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.

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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.

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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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Ready to Advance as a Supply Management Professional?

Explore ISM’s Live Online Supply Management Education Events

Online learning offers the convenience you need as a busy supply management professional to prepare for your supply management certification, or take a single course in an area of interest to you. ISM’s online learning layers in live instructor-led webinars to bring you the benefits of live instruction coupled with the flexibility of online study.

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Join us in the Virtual Classroom

Virtual Classroom courses offer a similar depth of content as face-to-face classroom seminars. Delivered live through Zoom, your instructor will encourage you to have your video on and that you turn on your microphone to ask questions and participate in discussions. What sets Virtual Classroom courses apart from other online learning experiences is collaboration and networking with other participants.

Upcoming Live Online Education

  • Feb-Mar

    27-31

    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.

    Online
    Joseph P. Gallagher, CPSM, C.P.M., A.P.P.
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  • April

    02-03

    2025

    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.

    Online
    Jeffery K Sjurseth
  • April

    03

    2025

    Sponsored by Zycus

    Traditional procurement intake processes drain thousands of hours and lead to missed savings opportunities. Forward-thinking organizations are moving beyond basic automation, leveraging Agentic AI to intelligently manage procurement intake—learning, adapting, and autonomously driving outcomes.

    Join Zycus for this exclusive webinar, explore how self-learning AI agents are eliminating intake bottlenecks and turning procurement into a strategic advantage.

    What You'll Learn:

    • Transform Beyond Automation – How Agentic AI goes beyond rule-based automation to intelligently process procurement requests
    • Uncover 5 Game-Changing Use Cases – Where AI-powered intake management is delivering immediate ROI
    • Seamless Implementation – Strategies to integrate AI-driven intake management with minimal disruption

    Why Attend:

    • Learn how leading organizations cut intake processing time by 40-50%
    • Get an implementation roadmap that delivers results in weeks, not months
    • Watch AI agents in action, handling complex procurement scenarios autonomously
    • Gain actionable insights to optimize your procurement intake today.

    Reserve your spot now and take procurement intake to the next level with Agentic AI, powered by Zycus!

  • Apr-May

    03-05

    2025

    GUIDED LEARNING

    Negotiating for Excellence

    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.

    Online
    Ralph L Carlton ll, CPSM

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