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The Should-Cost Calculation By K.O. Ansa B. Yiadom Procurement professionals have an array of practices and tools to leverage supplier-related value for organizations. These include contracts to

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ROB Roundup: March PMI® An inverted yield curve. Soft housing starts. Weak retail sales. In recent days, each new piece of recent U.S. economic data seemed to further stoke fears of a slowdown,

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Digital Transformation Is Key to Procurement Meeting Business Needs As organizations struggle to get more out of less, digital technology can help them control operational costs while meeting a

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The Supply Management Functionof the Future The Exhibit Hall at the ISM2019 Annual Conference in Houston. <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> The supply management landscape is becoming

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The Monthly Metric: Overall Equipment Effectiveness Year 4 of The Monthly Metric closes with an interesting analytic: In fact, so much time can be spent discussing its shortcomings that one

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Training in a Globalized Market: Methodology or Madness? By Jennifer Cunningham The training trajectory in the globalized business market has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. Now, the

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A TCO Approach to Contract Labor: Evaluating Billable Wages By Leviticous “Vic” Cleveland Welcome back to our ongoing discussion of understanding billable wages. To counter the rising costs of

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The Monthly Metric: Cash Flow From Operations Cash flow from operations (CFFO) is a measurement that has increased in importance at many procurement organizations, due in part by the coronavirus

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Does Your Contracting Solution Have Real AI? Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. At least, the label is. Across industries, in B2C and B2B, the AI label is put on services and products

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ROB Roundup: November NMI® The release of the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Wednesday provided a perfect example — reflected in the divergent headlines and stories below

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