The National Association of Purchasing Management-Virginia, Inc. (an Affiliate of the Institute for Supply Management), is a not-for-profit corporation organized and operated exclusively for the education of its members.

We offer our members unique opportunities which benefit employers as well as individual members.

Every man is like the company
he is wont to keep.

— Euripides

Employers who support NAPM-VA recognize that purchasing professionals are key management team members and that purchasing and supply management is a constantly changing, specialized field.

Employers who encourage their purchasing and supply management professionals to participate in NAPM-VA activities create avenues for their purchasing management staff to maintain and advance their knowledge, skills, and abilities and arm them with these indispensable tools:

a forum for exchanging ideas and improved procurement or purchasing methods and practices with other supply management professionals
opportunities to not only study supply management but also access to a network of seasoned professionals who apply this knowledge gained through seminars and meetings
a collection of valuable information, including surveys and reports of current business trends and other items of interest and benefit to supply management professionals
opportunities to develop the skills and knowledge required to obtain professional certification in the supply management profession
opportunities to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to educate other supply management professionals
an affiliation with the Institute for Supply Management, Inc. ("ISM") and other national and international supply management associations and organizations
a forum to develop high standards of personal, ethical conduct among persons engaged in the supply management profession

Support your purchasing professionals by providing them membership in NAPM-VA

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