As the global leading not-for-profit professional supply management organisation, the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) is committed to advancing the practice of supply management. With a community of more than 50,000 people in over 100 countries, the organisation prioritises advancing the practice of supply management to drive value and competitive advantage for its members, contributing to a prosperous and sustainable world.
To support the growing needs of the global supply chain management community, ISM® will expand its offerings in Mexico and Latin America as of September 2024. This will include providing supply chain skill-building courses, ISM certification preparation programmes and executive-level events. This ISM presence in Mexico and other Latin American cities will be in English and Spanish, and builds upon its existing distribution and community in the area.
This movement signals the importance of supply chains in the region and further recognises the global footprint of ISM®’s gold standard certification, CPSM®. The programmes in Mexico will be deployed in partnership with Supplynity – the largest community of buyers in Latin America designed to distribute information, foster training and collaboration among members and generate synergies to facilitate the adoption of best practices in the procurement process. The organisation spearheads a CPO LATAM Conference, bringing together its executive procurement community within the region.
“The Mexico and Latin American markets are critical for supply chains and are a growing region for supply chain expertise,” says Tom Derry, Chief Executive Officer of ISM®. “This offering is a natural evolution for ISM® and addresses a regional need we can support with this collaboration.”
Skill-building courses will begin in September 2024 on key topics, including negotiation, financial analysis and more. Certification-oriented courses will begin in Mexico City as of January 2025, with an exclusive executive conference to occur beforehand in Mexico City in November of 2024.
“We are very excited to have a partnership with ISM®, which is the most relevant organisation related to procurement,” says Gabriel Rosales, Founder of Supplynity. “This will better serve our objectives to share procurement best practices, as well as training and related certification courses with buyers in Latin America.”
As a global association looking to make local and regional impact, leveraging a partner such as Supplynity will enable ISM® to further its mission of advancing the supply chain management profession in a significant area.
You can learn more about ISM’s skill building courses here.
Source: Institute for Supply Management®
