{"id":2579,"date":"2008-12-04T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/12\/04\/spsm-certifications-now-awarded-in-40-countries-growing\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T08:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:41:23","slug":"spsm-certifications-now-awarded-in-40-countries-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/spsm-certifications-now-awarded-in-40-countries-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"SPSM Certifications Now Awarded In 40+ Countries &amp; Growing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though I usually use the first blogging day of the month to announce new countries where the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certification was awarded in the prior month, some other topics were more timely. But now\u2026I\u2019m ready!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/businesses\/membership\/\">Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>November saw us award the first SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certifications in Rwanda and the Isle of Man\/British Isles.<\/p>\n<p>Having cracked the 40 country plateau for SPSM\u2019s awarded (and the 80 country plateau where purchasers are enrolled in the Senior Professional in Supply Management<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Program), there really isn\u2019t another purchasing and supply management certification that can come close in terms of global recognition.<\/p>\n<p>But it isn\u2019t just global recognition that distinguishes the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. In the next day or so, I\u2019ll be posting a resource that will help you assess the comprehensive nature of the content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-great-debate-about-commodity-price-strategies\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cThe Great Debate About Commodity Price Strategies\u201d (Edit)\">The Great Debate About Commodity Price Strategies<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/source-one-becomes-newest-sponsor-of-the-purchasing-certification-blog\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cSource One Becomes Newest Sponsor of the Purchasing Certification Blog\u201d (Edit)\">Source One Becomes Newest Sponsor of the Purchasing Certification Blog<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-discussions-pick-up-on-linkedin-spsm-group\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cProcurement Discussions Pick Up On LinkedIn SPSM Group\u201d (Edit)\">Procurement Discussions Pick Up On LinkedIn SPSM Group<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/sustaining-a-procurement-transformation\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cSustaining a Procurement Transformation\u201d (Edit)\">Sustaining a Procurement Transformation<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-supply-chain-risk\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Supply Chain Risk\u201d (Edit)\">Whitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Supply Chain Risk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though I usually use the first blogging day of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2579","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>SPSM Certifications Now Awarded In 40+ Countries &amp; Growing! 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