Company Membership Schemes

Introduction

The IOM offers two types of Company Membership:

• Group, which allows a limited number of named operations personnel within an organisation to become members of the Institute at a considerably reduced fee.

• Corporate, which allows all the relevant personnel within an organisation to become part of the professional community represented by the Institute of Operations Management and to have access to the benefits of Institute membership, and exclusive access to additional Corporate-only benefits.

The reasons for organisations becoming Company Members are many and varied, including:

• To demonstrate to customers, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders a commitment to excellence, continuous improvement and professionalism
• To develop staff by taking advantage of the Institute's public and in-company courses, as well as providing them with the opportunity to network with and read articles by other practitioners in the field
• To provide access to routes to professional qualifications and awards
• To provide operations personnel with their badge of professional credibility
• To access leading practice in other non-competing companies, through visits and seminars
• To access information and experience in the use of ‘state of the art’ tools and techniques
• A desire to improve business performance through the sharing of advice and knowledge leading to an improved ability to deliver quality products and services at the right cost, at the right time and in the right quantity.

Types of Company Membership Schemes

Group Membership

The scheme works on a sliding scale according to the number of employees you wish to include. There is no upper limit to the number of company personnel who can be included as part of the Company (Group) Membership, although if an organisation has more than 30 nominees it would be advised to consider the Company (Corporate) Membership Scheme. Also, there is no limit on the geographic spread of the nominated individuals - they can be all on one site or spread over many sites, even outside the UK.

The company provides details of the named individuals, one of whom will be the primary contact for the scheme. All general correspondence and invoices concerning the scheme membership will be directed to this primary contact.

A list of all those included in the Company (Group) Membership Scheme will be sent through with the annual renewal invoice and individual names can be changed or additions made at any time through the primary contact.

Each nominee will receive their own copy of the Institute's journal, 'Operations Management', together with any other mail shots sent out by the IOM. These members will automatically be given the grade of Associate, but may apply for regrading to Member or Fellow if they wish.

IOM Group Membership Sliding Scale

INDIVIDUAL			GROUP
		5-10 members	11-25 members	26+ members
		(-10%)	(-20%)	(-30%)
Associate	£99	£89	£79	£69
Member	£108	£97	£86	£75
Fellow	£120	£108	£96	£84

Corporate Membership

The IOM Corporate Membership scheme is currently being reviewed to provide additional and exclusive membership resources, including:

• Logmark - supply chain benchmarking
  Market Intelligence - research and detailed reports
  Round-table events - inform and influence a hand-picked audience
  Carbon Active - measure, monitor and manage your carbon footprint

Further information will be available soon, however, if you would like to register your interest, email: leonie.edwards@iomnet.org.uk


Benefits

The benefits of both Group and Corporate Membership include:

Knowledge and Information

• 'Operations Management' journal sent to all named individuals
• Access to web-based resources, including IOM journal archives and the Knowledge Bank (not available to non-members after 2006)
• Access to InfOrM, the email newsletter, directly or via the web site

Networking/Events

• Access to on-line discussion forums
• Attendance at local branch talks and visits at no cost
• Priority booking at all events
• Additional 10% discount offered on member rate for national seminars and other events

Education, Training and Consultancy

• Additional 10% discount offered on member rate for public/in-company courses
• Opportunity to run in-company qualification programmes

Advertising

• 10% discount on recruitment advertising in 'Operations Management' and on the IOM web site

Additional benefits for Corporate Members

• Access to guest speakers for in-company events
• Licence to load ROME material* onto company intranet (usual cost £350 per person)
  *ROME is CD-based distance learning material based on the IOM Certificate in Operations Management. Should anyone in the Corporate Membership scheme wish to take up the qualification using ROME, they will have to register as an individual student and will receive their own copy of the disk, but at a discounted rate of £250.00
• Corporate network – in the future the IOM will establish an operations academy allowing senior operations to discuss issues with their peers in a non-competitive environment.

Fees

For details of the subscription fees for Group and Company members, click here.