EIPM is pleased to send you its first e-letter. This new link will allow maintaining a permanent relation between you and your institute.
We want to keep you updated with the EIPM’s latest developments. To avoid constant e-mailing, we will send you a brief news e-letter with direct links for you to get significant information.
To serve you better, we will be pleased to get your feedback on it.
 
Bernard Gracia
Director
European Institute of Purchasing Management 
 

EIPM is launching this autumn a range of certified trainings which allows professionals to acquire qualifications and expertises to enter new positions. Based on its Resource Tool, EIPM has defined four major Purchasing Positions (Buyer, Expert Buyer, Manager, Executive) and has designed the following trainings programs:
- CAPC for Newcomers
- CAPC for Practitioners
- CAPC for Expert Buyers, Lead Buyers and Commodity Buyers
- CAPC for Purchasing Managers
 

Please contact Valérie Michaud at +33 450 31 56 73. vmichaud@eipm.org

On December 4^th and 5^th, like every year, EIPM will be organizing its 8^th Annual Conference. This year's conference topic focuses on how to get organized to incite innovation from suppliers and to optimise it, using your own designed organisation. It will allow academics, industrials and consultants to give new insights on benchmarking and networking.
 
EIPM is ready to welcome more than 100 executives, like every year, with the same EIPM professionalism and spirit.

Early Bird registrations are open now.

Please contact Audrey Saurel at +33 450 31 56 86. asaurel@eipm.org

EIPM is proposing a two-day seminar in French on October 20^th and 21^st on “SRM – a New Strategy in the Supplier Relationship”.
This seminar will take place in Archamps in collaboration with the French Purchasing Association (CDAF).

Please contact Valérie Michaud at +33 450 31 56 73. vmichaud@eipm.org

There are still seats available for “A la Carte" modules in the MBA Programme. You or your colleagues can attend a one-week high level program on:
- “Industrial Marketing” 08 to 12 September
- “Supply Chain Management”  20 to 24 October
- “Suppliers – a source of competitive advantage” 01 to 05 December
 

Please contact Antonella Nurra at +33 450 31 56 71. anurra@eipm.org

To improve face-to-face training, EIPM has been developing pre-learning solutions via Internet.
For two years, a number of companies have been using the original modules. Today, EIPM is capable of offering a set of ten pre-learning modules on-line with their corresponding tests, including a set of face-to-face training programs.
 

The European Institute of Purchasing Management
French Geneva Campus – Site d’Archamps – 74160 Archamps – France
Tel: +33 (0) 4 50 31 56 78 – Fax: +33 (0) 4 50 31 56 80 – E-mail: eipm@eipm.org