European Global Sourcing Summit 2011

European Global Sourcing Summit On November 21-22 we will join our Swedish colleagues in Frankfurt am Main in Germany and visit the 2011 QS European Global Sourcing Summit. Some of the topics of presentations and discussion panels: Integrating distributed organisation through consolidate infrastructure The changing role of the CIO Harnessing global talent through global sourcing […]

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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 […]

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Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, July 2011

Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, July 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on August 1 2011.  Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the 24th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 26th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The report […]

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Purchasing Certification on iPad

Purchasing Certification on iPad Next Level Purchasing now offers a SPSM (Senior Professional in Supply Management) 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 […]

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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 […]

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