{"id":2303,"date":"2007-05-04T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2007\/05\/04\/new-purchasing-management-course\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T10:08:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:08:26","slug":"new-purchasing-management-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/","title":{"rendered":"New Purchasing Management Course!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many, Many, MANY reasons I\u2019ve been quiet on this blog lately is that we\u2019ve been working very hard to finish up our latest purchasing course. And it is finally done and ready for you!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Moments ago, we just uploaded the Web page describing our new course \u201cExpert Purchasing Management!\u201d So you are the first to know\u2026we won\u2019t even be doing a press release for a few more days!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so excited about it, I\u2019ll paste the first few paragraphs of the description right here\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Are you a purchasing manager who worries about balancing the many demands of your leadership role?<\/strong> You\u2019re not alone. Today\u2019s companies are expecting more than ever from their purchasing managers. And today\u2019s environment is confronting purchasing managers with more challenges than ever. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Between being accountable for measurable results, pleasing internal customers, and ensuring that your purchasing staff improves its productivity, you may feel it is impossible to do a good job. <\/strong>After all, it isn\u2019t easy keeping up with evolving best practices, new technologies, and changing markets.<br \/>\n<strong>But fortunately, there is a way for you to learn how to meet and exceed today\u2019s high standards for purchasing management excellence.<\/strong> Our highly personal and interactive online course \u201cExpert Purchasing Management\u201d will teach you everything you need to know to lead your purchasing department to new levels of success! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You will learn how to report purchasing performance metrics to senior management, plus\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>4 things about the purchasing environment that you need to assess right away <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to develop a purchasing customer service survey <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tips for improving purchasing staff productivity <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The secrets for involving internal customers and establishing a successful Purchasing Advisory Board <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The most important things to consider when naming your purchasing department <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 common purchasing department structures and their advantages and disadvantages <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to prioritize commodities that the purchasing department will source <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>4 indicators that you should look for to identify non-traditional areas for potential savings <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>3 different ways to assign buyer responsibilities <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The types of various purchasing profit center models and the dangers of choosing the wrong one <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to staff your purchasing department with the right people <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to create a Purchasing Dashboard <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to set the perfect purchasing department goals <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to develop purchasing policies and procedures <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to establish a standard sourcing process <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Strategies for using templates to improve productivity and reduce problems <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Best practices for making recommendations to senior management <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>3 ways to reduce the tactical purchasing activity under your management <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 steps to take to ensure that you don\u2019t do buyers\u2019 work <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to improve compliance with purchasing initiatives <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The essentials of launching a purchasing department Web site <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to assess the available purchasing technology by watching video demonstrations of leading software from Ariba and Zycus <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>10 keys to eSourcing success <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be one of the first people to enroll in this class, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/\">https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, if I can get a few more of these gargantuan projects done, I\u2019ll be back to my regular blogging pace soon. Thanks for your patience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many, Many, MANY reasons I\u2019ve been quiet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Purchasing Management Course! - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Purchasing Management Course!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the many, Many, MANY reasons I\u2019ve been quiet [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-05-04T17:52:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-29T14:08:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/nlpa-images-066.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1143\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Galo Matagay\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa\"},\"headline\":\"New Purchasing Management Course!\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-04T17:52:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-29T14:08:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/\"},\"wordCount\":529,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Procurement\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/\",\"name\":\"New Purchasing Management Course! - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-04T17:52:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-29T14:08:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Purchasing Management Course!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/\",\"name\":\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\",\"description\":\"The Next Level Purchasing Association\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/NLPA-logo-small-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/NLPA-logo-small-1.png\",\"width\":149,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/next-level-purchasing-association\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrNZYjcLcaNA4xMKQHEGamw\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nextlevelpurch\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa\",\"name\":\"Galo Matagay\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34d4be7be9c43eeb480e7e32739c2f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34d4be7be9c43eeb480e7e32739c2f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Galo Matagay\"},\"description\":\"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean consequat rutrum ipsum quis iaculis. Duis non porta purus, tincidunt tristique mi. Cras eleifend tincidunt mollis. Aliquam egestas velit vitae interdum egestas. Aliquam vel lorem egestas lectus porttitor volutpat nec sit amet enim. Nullam bibendum vestibulum imperdiet.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Purchasing Management Course! - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Purchasing Management Course!","og_description":"One of the many, Many, MANY reasons I\u2019ve been quiet [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/","og_site_name":"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/","article_published_time":"2007-05-04T17:52:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-29T14:08:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1143,"url":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/nlpa-images-066.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Galo Matagay","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nextlevelpurch","twitter_site":"@nextlevelpurch","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Galo Matagay","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/"},"author":{"name":"Galo Matagay","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa"},"headline":"New Purchasing Management Course!","datePublished":"2007-05-04T17:52:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-29T14:08:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/"},"wordCount":529,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Procurement"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/","url":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/","name":"New Purchasing Management Course! - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-05-04T17:52:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-29T14:08:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/new-purchasing-management-course\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Purchasing Management Course!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/","name":"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)","description":"The Next Level Purchasing Association","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization","name":"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)","url":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/NLPA-logo-small-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/NLPA-logo-small-1.png","width":149,"height":50,"caption":"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/next-level-purchasing-association\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrNZYjcLcaNA4xMKQHEGamw","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/nextlevelpurch"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa","name":"Galo Matagay","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34d4be7be9c43eeb480e7e32739c2f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34d4be7be9c43eeb480e7e32739c2f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Galo Matagay"},"description":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean consequat rutrum ipsum quis iaculis. Duis non porta purus, tincidunt tristique mi. Cras eleifend tincidunt mollis. Aliquam egestas velit vitae interdum egestas. Aliquam vel lorem egestas lectus porttitor volutpat nec sit amet enim. Nullam bibendum vestibulum imperdiet."}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2303"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14343,"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303\/revisions\/14343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}