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I suppose that, eventually, we will run out of countries in which to award the SPSM\u00ae<\/sup> Certification. After all, there are a finite number of countries in the world.<\/p>\n

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

Despite this fact, we again certified the first SPSM in a new country last month. In June, China became the 49th country to have an SPSM among its purchasing and supply management professionals.<\/p>\n

There are purchasing professionals in over 80 countries that are enrolled in the Senior Professional in Supply Management\u00ae<\/sup> Program, so I expect to be blogging about the 50th country to get an SPSM certified at this time next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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