Educational Procurement Journal - March 2008 - (Page 16) CERTIFICATION CPM CPM CPM CPM CPM CPM CPM CPM The Sky Is Falling, The Sky Is Falling by Bob Ashby, C.P.M., CPCM University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Retired) W hen eating her lunch one day, Chicken Little announced the sky was falling (an acorn fell on her head). Well, in our case, she was right. As noted in earlier articles, the C.P.M. sky is indeed falling. After December 31, 2008, the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) will no longer allow anyone to register for any of the four exams leading to the Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) designation. Promote Alternative Transportation Cycle-Safe bike lockers and bike racks are the industry leader in innovatiion, quality and durability, installed worldwide for over 25 years. Faster return on investment: • Locker rental programs • Promotional end panels • Stores 18 bikes in a single car space tel 888.950.6531 info@cyclesafe.com www.cyclesafe.com ISM will allow testing until December 31, 2009, but only for those who register by December 31, 2008. The ISM Web site, www.ism.ws, has extensive details on the dates, the testing requirements, and other particulars. For those of you who truly understand the need to be professionally certified, I highly recommend you delve deeply into the site. NAEP has offered its membership many opportunities to prepare for the exams in the past. But since the C.P.M. sky is falling, there are only two such workshop opportunities remaining. Opportunity No. 1 will come as a preconference workshop at the 2008 National Conference in Austin, Texas (early April 2008). Check the NAEP Web site for details. Previous articles on this subject have demonstrated the spectacular successes our attendees have achieved. Opportunity No. 2 will come at the various NAEP District Conferences in the fall of 2008. Some Districts will offer Modules I and II testing while others may also offer Modules III and IV. Contact your District leadership to remind them that Chicken Little has spoken and that you want assurance that the Preparation Workshops will be offered. The leadership can contact me, and I will find them an instructor for this last opportunity. But wait! Not all is lost. There will different opportunities. Also at the 2008 National Conference, NAEP is offering the tests for Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) and Certified Public Purchasing Buyer (CPPB) designations. Again, check the NAEP Web site for details. Unsure if the CPPO or CPPB designation (for governmental buyers only) is right for you? Go to the Web site of the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council (UPPCC), www.uppcc. org, to learn more. Finally – and importantly – I have expounded in previous articles regarding the Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) designation, the one ISM has developed to replace the C.P.M., post-December 2008. At the ISM Web site, there is an absolute wealth of information on this new designation: why it is being added, who can qualify for testing, what those qualifications are, what key deadlines come into play for transitioning from C.P.M. to CPSM, what the CPSM exam specifications are, what study materials are recommended, and information relative to those holding the C.P.M. and their retaining of that certification. I receive many queries each month from our membership about the C.P.M., CPSM, CPPB, and CPPO. In almost every case, I can go to the ISM or UPPCC Web site to find answers. Check them both out. You will be doing yourself a big favor. Have questions? Contact Bob Ashby, C.P.M., CPCM, Retired Director, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, at ashbybob@sbcglobal.net. Bob Ashby, C.P.M., CPCM, is retired from his position as the Director of Purchasing and Contracts for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he also served as an adjunct professor in the Management Department. Bob has been active in NAEP for 9 years and in 2006 was given NAEP’s Distinguished Service Award. e-Mail: ashbybob@sbcglobal.net 16 EDUCATIONAL PROCUREMENT JOURNAL www.naepnet.org | March 2008 http://www.uppcc.org http://www.uppcc.org http://www.ism.ws http://www.cyclesafe.com http://www.naepnet.org
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