ISM-Pittsburgh, Inc.

Pittsburgh's Leading Supply Chain Management Organization

Welcome to ISM—Pittsburgh's new and expanded website. This new site includes the latest chapter information, as well as ISM Global offerings and updates. ISM—Pittsburgh and ISM have worked collaboratively to enhance the customer service experience that all members have. And, the results of this newly-launched website is just another example of our joint efforts to bring increased value to supply managaement professionals.

With approximately 400 members in the chapter, we remain true to our mission to serve "the education, certification, communication and networking needs of supply management professionals in the Greater Pittsburgh area. We will do this to enhance the supply management profession, its image and ethical standards to maximize membership value".  

For the 2022-2023 Program Year, ISM—Pittsburgh will offer a hybrid slate of virtual and in-person events.  We have hosted ten events since August, 2022, including the Women Who Lead 4.0 Conference, which was held in person in October.  And, we have delivered three days of on-site corporate training. 

We will host our next event, one of two in February, on February 10.   We will offer a webinar at 12:00 p.m. with Mr. Jason Henkel; Founder and Chief Balance Engineer, Focus to Evolve, who will lead the session on "Brain Based Workload Effectiveness Training".  This is a unique and powerful session, which will transform how you manage your work.   On February 21, we will offer a webinar at 12:00 p.m. with Mr. Ben VanMater; Vice President, Supply Chain Planning, Thermo Fisher Scientific.  Ben will lead the session on "How Inventory Planning and Purchasing Teams Interact with Supply Chain Functions in the Distribution Business".  1.0 CEH will be awarded for each event.  Register online here. 

We also want to remind all members that the ISM-Pittsburgh Sons & Daughters Application period is now open and accepting applications.  We will accept applications until March 21, 2023.  Please contact Mr. Dave Suski; Director of Scholarships, at suskid@srcx.com with any questions regarding the process.  The recipient will be recognized at the April 18 meeting.

Continue to visit the website for the latest information on offerings and opportunities.  We look forward to continuing to serve the needs of the supply management professionals in the Greater Pittsburgh region.