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ISM News Releases for 1999
December
- December 13, 1999 — Purchasing and Supply Management Professionals Can Sharpen Their Skills Through NAPM's Educational Programs in December
- December 6, 1999 — 2000 Schedule for the NAPM Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- December 3, 1999 — November 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- December 1, 1999 — November 1999 Manufacturing Report On Business®
November
- November 3, 1999 — October 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- November 1, 1999 — October 1999 Manufacturing Report On Business®
October
- October 15, 1999 — The Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies Reveals an Innovative Program to Position Fortune 500 Companies for the Future
- October 5, 1999 — September 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- October 1, 1999 — NAPM Presents Second Annual Economic Summit— An Economic Outlook for 2000
- October 1, 1999 — September 1999 Manufacturing Report On Business®
September
- September 3, 1999 — August 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- September 1, 1999 — August 1999 Manufacturing Report On Business®
August
- August 26, 1999 — NAPM and JMMA Team Up to Offer C.P.M. Certification in Japan
- August 13, 1999 — NAPM Fall Conference Focuses on Strategies for the Future
- August 9, 1999 — Purchasing and Supply Management Professionals Can Sharpen Their Skills Through NAPM'S Educational Programs in November
- August 5, 1999 — Moving Business Forward
- August 4, 1999 — July 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- August 2, 1999 — July 1999 Manufacturing Report On Business®
July
- July 23, 1999 — Purchasing Today® Magazine's Strategies & Solutions for July 1999
- July 23, 1999 — Former NAPM President Honored on a Global Level
- July 19, 1999 — Purchasing and Supply Management Professionals Can Sharpen Their Skills Through NAPM'S Educational Programs in October
- July 12, 1999 — NAPM Online Courses Make Education Convenient
- July 6, 1999 — June 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- July 1, 1999 — June 1999 Manufacturing NAPM Report On Business®
June
- June 23, 1999 — Purchasing and Supply Management Professionals Can Sharpen Their Skills through NAPM's Educational Programs in September
- June 18, 1999 — NAPM Announces 1999 Doctoral and Fellowship Grant Recipients
- June 8, 1999 — Purchasing Today® Magazine's Strategies & Solutions for May 1999
- June 8, 1999 — Supply Chain Management: What's On the Horizon?
- June 3, 1999 — May 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- June 1, 1999 — May 1999 Manufacturing NAPM Report On Business®
May
- May 26, 1999 — Robi Bendorf, C.P.M., Named NAPM Global Resources Committee Person of the Year
- May 25, 1999 — Manufacturing Economic Growth to Continue in Second Half of 1999, Say Purchasing Executives
- May 5, 1999 — April 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- May 5, 1999 — Purchasing and Supply Management Professionals Can Sharpen Their Skills Through NAPM'S Educational Programs in August
- May 3, 1999 — April 1999 Manufacturing NAPM Report On Business®
April
- April 30, 1999 — NAPM Hosts Summer Satellite Seminar
- April 14, 1999 — FORTUNE 500 Companies to Exhibit at NAPM's Annual International Purchasing Conference
- April 5, 1999 — March 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report on Business®
- April 1, 1999 — March 1999 Manufacturing Report on Business®
- April 1, 1999 — The Value of the ROB
March
- March 17, 1999 — Networking at the Highest Level
- March 12, 1999 — Purchasing Today® Magazine's Strategies & Solutions For March, 1999
- March 12, 1999 — Assistive Technology Purchasing Professionals Accommodate the Disabled Without Breaking the Bank
- March 9, 1999 — The National Association of Purchasing Management and Arizona State University Join Forces to Create Educational Opportunities for Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Executives
- March 3, 1999 — February 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- March 3, 1999 — Satellite Seminar Targets Strategic Cost Management
- March 1, 1999 — February 1999 Manufacturing NAPM Report On Business®
February
- February 3, 1999 — January 1999 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- February 1, 1999 — January 1999 Manufacturing Report on Business®
January
- January 27, 1999 — National Association of Purchasing Management Presents the 31st Annual Purchasing Management Program
- January 27, 1999 — National Association of Purchasing Management Presents the 6th Annual Management Program: Developing Excellence in Purchasing and Supply Management
- January 25, 1999 — C.P.M. 25th Anniversary
- January 8, 1999 — U.S. Department of Commerce Makes Annual Adjustments to Seasonal Factors for Purchasing Managers' Index and Diffusion Indices For The Manufacturing Report On Business®
- January 6, 1999 — December 1998 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business®
- January 6, 1999 — December 1998 Non-Manufacturing Report On Business® (con't)
- January 4, 1999 — December 1998 Manufacturing NAPM Report On Business®
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