Vision for the Association ISM-Atlanta is recognized as the leading organization in our area for the support of purchasing and materials management professionalism. Mission Statement ISM-Atlanta exists to educate, develop, and advance the purchasing and supply management professional in a contemporary environment. Organizational Objectives- Financial: Manage revenue and expense levels to insure that the association is able to fulfill its mission. Personnel: Dedicated ourselves to recruit, retain, and motivate ACTIVE membership. Educational: Provide our members with high quality, timely educational opportunities and tools that enhance their professional development. Marketing: Insure that the current/potential membership is aware of all the resources and educational opportunities available to them through ISM-Atlanta and NAPM. Professional: Promote professional excellence through the support of NAPM programs, Certification, Ethical standards, and Membership in ISM-Atlanta. Want to Know More? To apply for membership or make changes to your existing membership, click HERE. For more information about the Institute for Supply Management, visit our National Website,www.ism.ws. Theme: ISM: Your Gateway to Professionalism Top reasons to join us are: To enable your professional development thru ISM's knowledge sharing to members only, from their website, to their monthly magazine, to their many seminars and webinars, to their annual international conference, and finally to their weekly online news articles and bulletins. Likewise, ISM ATLANTA enhances this knowledge sharing by holding monthly "professional development" meetings that feature top speakers in our field presenting their insights and experiences with the many subjects that comprise our supply mgt profession, and that feature face-to-face networking with many of our 600 members who attend. Most importantly, we not only provide classes that prepare our members for the two main types of ISM certification exams, esp. the highly-regarded CPSM, that replaced the C.P.M. cert., but we maintain a Library of the required and optional reference materials to prepare for these exams.