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PURCHASING & SUPPLY MANAGEMENT CAREERS Founded in 1915, the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) is the largest supply management association in the world as well as one of the most respected. ISM's mission is to lead the supply management profession through its standards of excellence, research, promotional activities, and education. ISM's membership base includes more than 45,000 supply management professionals with a network of domestic and international affiliated associations. ISM is a not-for-profit association that provides opportunities for the promotion of the profession and the expansion of professional skills and knowledge. The purchasing and supply management professional's impact
is felt in all industries, including retail, healthcare, manufacturing,
services, hospitality, government/ public administration, and education.
Purchasing and supply management can exert tremendous leverage on a
company's profitability and operational success. It can also be a tremendously
rewarding career. |
| Membership in NAPM - Central Texas is open to
all Purchasing professionals or closely related disciplines, providing
that you are not directly involved with sales for your company. |
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Membership fee is: $140.00 plus $20.00 "first
time" processing fee.
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1. You may request a membership application by calling:Membership Chair |
2. Print the membership applicationYou can "Print" a copy of the Academician and Student Membership Application or REGULAR membership application, fill in the blanks and mail the completed application with your (or your company's) check to:
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| 3. By calling ISM at 800-888-6276, Customer Service ext 401
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| Regular Membership Regular Membership includes membership in the National organization as well as membership in one of more than 175 local affiliate organizations. Affiliate organizations include geographic location and non-geographic choices as listed below. Membership Application |
| Dues-free Membership in ISM Dues-free memberships are available to educators and students who meet the following criteria: Educators: employed full-time with an academic appointment as a teacher, research specialist, department head, director or dean of a college, university, or other academic institution with an educational responsibility including purchasing, materials management, or other related fields or subjects. Students: enrolled full-time in an accredited community college or four-year college or university. Full-time is defined as 12 or more credit hours for undergraduate students, and 6 or more hours for graduate students. You must indicate your estimated date of graduation on your application and submit a copy of your school-issued class schedule for the current semester as documentation of your full-time status. Dues-free Membership in ISM includes: A subscription to Inside Supply Management™ magazine with leading-edge
information for use in the classroom. CAPS Research is a non-profit, independent research organization co-sponsored
by Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business and the Institute
for Supply Management. CAPS Research contributes competitive advantage
to organizations by delivering leading-edge research globally to support
continuous change and breakthrough performance improvement in strategic
sourcing and supply. |
NAPM-Central
Texas