Which procurement certification is more valuable? urgent!

In current procurement certification, the following international certificates are available:

1. CIPS (Royal Institute of Purchasing and Supply)

2.CPM ( ISM--certification program of the American Supply Chain Association)

3.ITC (ITC--United Nations Trade and Development Organization)

4.CIP (PMAC--Procurement Management Association of Canada)< /p>

5.CPPM

Each certification training basically focuses on market analysis, supplier selection, procurement negotiation, contract management, logistics distribution, and performance evaluation, but they are mutually exclusive. There is still a big difference between them. Usually, the choice needs to be judged from several aspects such as the length of the history of the certification, its popularity, the composition and size of the students, the rigor of the examination, and whether it has its own teaching system and teaching materials.

1,2 of them are internationally renowned certificates, ITC is slightly inferior, CIP (PMAC) and CPPM are third.

1. CIPS has a history of more than 80 years. There are 45,000 active members (those who hold CIPS Procurement and Supply Manager Certificates and are registered at the same time) every year, and about 140 full-time staff. The annual Global Procurement Alliance Conference is organized by it. The exam uses unified test questions and starts at the same time (not counting time differences). In many universities in the Commonwealth countries that offer supply chain management majors, CIPS high-level certificates (divided into FOUNDATION STAGE and ADVANCED STAGE diplomas) can be used as discounts for corresponding courses. Credits. Its bi-weekly <> and monthly <> are well-known magazines in the purchasing field.

2. CPM is an American project with a relatively complete curriculum system. The first disadvantage is that the cost is too high, about 15,000. Due to copyright and other reasons, the introduction of Chinese learning materials has always been a problem, and bilingual exams are also an obstacle. In addition, because there has been no domestic training I have held a teacher training class, but the lecturer's understanding of the system is not comprehensive enough. Moreover, the exam uses a full-text multiple choice question. As we all know, there are many subjective factors that need to be balanced and considered in the procurement process, and the final decision-making, judgment and implementation , it is not as absolute as the simple right or wrong \\cross-check given by the multiple-choice questions. This is most experienced in the hot years of actual work in the enterprise. This is also the shortcoming of CPM. Of course, the above are all consistent with Americans' usual practice. It is related to my main style, but domestic training institutions are also in vain.

3. ITC is an organization under the United Nations Trade and Development Organization. In the past, it targeted some members who received its assistance projects, but it does not have much reputation in corporate procurement. If you have the opportunity to come into contact with its original teaching materials, you can see that its teaching material system is donated by CIPS .

Furthermore, the current domestic ITC training examination is in cooperation with the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing. It is divided into two types of exams, Chinese and English, with different contents and different certificates. And China Logistics Purchasing The federation has retained its main teachers (from Beijing Jiaotong University, School of Materials Science and Technology, etc.) in logistics training, and the connection between theory and practical work is not enough. At present, some United Nations agencies in the country, such as the United Nations Children's Fund\\Plan Development There are employees in the department who are taking the CIPS training examination and do not choose ITC. This is very illustrative.

4. PMAC is a Canadian project, which is relatively confusing in China. The domestic sponsor is UDS Educational Software Company. The teaching materials are taken from 5 public publications. The assessment replaces the examination. In addition to the name authorization of PMAC, it is in the third level of teaching materials\teachers\\examinations. None.

To put it simply, CIPS and CPM are high-end certifications, and ITC is also an option that purchasers can consider, while others need to be avoided.