President's
Message
NAPM-AZ President’s Message -3rd Quarter, 2010
Being in the Supply Management profession for over 18 years, I’ve never seen such importance placed onto our shoulders as I have over the last year. Our capabilities and our responsibilities have been growing in significance within our organizations as never before. Since the economy has impacted all of us in so many ways, NAPM-AZ would like to give back! While most organizations and companies are saying we will give you less, NAPM-AZ, wants to give you more!
NAPM-AZ would like to up the ante in value by tapping into our own professionals within our affiliate and help our supply management colleagues. Helping out is one way of giving back to our profession and giving back to each of you individually.
We believe that our members have invaluable strengths and experience that can help our less experienced members along with our seasoned professionals. We would like to help give back and we need you to help us realize this opportunity to help each of us grow, improve and stay competitive. We would to kick off two new programs, member workshops and a mentoring program to help expand our professional experiences. Please contact Nancy Roker at napmarizona@cox.net to volunteer for these programs.
Also, March is Supply Management Month! NAPM-AZ would like to take this time to encourage you to promote Supply Management Month within your organizations. Show your commitment to lead supply management, bring awareness to activities that showcase the importance of our profession.
We currently have two open spots for the NAPM-AZ Board of Directors. We welcome your active participation with our affiliate and would encourage you to become a Board member.
Upcoming events will be our April 22, 2010 meeting entitled, “Procurement Fraud” with Ken Conway. April 25th-28th, 2010 is the 95th Annual ISM International Supply Management Conference which will be held in San Diego, CA. We are looking at two other events as well, a plant Tour at Ping and a wine tasting event at Kokopelli Winery in Chandler, AZ. We will send out more information on these two events once we have them confirmed.
As always we thank you for your participation with NAPM-AZ and we want you to know that we are dedicated to our Mission which is to provide members with opportunities for professional and personal development through supply chain management education, advocacy and public awareness programs. I hope you participate in as many programs offered by NAPM-AZ as possible. We welcome your feedback, input and assistance and we truly value you.
Warm regards
Cynthia Alexander, C.P.M., CTE
NAPM-AZ
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