{"id":3172,"date":"2012-07-01T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2012\/07\/01\/ground-breaking-new-procurement-certification-enables-enterprise-wide-synergy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:24:03","slug":"ground-breaking-new-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/ground-breaking-new-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground-Breaking New Procurement Certification Enables  Enterprise-Wide Synergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 16pt; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0The overall success of an organization is highly dependent on all of its departments working closely together towards strategic goals.\u00a0 Recognizing procurement as a common element for driving this enterprise-wide success, the SPSM3 Certification, released today, encourages procurement professionals to look beyond the four walls of the procurement department and learn how to influence and interact with other key areas of the organization<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 16pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 16pt; text-align: justify;\">The SPSM3 Certification provides four online courses which enable procurement professionals to achieve a synergy between departments.\u00a0 That synergy, historically, has not been easy to achieve.\u00a0 But by pursuing and earning the SPSM3 Certification, students will gain an understanding of other enterprise functions such as finance, inventory, and quality and how procurement relates to them.\u00a0 This will enable those students to elevate the procurement department and bring even more value to their role.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 16pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 16pt; text-align: justify;\">The SPSM3 Certification is the third and highest level of the Senior Professional in Supply Management Family of Certifications, which are available entirely online. Recipients of the original SPSM Certification demonstrate a mastery of the core skills of procurement, and those having continued on to earn the SPSM2 Certification have proven an additional mastery of global procurement management skills. <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The SPSM Family of Certifications ensures procurement professionals that the content they are mastering is the most modern and up-to-date material available. 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