After an interesting five days of semi-finals, we now have our daily winners from around the world who are competing in the Purch-lympics final round!<\/p>\n
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While there are no actual medals being awarded for the Purch-lympics, there are three prizes for the best purchasing and supply management essays as determined by votes by readers like you:<\/p>\n
\u2013 The \u201cGold Medal\u201d \u2013 A full scholarship to earn the SPSM\u00ae Certification (valued at $1,149) awarded to the finalist with the highest number of votes.<\/p>\n
\u2013 The \u201cSilver Medal\u201d \u2013 Enrollment in one of Next Level Purchasing\u2019s full-length supply chain online classes (valued at $209) awarded to the finalist with the second highest number of votes.<\/p>\n
\u2013 The \u201cBronze Medal\u201d \u2013 The \u201cSupply Management in The Real World\u201d eBook (valued at $79) awarded to the finalist with the third highest number of votes.<\/p>\n
So here\u2019s what you do:<\/p>\n
1. Simply click the links below to read each essay.<\/p>\n
2. Use the \u201cClick here to vote\u201d link to submit your vote. Voting will be open until 11:45PM Eastern US time on August 28, 2008.<\/p>\n
3. Send the link http:\/\/www.NextLevelPurchasing.com\/blog<\/strong> to your purchasing and supply management colleagues and encourage them to vote.<\/p>\n 4. Track the progress of voting throughout the competition by frequently returning to this page and clicking here.<\/p>\n 5. We will announce the official winner on Friday August 29, 2008 right here on this blog.<\/p>\n There is only one vote allowed per person. We have the ability to track the source of each and every vote and, if ballot stuffing is discovered, we will either remove duplicate votes or disqualify the candidate at our discretion.<\/p>\n So without further ado, here are the essays competing in this final round of the Purch-lympics\u2026<\/p>\n Sandi Derouin (Canada) \u2013 Topic: Fixing Internal Customer Errors<\/p>\n John Ransom (United States of America) \u2013 Topic: Evaluating Vendor Viability<\/p>\n Leonard Ruhukwa (Zimbabwe) \u2013 Topic: Supplier Relationships<\/p>\n Denise Minnich (United States of America) \u2013 Topic: Obtaining Emergency Vendor Service<\/p>\n G.P Thushara Sampath Gunasekara (Sri Lanka) \u2013 Topic: Increasing Supplier Competition<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO VOTE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Also, if you crave educational material on purchasing and supply management and aren\u2019t already a subscriber, join our FREE Purchasing Resources Program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Purch-lympics Semi-Finals, Day 5<\/a> After an interesting five days of semi-finals, we now have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"\n
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