{"id":2706,"date":"2009-06-25T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2009\/06\/25\/procurement-training-quality-now-more-transparent\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T05:10:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:10:23","slug":"procurement-training-quality-now-more-transparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-training-quality-now-more-transparent\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement Training Quality Now More Transparent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Purchasing some services can be frightening. You are buying something that is intangible so, unlike buying products, you don\u2019t have complete certainty over what you are going to get in return for your money.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Procurement training, as a service, is no exception. However, Next Level Purchasing has added a new feature to our Web site to make the quality of our training more transparent.<\/p>\n<p>We have just instituted a five-star rating system for each of our full-length, English-language online classes. When completing a class, students have the option to submit a rating of one to five stars and add a comment.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s best is that you get to see every rating and comment submitted! If you go to our \u201cSign Up\u201d page \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/\">https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and scroll down to the list of courses, you will see the star ratings for each applicable course. Clicking on the stars will allow you to see each rating and comment submitted.<\/p>\n<p>Transparency is important. Smart buyers need to understand the quality of a service before they buy it. 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