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March 2025 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®
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Report On Business® Roundup: March Manufacturing PMI®
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Feb-Mar
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2025
GUIDED LEARNING
Sourcing in a Modern World
Eliminate bottlenecks and master strategic sourcing with this ISM guided learning online course. The demands placed on today’s purchasing managers and buyers require more advanced skills, knowledge and expertise than in years past. Strategic sourcing is essential to the procurement process and will help practitioners continuously improve and re-evaluate the company’s purchasing activities and the requirements of its stakeholders. Led by an ISM subject matter expert, this course covers sourcing in the modern world through weekly webinars and daily online training modules that consist of multimedia, knowledge checks and practical application activities. This course provides additional access for 60 days from the last day of class.
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April
02-03
2025
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Logistics and Materials Management
This course is a comprehensive supply chain management course designed to elevate your understanding and skills in the key areas of materials management and logistics. This course offers an integrated approach to mastering the planning, acquisition, flow, and distribution of production materials from raw materials to finished products. By the end of this course, you will be equipped with the tools and knowledge to optimize your organization's supply chain for maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
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03
2025
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03-05
2025
GUIDED LEARNING
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The process of successful negotiation is both an art and a science. Enhance your negotiation skills with this ISM course and influence the outcome of individual transactions, relationships with suppliers and your organization’s overall success. When planned appropriately, your organization can gain a significant advantage in position power in both the short and long term. Led by an ISM subject matter expert, this course covers negotiating with excellence through weekly webinars and daily online training modules that consist of multimedia, knowledge checks and practical application activities.
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April
08-09
2025
VIRTUAL CLASS
Supplier Cost Analysis and Financial Analysis
The objective of this course is to increase the knowledge, skills and abilities in supplier Cost Analysis and Supplier Financial Analysis. Cost analysis is a powerful tool for supply managers and can change the conversation with suppliers to open new opportunities for savings and value creation. Financial Analysis can also provide useful information that will lead to insights about whether your supplier is making too little or too much profit, whether they are generating cash or burning cash and if new risks may have arisen in recent reporting periods.
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