WHEREAS, the Philippine Institute for Supply Management (PISM), is a non- stock, non-profit organization of purchasing and materials managers of the country ™s top corporations;

WHEREAS, purchasing and materials managers and PISM help upgrade the quality and competitiveness of Philippine goods and services for both the domestic and foreign markets;

WHEREAS, it is desirable that the important role played by the purchasing and materials managers in commerce and industry be brought to the attention of the people; and

WHEREAS, the PISM will hold SUPPLYLINK2012, with the theme œTomorrow ™s Supply Chain in a Value-Driven Global Economy .

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare 15-20 April 2012 as the œPurchasing and Supply Management Week .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 28 th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.

 

(SGD.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO, JR.
President of the Philippines

By Authority of the President:

(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary