One of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' main missions is to provide professional education in logistics and supply chain management. To that end, the organization is offering an impressive lineup of workshops from early May through the group's Annual Global Conference in late September. Here are just a few of the career-boosting courses coming up:

• May 21-22. "Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management" Workshop: an introductory, interactive workshop covering all aspects of the supply chain, from how to choose a facility location to managing your employees.
• Aug. 6-7. "Distribution Center Planning and Operations" Workshop: a hands-on course on planning, alternatives in design and layout, automation issues and choices, risk management, leveraging existing capacity for greater throughput, and more.
• July 23-24. "Growing Your Business With Supply Chain Management" Workshop: an interactive, case-driven class that focuses on practical applications of supply chain management techniques to achieve corporate strategies and objectives.
• Sept. 30. Pre-conference workshops at CSCMP's Annual Global Conference: New additions to these popular full-day programs include "Leveraging Supply Chain Management for Enterprise Development," "Building and Maintaining Business Relationships," and "Supply Chain Risk Management."