{"id":2125,"date":"2005-12-14T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-14T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2005\/12\/14\/how-global-is-the-spsm\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:21:12","slug":"how-global-is-spsm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/how-global-is-spsm\/","title":{"rendered":"How Global Is The SPSM? 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It only makes sense that the SPSM Certification was designed specifically for global purchasing and supply management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/negotiating-with-suppliers\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cNegotiating With Suppliers\u201d (Edit)\">Negotiating With Suppliers<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/negotiation-course-comments\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cNegotiation Course Comments\u201d (Edit)\">Negotiation Course Comments<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-contracts\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cProcurement Contracts\u201d (Edit)\">Procurement Contracts<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/corporate-procurement-management\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cCorporate Procurement Management\u201d (Edit)\">Corporate Procurement Management<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/contracts-for-services\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cContracts For Services\u201d (Edit)\">Contracts For Services<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the differentiating characteristics of the SPSM Certification is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Global Is The SPSM? 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