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What Industry Isn’t Over Networked? Check Out Procurement Associations!

Inflexion Point’s Mark Stelzner reflected on the number of human resources associations yesterday. In a stunning turn of events, however, Mark comments that he received over 100 emails from a variety of HR executives about his blog entry!

Phil Fersht found it quite comical, as he suggests here.

Check out this list of procurement associations:

• ABA Section of Public Contract Law
• California Association of Public Purchasing Officers
• Caucus
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
• Conference Board - Procurement
• Florida Association of Public Purchasing Officers
• Federal Chief Acquisitions Officers Council
• International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management
• Institute for Supply Management
• International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association
• National Association of Educational Procurement
• National Association of Educational Buyers
• National Association of State Procurement Officials
• National Contract Management Association
• National Institute of Governmental Purchasing

Imagine the gaggle of buyers gathering to discuss “purchasing”! It must be like a group of women (okay, men do the same thing) gathering to discuss upcoming holiday sales. “I bought this for $…”

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