(1970-1973) Rhode Island BUYER’S GUIDE Purchasing Management Association Vtg Ads

Description: This listing is for all four volumes of the purchasing management association of Rhode Island buyers guide for the years 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1973. Each book has the national Association of purchasing management’s seal on the front cover. Each book is filled with fantastic advertising from the early 1970s for array of industries and businesses in Rhode Island. The back of each book contains the buyers guide, which is basically a directory to locate sources of supply. As seen in the photos, the books appeared to be in very nice condition for their age. Thanks for looking. Here is some history about the national Association of purchasing management: Institute for Supply Management originated in 1915 as the National Association of Purchasing Agents (N.A.P.A.). In the early twentieth century, purchasing and the function that it served and represented did not enjoy the full support of management, which was typically indifferent to it or unaware of its potential. Prior to 1915, local purchasing associations had formed in at least 10 major cities in the U.S., including one of the most active groups in Buffalo (founded in 1904). There was a realization among some purchasers that they needed a national group to advance their profession and share useful information among members, but support was spotty. There was a certain level of distrust organizers had to overcome as buyers were practically strangers to each other and feared that their participation would reveal information that could benefit rival companies. As Charles A. Steele, president of N.A.P.A. stated in 1923: ...it had been a sort of unwritten rule that purchasers were one body of men who should not communicate with each other for fear that they might do the other fellow some good and themselves some harm.[2] Ironically, it was not a purchasing agent but a salesman working for the Thomas Publishing Company by the name of Elwood B. Hendricks who realized the full potential of the buying function and was the driving force behind forming a national purchasing association. In 1913, Hendricks's plan began to bear fruit when he helped form the Purchasing Agents Association of New York that was to become the nucleus of the national organization. The New York group applied for and received a charter for N.A.P.A. in 1915. The first local groups to affiliate with the new national association were New York City and Pittsburgh in 1915 and Columbus in 1916. South Bend, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit and Los Angeles followed them in 1917. Buffalo later affiliated with N.A.P.A. in 1918 and by 1920 there were over 30 affiliates and that number continued to skyrocket. Hendricks efforts were so instrumental in the organization's success that it gave him an honorary lifetime membership.[3] The goals of N.A.P.A. were to: Impress the business world with the importance of the purchasing function to economic well-being. Encourage purchasing people to improve themselves and make greater contributions to the companies they serve.[4] The new national association was three affiliates strong when it held its first convention in New York in 1916 with 100 of its 250 members in attendance. That year also saw N.A.P.A. launch a magazine, The Purchasing Agent, that was to have an immense impact on the success of the organization and eventually evolve into the association's current Inside Supply Management magazine. In 1918, approximately one thousand members were expected to attend that year's national convention.[5] The new association gathered steam and soon began to make its presence felt on the national stage. Within five years, N.A.P.A. membership had soared and it had 32 affiliates and many more would join over the coming decades.

Price: 30 USD

Location: East Greenwich, Rhode Island

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