\nWelcome to the exciting world of CPSM \u2013 Certified Professional in Supply Management.
\nLet\u2019s now overview Module One which will be our immediate focus. Keep in mind that Module One is the Foundation of Supply Management and will provide you with a grounding in this key area. As illustrated in the slide below, the focus of Module One is on six key areas with their corresponding weightings and number of exam questions.<\/p>\n
What this means is that of the 150 (+ 15 \u201cno count\u201d) questions on the Module One exam:<\/p>\n
32 questions will be on Contracting and Negotiation (21%)<\/strong> Although you may feel that you invented \u201cmulti-tasking\u201d and you do many duties that may not officially be recorded in your job description, just what is a purchasing and supply manager? Consider the definition provided by \u201cDilbert,\u201d the hit-home parody of the modern business enterprise.<\/p>\n \u201cThe job of procurement isn\u2019t as easy as it sounds.\u201d It mostly involves preventing people from getting stuff they need to do their jobs. Most dinosaurs worked in procurement before they went into hiding. Many of them starved to death while waiting for a purchase order for edible vegetation. Others evolved into birds primarily in the penguin family. Those who survived carried on the tradition.\u201d – Dilbert<\/p>\n Buy all CPSM courses together so you get a discount of \u20ac 150! The e-Learning Module 1 Foundation … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[8,18],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n22 questions will be on Cost and Finance (21%)<\/strong>
\n17 questions will be on International Issues (12%)<\/strong>
\n14 questions will be on Social Responsibility (10%)<\/strong>
\n20 questions will be on Sourcing (13%)<\/strong>
\n35 questions will be on Supplier Relationship Management (23%)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"cpsm-module1\"](\"https:\/\/www.supplychaineducation.expert\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/cpsm-module1.png\")
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