Live Online
The Flexibility of Online Education with the Benefit of Live Instruction
Don't let travel restrictions or a crowded schedule derail your educational development as a supply management professional. As the leader in supply management education, ISM offers several flexible training options to achieve your supply management certification, or simply take a course in an area of interest to you for career growth. By investing in yourself, you will gain the higher level of expertise needed for professional growth and success.
Designed with today's busy professional in mind, ISM offers live online training different lengths and learning styles to ensure you have access to the right materials, in the right format for you.
Whether you are new to the field or a veteran professional, top experts in the field will help you build your knowledge and skills as a supply management professional with our live, online education.
Live Online Courses to Fit Your Schedule
Virtual Classroom
Virtual Classroom courses provide the opportunity to connect with your peers and learn from instructors in a focused, online classroom setting. Delivered live through Zoom, your instructor will dive deep into the topic at hand and provide opportunities for networking and collaborating with other participants.
Guided Learning
Five weeks in length, Guided Learning courses provide a structure for you to work through materials at your own pace. Weekly instructor-led webinars can be attended live or watched on-demand, however attending live affords you the opportunity to engage with your instructor and other participants.
Webinars
Webinar topics focus on hot trends, challenges and issues in our industry. They feature leading subject matter experts, offering insights and ideas that you won’t find or hear anywhere else. Webinars are all about timely, relevant information that arm you with valuable knowledge for success.
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Upcoming Live Online Education
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September
11-12
2024
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is the process by which an organization works with its suppliers to accomplish common goals or objectives. SRM is vital to the success of your organization’s top and bottom line. As a supply management professional, you play an essential role in the success of these relationships. And, the more skilled you are at navigating and managing these relationships, the more valuable you will be to your organization. This course will provide you with impactful strategies and models to optimize the performance of your suppliers. You’ll learn how to effectively partner with internal stakeholders to segment and manage your supplier relationships. Gain knowledge and skills to identify and execute relationship strategies to improve overall efficiency, performance, accountability, compliance and value.
OnlineLuis J Concepcion, CPSM, CPSD -
September
12
2024
Join us for a candid discussion and behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable career journey of Ann Ackerson, a prominent senior supply chain executive. Ann will share her personal highs and lows, offer invaluable insights and lessons learned throughout her distinguished career. From navigating challenges to seizing opportunities, Ann's story is one of resilience, determination, and success.
Ann is a CPO with more than three decades of strategic sourcing, material management, and global supply chain leadership experience she acquired while working for multi-billion dollar manufacturing and services companies.
This webinar is a must-attend for women aspiring to excel in the field. Discover how Ann carved her path to the top and emerged as a respected leader. Gain practical advice and empowering recommendations tailored specifically for women in supply chain roles.
ISM membership is not required to attend – all are welcome.
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Sep-Oct
12-14
2024
GUIDED LEARNING
Category Management Best Practices and Beyond
Category management requires that you think of the big picture and ISM's Guided Learning will enable you to fully leverage this strategic procurement opportunity. Designed with today's busy professional in mind, this comprehensive, self-paced course will provide an understanding of supply chain dynamics and their broader impact on your organization.
Greg DeSimone, C.P.M. -
September
24-26
2024
VIRTUAL CLASS
Contracting: Beyond the Basics
Many supply chain professionals learn the basics of contracting on the job. However, to advance in your profession, you’ll need to develop more sophisticated contracting skills. This supply chain management course will provide you with advanced contracting know-how to progress in your career and take on new challenges. In this “beyond the basics” contracting course, you’ll build upon your existing contract knowledge and take it a step further by focusing on how to construct effective customized agreements. For hands-on practice, you’ll review numerous contract clauses and their uses in various situations, including services, software, construction and e-commerce. This course will also address contracts from a global perspective to prepare you with global contracting skills, an in-demand skill set. To ensure this course is applicable to your specific role, you're invited to have copies of your contracts for reference during the program.
OnlineJerry Foxhoven
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ISM not only provides training for individuals, but provides education for teams from classroom to virtual group learning.