Editing Institute for Supply Management (section)

===N.A.P.A rebranded as NAPM===

By the 1950s, memberships reached 15,000. In the U.S., purchasing had transformed into a vital management function. In 1968, NAPA renamed itself the National Association of Purchasing Management, Inc. (NAPM).<ref>{{cite book |last=Farrell |first=Paul V.|date=1991|title=''NAPM: The First 75 Years''|publisher=National Association of Purchasing Management, Inc|page=17}}</ref>

In 1974, NAPM introduced the Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M) qualification, the first professional certification in the field.

In 1976 NAPM conducted its first ever onsite plant training. NAPM was became involved in minority and women's initiatives and elected May Warzocha as its first woman president in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Years of Learning. 100 Years of Leading|url=http://www.ismmagazine-digital.com/ismmagazine/january_february_2015?pg=20#pg20|website=ismmagazine|access-date=6 June 2017|archive-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095219/http://www.ismmagazine-digital.com/ismmagazine/january_february_2015?pg=20#pg20|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1987, it formed the Minority Business Development Group to assist members with their minority supplier programs.

The Report On Business continued to gain recognition as a reliable near-term economic barometer. In 1982, NAPM introduced the Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) and in 1988 it added diffusion indexes and introduced a graph format. In 1989, the U.S. Department of Commerce began including NAPM's data as a component of its [[Index of Leading Indicators]] and the [[Chairman of the Federal Reserve]] praised the Report. In 1998, the association developed the Non-Manufacturing Report On Business.<ref>{{cite web|title=ISM Non-Manufacturing Index|url=http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/ism-nonmfg.asp|website=Investopedia | access-date=7 June 2017}}</ref>