin Alexander
VP of Procurement, Americas
Vertiv Corporation
“Many research institutes can provide insight into broad categories of sourcing, but very few can thoroughly delve down into sub-tiers as effectively as CAPS Research does. There is enough academic freedom and progressive thought leadership from corporate leaders in collaboration there to ignite discussion and pose challenges to traditional methods of sourcing research and education.”
CAPS was established in 1986 as a partnership between our strategic industry partners,
the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and Institute for Supply Management.
