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In the U.S. manufacturing economy, the music has been slowing for some time — and the only way for the pace to quicken again to is for the participants to start dancing first. The ISM® Report On Business® data for May indicated how potentially arduous the waltz between buyers and sellers will be.

• Reports and surveys
• Manufacturing
• economy
• ISM® Report On Business®
• Tim Fiore

The coronavirus pandemic and the trade war between the U.S. and China severely strained supply chains, leading to raw material and component shortages, price surges and enormous port backups. Now, supply chain leaders are recognizing the need for change.

• Legal
• Risk
• Systems Capability and Technology
• China
• regulations

Many supply management professionals feel they have little control over their data — which is somewhat disconcerting, considering that the function is the second-biggest consumer of it (behind only finance) in most companies.

• Category Management
• Financial Analysis
• Risk
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Data
• CAPS Research
• The Monthly Metric