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Beyond the Acronyms: Understanding What Matters
July 08, 2026
In my first week at Institute for Supply Managemen® (ISM®), I sat in a meeting and wrote down every acronym I didn’t recognize. PMI®. APSM®. CPSM®. CPSD®. By the end of the hour, my notebook looked like alphabet soup.
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