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On this last working day of the year \u2013 Next Level Purchasing\u2019s offices will be closed December 31 through January 3 \u2013 it is a good time to reflect on a very productive year here at Next Level Purchasing. As I look back at 2010, here are the ways that we helped bring more professionalism to the procurement space:<\/p>\n

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In January, we launched our Lifetime Purchasing Skills Retention Package<\/strong>. This Package entitles all of our students who have enrolled in our full-length online purchasing classes<\/strong>\u00a0to download Quick Reference Guides, receive monthly email refreshers, and attend quarterly webinars for the classes they\u2019ve completed. For a lifetime. For no additional charge. When we say that we\u2019re committed to the successful careers of our students, we mean it and we put our proverbial money where our mouth is.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the year, we were for the fourth consecutive year named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 \u2013 a list of the top service providers in the supply chain space. In addition, I was recognized among Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine\u2019s Pros To Know for the fourth consecutive year. (https:\/\/tabsnation.com\/<\/a>) <\/p>\n

In July, we launched our two-course series, Finance For Strategic Procurement<\/strong>. These two courses focus on helping procurement professionals better understand finance so that they can speak the same language and be on the same page as their CFO\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In October, we beefed up our course \u201cMicrosoft Project For Purchasing Professionals\u201d and relaunched it as \u201cProfessional Purchasing Project Management<\/strong>.\u201d In recognition that, in previous years, purchasing professionals who were responsible for leading-edge projects went elsewhere for project management training, we created this class to give purchasing professionals everything they need to know about project management in this course. With this relaunched course being more advanced in nature, we modified our certification curriculum so that Professional Purchasing Project Management would be moved to the SPSM2\u00ae<\/sup> Program<\/strong>\u00a0and its place in the SPSM\u00ae<\/sup> Program was taken by Powerful Negotiation For Successful Buying<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In November, we launched our third of three new podcasts this year: How To Use Cost Savings Ratios & When, Sourcing Problems In A Slow Economy<\/strong>, and T & E Management: Procurement\u2019s Domain?<\/strong><\/p>\n

And just this month, we launched the SPSM\u00ae<\/sup> Certification & Enhanced Results Program With iPad<\/strong>. True to our style, we continue to deliver purchasing education<\/strong>\u00a0in the most amazing, cutting-edge ways possible. Enabling students to earn a purchasing certification\u00a0<\/strong>almost exclusively using an iPad \u2013 and giving them the iPad on top of it \u2013 is certainly an unprecedented way of moving the purchasing profession into the future.<\/p>\n

Beyond those milestones, Next Level Purchasing had another record year, growing over 15% from 2009 and increasing our subscribers to the FREE Purchasing Resources Program<\/strong>\u00a0to approximately 170,000. But these accomplishments don\u2019t even scratch the surface of what we\u2019re planning for 2011.<\/p>\n

Expect another big year!<\/p>\n

All of us here at Next Level Purchasing want to wish you and your family a Happy New Year and as much success as you can handle in 2011. We\u2019ll be there to help you have a rewarding career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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