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ROB Roundup: February PMI® The Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® was released on Friday, and the composite PMI® of 54.1 percent was below analysts’ expectations and represented

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ROB Roundup: June NMI® While the U.S. manufacturing sector is in a productive but cautious state amid concerns about a potential trade war, the services sector that makes up three-fourths of

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ROB Roundup: July PMI® The July Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® was unveiled on Wednesday, and although the PMI® dropped slightly to 58.1 percent, there were positives among

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ROB Roundup: July NMI® Just last month, the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® was described as “swell and steady,” with the NMI® at 58.6 percent or better in five of the

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ROB Roundup: August NMI® Last month, after the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® indicated that momentum in the U.S. services sector could be stalling, Anthony Nieves, CPSM,

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Brexit’s Impact on the Global Supply Chain By Chris Laws There are two ways that the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) exit from the European Union (EU) can unfold. A hard Brexit describes a worst-case

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ROB Roundup: May NMI® In recent days, President Donald Trump took global trade tensions to a new level, the May Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® was labeled a disappointment and

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ROB Roundup: June NMI® The June Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® dropped 1.8 points to its lowest level in almost two years, cooled by slowing employment, business activity

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Supply Management’s New Normal? In many ways, the headlines from Labor Day weekend 2019 succinctly encapsulated the concurrent challenges facing the supply management profession. Continuing

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ROB Roundup: August PMI® The release of the ISM® Report On Business® always generates discussion and activity in the financial and procurement worlds, but Tuesday’s unveiling of the

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