Being a purchaser, we valued exhibits , workshop and other
related events in supply management.
Philippine Institute for Supply Management (PISM), the
premiere organization for Filipino Supply Management professionals, raises the
bar for local professionals as it sets the stage for a bigger and grander
Supply Management conference and exhibit with SupplyLink 2013 this March.
Slated to be held at the SMX Convention Center from March 6
to 7, SupplyLink 2013 will observe the theme “Innovation + Collaboration: the
Keys to Global Supply Management Excellence” to highlight the significance of
developing synergies and creative thinking to address the current megatrends in
the Supply Management profession.
The conference will feature local and international experts
in the Supply Management field to be headed by USA’s Institute for Supply
Management (ISM) CEO, Thomas Derry. Derry and the other speakers from
Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, India and the Philippines will
showcase methodologies and techniques to help our national professionals raise their
level of practice and at the same time, face the challenges in the industry
today.
Consequently, SupplyLink 2013 will also play host to the
Gawad Sinop 2013 – the annual award-giving body organized by the Foundation of
the Society of Fellows in Supply Management (SOFSM). Gawad Sinop seeks to
recognize professionals and corporations who have exhibited outstanding
achievements in the Supply Management profession – with Finance Secretary Cesar
Purisima as its keynote speaker.
Furthermore, as a
teaser to PISM’s continued mission to arm our national professionals with vital
intelligence to help Filipino Supply Managers make more intelligent decisions,
PISM has recently disclosed the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for January
2013. PMI is a composite index measuring the health of industries and is
published monthly. According to the report, the Consolidated Index is at 55.74
in January compared to 57.75 for December 2012. Overall, the sectors
monitored continued to expand but at a slower rate compared to December
2012. The manufacturing index in January was at 51.76
compared to 47.86 last December indicating manufacturing is expanding but
at faster rate compared to last month. The increase of the manufacturing index
was attributed to the higher demand for consumer products and the build-up in
preparation for the Chinese New Year. Services index on the other hand, was at
60.57, down from 64.66 in December 2012. Moreover, the retail and wholesale
index at 52.57 continues to show expansion but at slower rate since October
2012.
With this, PISM is
optimistic that SupplyLink 2013 will successfully serve its purpose as the
melting pot of best practices, ideas and industry knowledge that will arm local
professionals with the necessary tools to become successful locally and
worldwide.
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About the PISM
The Philippine
Institute for Supply Management (PISM) is a non-stock, non-profit organization
founded in November 13, 1968 as the Purchasing Association of the Philippines.
The PISM is tasked with providing Purchasing and Supply Management executives
with the means to network, learn, work together, and share various experiences
to help overcome hurdles that impact their companies and local industry.
Its programs and
events enable PISM to be the first resource of Supply Management professionals
for local and international knowledge and competence. It currently has about
300 member companies, and has official ties with the International Federation
of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) based in Switzerland, Institute for
Supply Management of the United States (ISM), and the Asia-Pacific Logistics
Federation (APLF), among other institutions.
For more information
on the PISM (and its chapters, programs, events and advocacies), please visit http://www.pism.org.
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