BenchPrep Partners with the Association for Supply Chain Management to Advance Learning Portfolio

ASCM’s Principles On Demand Portfolio

BenchPrep, the leading advanced online learning platform for education and training organizations, has today announced a strategic partnership with the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) to deliver end-to-end professional development and education offerings for ASCM’s Principles On Demand portfolio.

Through the partnership, ASCM will further improve on its already best-in-class learning experience to supply chain management professionals everywhere.

ASCM, an all-encompassing supply chain organization built on the foundation of APICS, is the global leader in supply chain organizational transformation, innovation, and leadership.

ASCM is the leading provider of supply chain, logistics and operations management research, publications, and education and certification programs.

ASCM is expanding its offerings to deliver end-to-end professional development and educational offerings through a newly created Supply Chain Learning Center and Principles On Demand program that offers online and on-demand learning opportunities for its members and customers.

“We were eager to develop a digital, online learning program that would act as a centralized hub for education and professional development programs, but needed a partner and platform that could deliver on our ambitious vision”, said Bob Collins, Senior Director of Learning and Development at ASCM.

“BenchPrep helped make a difficult decision easy”Bob Collins, ASCM

“After meeting with the BenchPrep team and seeing their platform first-hand, we were extremely impressed and had no doubt that this would be a success for ASCM. BenchPrep helped make a difficult decision easy and we are excited to leverage their technology to enhance our on-demand educational programs.”

BenchPrep provides learners with a personalized and user-friendly learning experience that results in greater engagement and better results.

The advanced online learning platform incorporates the latest in learner-centered technology, including personalization, gamification, data science, and omnichannel delivery.

Learners receive timely and specific feedback about their growing strengths and where they need to spend more time, enabling more efficient and effective learning.

“ASCM is a widely respected industry leader in the supply chain space and we are thrilled to have them as one of our newest partners,” said Ashish Rangnekar, CEO of BenchPrep.

“This partnership is core to BenchPrep’s mission to help the world’s leading organizations offer premium learning experiences and we’re excited to help ASCM achieve its learning program objectives in 2019.”

Rangnekar and Collins will be discussing the BenchPrep & ASCM partnership in further detail in a joint session at the digitalNow conference in Orlando, FL on April 15th.

About BenchPrep
Based in Chicago, BenchPrep is the leading provider of an advanced online learning platform and enables the world's leading education and training companies to deliver best-in-class digital learning programs. The company’s modern cloud-based platform is transforming the professional education space, with many of the largest credentialing bodies, associations, and training organizations in the world now delivering learning programs through BenchPrep. Customers include ACT, Becker Professional Education, AAMC, CFA Institute, CompTIA, GMAC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HR Certification Institute, Richardson Sales Training, ASCM, AIA, ProLiteracy, Hobsons, McGraw Hill Education, OnCourse Learning, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. More than 4 million learners have used BenchPrep’s platform to attain academic and professional success. To discover more about BenchPrep, please visit www.benchprep.com.

About ASCM
The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) is the global leader in supply chain organizational transformation, innovation, and leadership. As the largest non-profit association for supply chain, ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world to the newest thought leadership on all aspects of the supply chain. ASCM is built on a foundation of APICS certification and training spanning 60 years. Now, ASCM is driving innovation in the industry with new products, services and partnerships that enable companies to further optimize their supply chains, secure their competitive advantage and positively impact their bottom lines. For more information, visit ascm.org.

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