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PMAC launches new publication
The Voice of the Profession of Supply Chain Management
The Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) launched a new publication in May, for its members and other association stakeholders, entitled The Voice of the Profession of Supply Chain Management. The publication, mailed to PMAC members, can also be seen at the PMAC national web site at http://www.pmac.ca.
According to PMAC president Bob Dye, The Voice is scheduled to be issued twice a year, so members and the supply chain management profession can expect to see the next issue in the October-November period.
“We have had The Voice in the works for several months. We launched for May to ensure that it would be in people’s hands before our annual conference in Winnipeg June 1-3. We will have the opportunity at the conference to discuss in person with our members the strategic purpose of The Voice.
“As circumstances or strategic requirements evolve,” Dye noted, “we may alter the publication schedule, but for now our aim is to publish bi-annually.”
The purpose of the new publication is laid out in its introductory article by PMAC national chairman of the board, Larry Loop.
The article is entitled “One Vision, One Voice” and says: “This new publication has one principal objective—to keep our members and the broader supply chain management profession better informed about the profession and the strategic direction of PMAC and its affiliated institutes.
“At the same time, we must identify how as a partnership of organizations, we are transforming the association to respond to the evolution of our profession. To continue as the leading professional association for the supply chain management profession in Canada, we must adapt and adjust to a strategic shift from a purchasing emphasis to an emphasis on comprehensive supply chain management.”
One vision, one voice
Loop ties in the significance of the PMAC corporate vision in his remarks. “Within the partnership of PMAC and the provincial and territorial institutes, there is only one vision with all partners working together to make that vision a reality.
“The vision of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada is to be the recognized leader in the development and advancement of world-class supply chain management. Our vision is a picture of the future as we would like it to be. It is a statement of who we are, and how we want to be perceived.
“These words mean we want our professional association to be recognized as the preeminent authority and resource for the profession of supply chain management, and our members to be recognized as supply chain management professionals who provide innovative strategic leadership to organizations, to achieve strategic competitiveness and a sustained competitive advantage for their organizations.”
The PMAC chair also says selecting the publication title, The Voice of the Profession of Supply Chain Management was a calculated choice. “PMAC, already recognized as the principal source of training, education, and professional development for supply chain management professionals in Canada, is the logical choice to hold itself out as the voice of the profession. And, as in most respected professions, there is only one voice speaking on behalf of the profession.”
Loop says making the vision a reality for PMAC and the profession will be the association’s main objective in the foreseeable future. He says this will require making PMAC a more strategically-focused organization.
The association’s management team has identified a series of strategic priorities that will be PMAC’s focus for the next three years, including: redefining the field of practice for strategic supply chain management, building the CPP brand, and achieving operational excellence at the association, Loop notes.
The need to redefine the field of practice arises from the evolution from purchasing to strategic supply chain management, as well as the need to put PMAC members at the forefront of the evolving profession.
Building the association’s brand aims to create a greater profile for its accreditation program and designation of Certified Professional Purchaser (C.P.P.).
“The C.P.P. must be seen as the credential of first choice both by employers and prospective practitioners,” Loop writes. The new publication includes other features articles that expand on the association’s priorities. These include:
• “Education and Accreditation Reform,” by Dr. Edy Wong, PMAC board member and head of the association’s education and accreditation renewal;
• “Strategic Renewal,” by PMAC president Bob Dye;
• “Building Brand Awareness,” by PMAC’s Alberta Institute executive director, Cora Crisostomo;
• “Operating More Like a Business,” by PMAC’s Ontario Institute executive director Chie Shin Fraser. b2b
In future issues of PMAC Pulse, the association will provide more analysis of the contents of The Voice of the Profession of Supply Chain Management, and of the implications of PMAC’s new strategic priorities.
To see more details immediately, see The Voice in PDF at http://www.pmac.ca in the web site’s “Latest News” section.
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