Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, December 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on January 3 2012. The report was issued on January 3 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The PMI registered 53.9 percent, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from November’s reading […]
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HAPPY NEW 2012
HAPPY NEW 2012 The i-Procure.com team wishes you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Lean Principles in procurement
Lean Principles in procurement In the August 2011 issue of Inside Supply Management, Lisa Arnseth (Senior writer) is writing about about how Lean process methodologies are part of the global procurement leadership culture at Capital One Financial Corporation. Here we have compiled some of the highlights from her article “Transforming Traditional Lean Principles”. Implementing lean […]
OMBOK 3rd edition just released
The APICS Operations Management Body of Knowledge (OMBOK) Framework, third edition The 2011 update to APICS Operations Management Body of Knowledge (OMBOK) Framework includes new sections on sustainability and risk management, highlighting emerging areas of corporate social responsibility, closed-loop manufacturing, and disruption risks. Key subject areas Supply chain Sustainability in the supply chain Risk management […]
Purchasing Certification on iPad
Purchasing Certification on iPad Next Level Purchasing now offers a SPSM (Senior Professional in Supply Management)Â certification course on iPad and iPod devices. Next Level Purchasing pioneered the use of the Apple technologies for earning the SPSM Certification in October 2007 with the release of the SPSM Certification & Enhanced Results Program with iPod and continued […]
Diane White, Herman Gonzalez and Steve DelGrosso elected to PMI Board of Directors
Diane White, Herman Gonzalez and Steve DelGrosso elected to PMI Board of Directors Project Management Institute (PMI) recently announced that Diane White, Herman Gonzalez and Steve DelGrosso has been elected to its Board of Directors. Diane White, MA, SCM, PMP, has over 20 years of project and program management experience in information technology and telecommunications […]
PMI Sweden Congress 2011 – Passion for Projects
PMI Sweden Congress 2011 – Passion for Projects March 1-2, our colleagues from the i-Procure.se team will participate in the PMI Sweden Congress 2011 in Gothenburg. Theme of the year is “Passion for Projects”. The agenda will cover these topics; Leadership Project management skills Real projects If you would like to join them on the […]