{"id":2257,"date":"2007-02-13T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2007\/02\/13\/the-spsm-continues-its-global-reach\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T04:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:39:19","slug":"the-spsm-continues-its-global-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-spsm-continues-its-global-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"The SPSM Continues Its Global Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a little tardy on the SPSM summary for January, but better late than never, right?<\/p>\n

Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today!<\/a><\/p>\n

Last month saw the first SPSM\u2019s certified in Russia and Belgium which was pretty cool. And we certified lots of people from all areas of the world with a particularly large number from the USA and Mexico.<\/p>\n

Although Mexico doesn\u2019t get a lot of headlines, the country is quietly becoming a business powerhouse. There are quite a lot of SPSM\u2019s in Mexico and the number is growing. We\u2019ve already issued many new SPSM Certifications to Mexican students this month.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m a little tardy on the SPSM summary for January, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"\nThe SPSM Continues Its Global Reach - Next Level Purchasing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last month saw the first SPSM\u2019s certified in Russia and Belgium which was pretty cool. 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