Why PMARI?

Below are just a few of the many benefits of being a PMARI member. If you want to excel at your job and advance in your career, click on join today from the menu above.

• Seven No Cost Dinner Meetings with speakers offering the latest information on what is happening in your profession offering CEU\'s for re-certification.
• Attain or maintain Certified Professional Supply Manager (CPSM) and maintain Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) designation to establish your knowledge and worth.
• Discounts on Seminars for additional CEU credit.
• Network with your peers to get help and advice.
• Be the first to learn of Job Opportunities from your peers.
• When you join PMARI, you automatically join ISM (formerly NAPM).
• Web page \\\\\\\"Members Only\\\\\\\" access at both ISM and PMARI levels.
• Opportunities for local live and \\\\\\\"satellite\\\\\\\" seminars.
• Monthly Magazine: \\\\\\\"Purchasing Today\\\\\\\" is published exclusively for ISM members.
• No cost purchasing and supply chain jobs postings for both professionals and business.
• The ISM Advanced Technologies Center provides purchasing professionals with highly interactive, outcome-based educational programs.
• The Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies (CAPS), the research arm of ISM.
• The \\\\\\\"ISM Report on Business\\\\\\\", one of the most reliable economic barometers available today is a monthly survey of purchasing statistics published for it\\\\\\\'s members.
• Discounts on seminars conducted throughout the nation.
• Discounts on professional development resources on various media.
• Annual International Purchasing Conference with over 2,000 peers. The only one of it\\\\\\\'s kind.
• International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management.
• Recognition and respect of management.