The International Green Belt, Red Belt and Black Belt certificates are advanced level professional qualifications. It is not possible to attain them merely by answering a few questions in a series of formal written or multiple-choice examinations.

Candidates have to take examinations, but they also have to demonstrate a practical, as well as a theoretical, understanding about every aspect of purchasing and supply management, both pre-contractually and post-contractually. This is achieved within a simulation environment.

The Sourcematix® Simulation learning environment allows every decision and recommendation made by a student to be evaluated and assessed. This is achieved for every activity and task that a highly competent professional must engage in, when undertaking category management and strategic sourcing for OPEX and CAPEX requirements.

The International Green, Red and Black Belts in Advanced Purchasing & Supply are delivered using the very latest distance learning techniques, and are the first such qualifications in the world to use a web-based Activity & Task-Based Learning & Assessment System (ATLAS). The ATLAS system is known as the Sourcematix® Simulation learning environment. This is a web-based training and competence development tool, providing an on-line distance-learning environment, which can be used by students who have access to a computer and the Internet anywhere in the world, as shown here: