Associations
AFSM International is a global, not-for-profit, professional member-based association
that serves as an invaluable resource for the education, information, news, training,
staffing assistance, peer networking, research, and studies that customer services
and support managers involved in technology-based products and solutions (a.k.a.
s-business) require.
Since 1975, AFSM International has been the only vendor-neutral professional association
dedicated to providing the educational programs, networking opportunities, and research
that enhance the success of s-business executives, managers, and their companies.
www.afsmi.org
The Supply-Chain Council is a global, not-for-profit trade association open to all
types of organizations. It sponsors and supports educational programs including
conferences, retreats, benchmarking studies, and development of the Supply-Chain
Operation Reference (SCOR) Model.
The Council is dedicated to improving the supply chain efficiency of its close to
1,000 corporate members world-wide who represent a broad cross section of industries,
including manufacturers, services, distributors, and retailers.
www.supply-chain.org
Since the 1970s, SEMI has evolved with its industry, developing more of the products
and services that its members value in an industry association, such as technical
conferences, educational events and market data collection and analysis. As the
voice of the semiconductor industry, SEMI represents the collective interests of
its membership, and is an advocate for the industry in the areas of public policy,
environment, health and safety, workforce development and investor relations.
SEMI, as the only truly global representative of the semiconductor, display, MEMS
and related industries, will continue to provide the valuable services that have
made it the association of choice for the microelectronics ecosystem.
www.semi.org