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Commodity Management
Cost & Price Strategies
- Advanced Cost / Price Analysis
- Cost Estimation: Applications and Understanding
- Cost-Effective Supply Chain Management
- Driving Down Costs through Cost/Price Analysis
- Improving MRO Management
- Reducing Costs in Logistics and Transportation
- Reducing and Controlling Cost with Cost-Containment Strategies
- Resisting Price Increases and Implementing Cost Improvement Initiatives: How to Make a Major Impact into Today's Volatile Marketplace
- Supplier Cost Management: Applied Best Practices That Ensure Minimum Total Cost
- Supply Chain Cost Identification and Reduction Strategies
- Value Analysis: Optimizing Outcomes
Ethics & Social Responsibility
- Business Ethics and Supply Management
- Sustainability and Social Responsibility for Supply Professionals
Finance
- Buyer Analysis of Financial Statements
- Finance for the Supply Professional
- Financial Analysis With Negotiation Applications
General Management & Leadership
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Effective Time Management
- Improved Listening and Communication
- Leadership Without Authority
- Managing the Change Process in an Organization
Global Positioning
- Applying Global Concepts to the International Marketplace
- Business and Legal Considerations in a Global Environment
- Essentials of Purchasing from Latin America
- Fundamentals of Global Purchasing
- Globalization: Its Impact on Supply Management
- Procedures, Documentation and Issues Concerning Import / Export Applications
- The People Side of Global Competency Skills for World-Class Supply Management
- The Supply Manager's Guide to Doing Business in China
- The Supply Manager's Guide to Doing Business in India
Legal Concepts and Contracting
- Administering Contracts: From Start to Finish
- Contracting Basics: What All the Ts and Cs Mean
- Contracting for Purchasing and Supply Management: Beyond the Basics
- Fraud Prevention in Contracts & Purchasing
- How Letters of Intent Can be Employed in Supply Management
- Introduction to International Business Law
- Legal Aspects of Supply Management: The Basics You Need to Succeed
- Legal Considerations of Software Licensing and Other Technology-Related Agreements
- Legal Negotations
- Performance-Based Statements of Work (SOWs): Maximize Supplier Performance
- RFQ / Tender Management
- Understanding the Differences and Similarities of the UCC and the CISG as it Impacts Supply Chains in the Global Economy
Logistics and Transportation
- Global Logistics: A Supply Management Advantage
- Introduction to Logistics and Transportation Operations Concepts and Practices
Manufacturing and Production
- Demand Flow Applications for Supply Chain and Manufacturing
- Lean Purchasing for Manufacturing
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP): Using It Effectively
- Supply Chain Applications in Demand Management
- Understanding Demand Management and Its Components
- Understanding Facilities Maintenance
Material Management & Inventory Control
- Achieving and Maintaining Inventory Accuracy
- Basic Principles of Inventory Control
- Fundamentals of Materials Management
- Improving MRO Management
- Inventory Management
- Optimizing the MRO Supply Chain
- Supplier Capacity Evaluation
- Understanding Supplier Capabilities, Capacity and Constraints
Negotiations & Collaboration
- Advanced Negotiation Strategies: Advanced Concepts and Techniques for Optimizing Value through Negotiations
- Cross-Cultural Business Negotiations
- Ensuring Success Through Negotiation Preparation
- Mastering Price Negotiations
- Negotiating with Single and Sole Sourced Suppliers
- Power Negotiations: Unlock Your Powers of Influence and Persuasion
- Psychology of Influencing and Negotiation
Public Sector Supply Management
- Basics of Government Contracting Applications
- Construction Purchasing — Public Sector
- Contracting and Negotiations for Public Purchasers
- Environmentally Preferred Purchasing
- Foundations in FAR Based Acquisitions
- Fundamentals of Public Purchasing
- Sourcing for the Public Sector Purchaser
- Writing Effective Specifications
Purchasing and Supply Management
- Advanced Purchasing Practices
- Boot Camp for Buyers
- Capital Equipment Purchasing: Big Risk, Big Dollars and Big Results
- Consortium Purchasing
- Developing and Managing an Effective Supplier Diversity Program
- Effective Supply Management: Analytical Techniques for Decision Making
- Fundamentals of Purchasing: The Building Blocks of World-Class Professionalism
- How-to for Maximizing an Internet Reverse Auction
- Lease Versus Buy Applications
- Measuring and Improving Purchasing Performance
- Project Management for Procurement
- Supply Management: Tools, Techniques and Strategies for Success
- The Migration Toward Lean
Quality Control and Management
- Modeling Workflows for Process Improvements and Change
- Process Mapping for Business Savings and Efficiency
- Six Sigma: A Process Improvement Tool for Supply Management Professionals
Relationship Management (Supplier and Customer)
- Communicating Effectively with Your Supply Base
- Developing a World Class Supply Base
- Leading and Managing Supply Relationships
- Supplier Relationship Management for Collaboration, Impact and Business Success
- Supplier Selection And Evaluation
Risk Management and Compliance
- Business Continuity and Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Managers
- Foundations in Commodity Risk Management
- Minimizing Risk in Organizations
- Supply Chain Risk Management
- Techniques in Assessing Risk Management
Services Purchasing
- Achieving Peak Performance When Purchasing Services
- Construction Purchasing — Private Sector
- Construction Purchasing — Public Sector
- Services Purchasing
- Strategic Services Procurement: Applying Strategic Sourcing Principles
Strategic Supply Management
- Best Practices in Procurement
- Effective Strategies: Building Purchasing Value for Your Organization
- Effective Supply Management: Analytical Techniques for Decision Making
- Forecasting Applications for Supply Management
- Management of the Value Chain (A Supply Chain Management Perspective)
- Supply Chain Management: Defining and Determining Results
- Supply Management Fitness Review I — Advancing the Supply Management Function
- Supply Management Fitness Review II — Advancing the Supply Management Function to its True Importance
- Supply Market Intelligence: Integration for Optimization
Technology and Innovation
- Earned Value through IT Software and Hardware Project Management
- Technology: Harnessing its Power for Efficient Supply Management
For additional information, please contact:
Rene A. Yates, CPSM, C.P.M.
Manager, Professional Development Services
Institute for Supply Management™
2055 East Centennial Circle
Tempe, AZ 85284
Telephone: 800/888-6276 or 480/752-6276 Ext. 3080
E-mail:
ryates@ism.ws
And
Toni J. Caserta
Manager, Professional Development Services
Institute for Supply Management™
2055 East Centennial Circle
Tempe, AZ 85284
Telephone: 800/888-6276 or 480/752-6276 Ext.3095
E-mail: acaserta@ism.ws
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- Customized and Standard Training and Development
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- DNA (Development Needs Analysis)
- ISM-ADR School for Supply Management Brochure
- Summary of all Program Formats
- Your Dedicated Program Managers
- Request for Professional Development Information
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- Speakers Directory
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- Glossary of Key Supply Mgmt Terms
- ISM Resource Guides
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