Satellite Seminars 

ISM Satellite Seminars offer the perfect opportunity to keep your supply management team up to date on timely, relevant topics that directly impact the profession. These seminars are downlinked locally by ISM-GGR so you can attend with little or no travel expense.

Each program is interactive. Although some portions of the programs are prerecorded, they include live question and answer segments where you can phone, fax, or e-mail your questions to the panelists.

Satellite seminars are $75.00 for members and non-members. Morning pastries and beverages and a box lunch are included. Free parking is available in the Grand Valley State University Fulton Street or Front Street lots and the GRCC Applied Tech Center parking ramp off of Ransom Avenue.

To register and pay by check, mail attendee(s) name, company, member or non-member status, seminar name, and check payment made out to ISM-GGR to ISM-Greater Grand Rapids, P.O. Box 230621, Grand Rapids, MI  49523-0621.

If any questions, contact Tom Cole at (616) 364-9360. 

Rails, Roads, Water and Air: Logistics, Inventory and Distribution, Thursday, April 22, 2010
As a supply management professional, you work diligently to acquire the best value in products and services for your organization. Critical elements of the total cost include the components of rail, road, air and water -- from mother earth through the supply chain to the final customer (and often back to mother earth). This satellite seminar will provide the supply management professional with insight into logistics, inventory control and distribution policies and practices.
Location: GRCC/Ferris State University
Applied Technology Center
151 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI
Non-members: $75.00  
Online Registration


Talent and Career Management for Supply Professionals, Thursday, February 11, 2010
FREE TO MEMBERS: PAY ONLY $10 FOR BOX LUNCH
Challenging economic conditions and uncertainty are reshaping the face of the job market and raising concerns for many workers around the globe. Supply management organizations are working to ensure that they are staffed with individuals who have the requisite competencies to meet their needs. Supply professionals are searching to find and retain positions that provide job satisfaction and career advancement. This satellite seminar will explore the talent management, career management, succession planning and other human resource challenges in today’s supply management arena.

Members: $10.00 for box lunch
Non-members: $75.00 includeds box lunch
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
GRCC/Ferris State Applied Tech Center
151 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI
Online Registration


Navigating the Numbers: A Supply Manager's Guide to Defining and Applying Economic and Financial Concepts, Thursday, October 22, 2009
FREE TO MEMBERS: PAY ONLY $10 FOR BOX LUNCH
Supply managers continue to find themselves immersed in a sea of numbers. To gain competitive advantage and navigate through today's rocky economy, supply chain professionals need the ability to make sense of a multitude of numbers -- what they mean, where they come from, how to forecast them, and how they impact supply management decisions. Flexibility has become the norm as we strive to keep up with ever-changing sources and regulations. This satellite seminar will help supply management professionals become savvy with various economic and financial concepts and terminology. Topics covered will include leading and lagging indicators, Gross Domestic Product, economic indexing, money markets and forecasting models, as well as how economic factors in business and the world affect purchasing and supply management.
Panelist Information
Members: $10.00 for box lunch
Non-members: $75.00 includeds box lunch
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
GRCC/Ferris State Applied Tech Center
151 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI
Online Registration