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Welcome to
ISM Greater Grand Rapids

Welcome to the new and improved website for ISM Greater Grand Rapids.  As an affiliate of the Institute for Supply Management, we have been providing educational opportunities for our membership since 1919.  They include eight Professional Dinner Meetings (PDM), tours, seminars, and webinars.  So take a look around.  If you are not a member and would like to try us out, please contact us:  ismggr@aol.com

We provide over 35 hours of educational opportunities in addition to networking with your peers in the Supply Chain profession.  Again, reach out to us as we would like to assist you in growing in the profession.

Thomas Cole, C.P.M.
President ISM Greater Grand Rapids

Announcements

 

Attention Employers!
Davenport University is hosting Pure Michigan Talent Connect workshops around
the state beginning April 23, 2013 and running through May 31, 2013.

Pure Michigan Talent Connect is a database designed to connect job seekers and
employers around the State of Michigan.

This event is recommended for Human Resources staff and Hiring Managers and
will highlight:
-Ways to maximize your connection to available talent to fill local jobs
-MEDC Talent Enhancement Programs and Tools

There is no charge to attend the event and pre-registration is required to ensure
access to the training.

To find the location, date and time that best fits your schedule, you can register at:  http://www.davenport.edu/career-services/employers/events/employer-pure-michigan-registration

For more information, you are invited to contact flcs@davenport.edu


LinkedIn Groups

  • Group: ISM - Institute for Supply Management
  • Subject: Grace Under Pressure: Stories of Compromise, Integrity
    and Honor (announcement from ISM)

ISM is proud to present Condoleezza Rice as the opening keynote speaker for the 2013 Annual Conference.

Condoleezza Rice is the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Graduate School of Business; the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates LLC and the 66th Secretary of State of the United States.

Rice opens ISM’s 98th Annual International Supply Management Conference and brings her global view of the world to ISM. As the Secretary of State, her international experiences provide a strong backdrop to issues in supply chain management. Her stint as provost at Stanford University displayed her fiscal acumen as she oversaw $1.5 billion annual budget involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

Don't miss this exciting event. Register today.

http://www.ism.ws/conferences/content.cfm?ItemNumber=23165
Posted By Robert Palmer

 

 

 

 

DIVERSITY OPPORTUNITY
West Michigan Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce presents:

WMHCC Summit on Supplier Diversity hosted by Spartan Stores!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Byron Township Community Center
Please go to Diversity under Quick Links in the left column of this page for registration link and complete details.


The May Greater Grand Rapids Report on Business covering April is now available in the Member Area section.



ISM Newsline
May 2013