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The CSCMP Board of Directors is responsible for voting on the mission, vision, and goals of CSCMP on an annual basis. With the board coming directly from the field of SCM, their understanding of the needs and wants of CSCMP members creates an organizational structure with the return result of CSCMP providing unparalleled service based on what is best for the supply chain professional and the advancement of their career. Provide opportunities for supply chain professionals to communicate in order to develop and improve their supply chain management skills. Identify and conduct research that adds to the knowledge base of supply chain theory and practice. Create awareness of the significance of supply chain to business and to the economy. A trade association, social organization, or high-density market, so we do not condone suppliers who use the organization to promote their services. Aligned with shippers, carriers, warehouse operators, material handling equipment manufacturers, consultants, or any other similar industrial grouping. An organization that engages in matters where various members have contrary interests. Provide leadership in developing, defining, understanding & enhancing the supply chain management profession on a global basis. Provide and promote a world class and unique professional certification program. Identify future trends as it relates to the supply chain management profession and respond with flexibility as appropriate. Enhance member value through education, research, networking, communication and services CSCMP provides to its members. Retain and recruit members Provide and promote: Successful global roundtables. High quality education to improve the profession and benefit our members. High quality research to improve the profession and benefit our members. Provide necessary infrastructure to support CSCMP's Vision, Mission, and Goals. The supply chain is a complex and sometime fragile endeavor dependent on a network of independent, yet interconnected, moving parts. Vendors supply raw materials, producers convert those raw materials into products, warehouses store that product until it’s needed, distribution centers pick up and deliver that product, retailers, online and in-store, bring that product to you Global partners collaborate across time zones and oceans to decrease costs and increase performance in ways no single company ever could. Supply chain management encompasses everyone involved in maintaining the supply chain. We have been helping our members, their careers, and their companies since Nine thousand members worldwide receive unparalleled networking opportunities, cutting-edge research, and online and on-site professional educational opportunities. From all disciplines within the supply chain management profession, nearly 70% of our members are key decision makers at the executive level. CSCMP members represent a wide range of supply chain management industries, including: consulting, demand planning, finance, logistics and transportation, manufacturing operations, purchasing and procurement, real estate, sales and marketing, technology, third party logistics services, and warehousing. Since 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has been providing networking, career development, and educational opportunities to the logistics and supply chain management community.