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Supply Chain Learning Center instructors are leading experts in their respective fields, ensuring your team receives the best education and training in the latest strategies available to streamline your processes and costs and increase your profitability.

William L. Michels, CPSM, C.P.M., MCIPS

Bill Michels helps companies transform business strategies into maximum profits. He is dedicated to maintaining a reputation built on increasing shareholder value, quality, customer service and uncompromising ethics. He is a leading expert in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management.
 
Well known in the purchasing and operations management community and food and pharmaceutical industries, Bill is a sought-after speaker and writer with many publications, including co-authorship of the book "Transform Your Supply Chain." He is working on a new book focused in the area of Supplier Relationship Management. Bill is currently the CEO and founder of Aripart Consulting. 

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Helen M. Pohlig, J.D.   

​Licensed to practice law in Arizona, Minnesota and Washington, D.C., Helen has more than 20 years of experience communicating legal subject matter to non-lawyers. Her students have come from for-profit and not-for-profit organizations ranging in size from small start-ups to multi-national conglomerates and representing both the private and public sectors. She consistently gets rave reviews from seminar participants for cutting through typical legalese in a clear, concise and entertaining manner.

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William D. Agee, Jr. C.P.M., A.P.P., CEM, CMN, CPP, CPE, CPCM, CPIM, CVS, PMP, CPSM, SSBB

William Agee’s 35-year purchasing career spans diverse markets, from retail operations and wholesale/distribution to government, manufacturing, gas/oil and construction. His major areas of expertise are negotiations, contract due diligence, IT deployment and schedule management, construction management, warehouse, distribution, cost and price analysis, contract management, government audits and global business development.
 
William created WDA and Associates, Inc., a Texas corporation, in 1994 as a sole proprietorship. Today, the company averages a 24% annual compound growth rate and has expanded to 51 professional associates. He works with procurement and supply chain professionals both in the United States and abroad delivering purchasing education and consultation to facilitate the value-driven goals of strategic focus toward the professional.

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