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APICS The Association for Operations Management is the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957, individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals.

The APICS CPIM gives you the tools you need to protect your organization’s bottom line and cash flow. Make your next career move one that will propel you along your career path and make you a front-runner in today’s highly competitive job market. With the APICS CPIM, you will have:
• The tools to effectively manage global supply chain activities where suppliers, plants, distributors, and customers are located around the world.
• The knowledge to apply principles ERP software is based upon, including lessons covering various functions within a company (for example, purchasing, planning, finance, engineering).
• The proven knowledge and organizational skills to strategically streamline operations.
Earning the APICS CPIM designation shows a commitment to the profession that leads to a sense of accomplishment, demonstrates value to your employer, enhances earning potential, and provides a path to career advancement.

Joint Professional Development Meeting with ISM Pittsburgh
 
Our May PDM will be a joint meeting with ISM Pittsburgh.  This meeting, on Tuesday, May 15 at 5:00 PM, will be held at the Sheraton Station Square.  The program will include an Excellence in Procurement forum, led by Mark Clouse of A T Kearney.  The dinner speaker will be Michael DeWitt, Executive Director of Medrad.
 
By periodically joining with ISM Pittsburgh, we can provide our local APICS members with a valuable supplement to the APICS body of knowledge.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn and network with other members of Pittsburgh’s supply chain community.  Reservations can be made via the ISM website:  http://www.ism-pittsburgh.org/May-15-2012-Scholarship-Recognition-Night

Where:
Sheraton Station Square
Pittsburgh, PA
When:
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
5:00 PM
RSVP
Reservations can be made on http://www.ism-pittsburgh.org
 
Cost:
$10 for APICS student chapter members
$25 for APICS members
$35 for Visitors
Forum Program
 
Excellence in Procurement
Dinner Meeting Speaker
Michael DeWitt
Executive Director
Medrad

About ISM Pittsburgh
ISM’s mission is to serve the education, certification, communication and networking needs of purchasing professionals in the greater Pittsburgh area.  They will do this to enhance the purchasing profession, image and ethics and to maximize membership value.
 
Originally named The National Association of Purchasing Agents, the organization was granted a charter by the State of New York in March 1915.  It originally had 22 National Directors, most of whom were from cities other than New York.  One of those 22 Directors was E. L. McGrew of Standard Underground Cable Company of Pittsburgh.  It was hoped that these directors, many of whom came from the cities where local purchasing groups had previously been organized, would be instrumental in bringing these local organizations into the National.  History proves the logic of the thinking at that time.
 
Thus, in 1915, the Pittsburgh group became the first local group to align with the New York group and make the National Association of Purchasing Agents a reality.  The first National Convention, held in New York in 1916, elected Pittsburgh’s E. L. McGrew its President.  In line with changes at the National level, the Pittsburgh Association’s name was changed July 1, 1968, to the Purchasing Management Association of Pittsburgh.
 
In order to take advantage of the national recognition and prestige that the NAPM has generated from the C.P.M. program and the Report on Business Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), the Association’s name was changed to National Association of Purchasing Management-Pittsburgh (NAPM-Pittsburgh) on July 1, 1997.  In May 2001 the membership of NAPM voted to change the association’s name from the National Association of Purchasing Management to the Institute for Supply Management to reflect the increasing strategic and global significance of supply management.  In 2002, the membership of NAPM-Pittsburgh voted to change its name to the Institute for Supply Management–Pittsburgh.  This change strategically aligned the affiliate with ISM and the future of the supply management profession.
The total membership of NAPM numbered 250 in 1916, and 65 of that number belonged to the Pittsburgh Association.  Now the total membership of ISM numbers more than 40,000 of which the Pittsburgh Affiliate has approximately 600 members.  ISM-Pittsburgh celebrated its 94th anniversary in 2009.