SOUTH AMERICA | Amid global supply chain challenges for the hospitality industry, ISM has announced larger operations in Mexico and Latin America.
To support the growing needs of the global supply chain management community, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will expand its offerings in Mexico and Latin America as of September 2024.
This will include providing supply chain skill-building courses, ISM certification preparation programs, and executive-level events. This ISM presence in Mexico and other Latin American cities will be in English and Spanish and build upon its existing distribution and community in the area.
This movement signals the importance of supply chains in the region and further recognizes the global footprint of ISM's gold standard certification, CPSM. The programmes in Mexico will be deployed in partnership with Supplynity, an organisation that spearheads a CPO LATAM Conference and brings together its executive procurement community in the region.
"The Mexico and Latin American markets are critical for supply chains and are a growing region for supply chain expertise," said ISM Chief Executive Officer Tom Derry.
"This offering is a natural evolution for ISM and addresses a regional need we can support with this collaboration."
Skill-building courses will begin in September 2024 on topics like negotiation and financial analysis, among others. Certification-oriented courses will begin live in Mexico City as of January 2025. Notably, an exclusive executive conference will occur in Mexico City in November 2024.
"We are very excited to partner with ISM, the most relevant organization related to procurement," said Gabriel Rosales, Founder of Supplynity.
"This will better serve our objectives of sharing procurement best practices, as well as training and related certification courses, with buyers in Latin America."
As a global association looking to make a local and regional impact, leveraging a partner such as Supplynity will enable ISM to further its mission of advancing the supply chain management profession in a significant area. Further collaboration development and details will be shared and available in August.
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