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ROB Roundup: November PMI® After the Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® indicated softening growth in September and October, there were concerns that the U.S. manufacturing sector

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The Monthly Metric: Inventory Insights Throughout its four years in this little corner of cyberspace, The Monthly Metric has often discussed measurements that help supply managers keep tabs on

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Push Forward Instead of Pulling Back During Times of Crises By Gregory Cable, C.P.M. When considering the importance of putting focus on the supply chain during a downturn, I am reminded of a

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Digital Networks Can Better Prepare Organizations for Crises As companies seek to cope with the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, their enterprise resource management measures are

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The Monthly Metric: Coronavirus Calculations The Monthly Metric is continuing its look at how supply management organizations should examine their analytics amid the coronavirus (COVID-19)

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The Monthly Metric: Safety-Stock Level Most companies have to keep excess inventory as a buffer against the ebbs and flows of consumer demand and supplier delivery times, two of the most variable

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Handling the Need for Increased Capacity Capacity has been a much-discussed topic lately, as supply management organizations wrestle with supply chain issues. Many want to expand production lines

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Global Chip Shortage Necessitates ‘Fundamental Rethinking’ The shortage issue’s roots extend to long-standing just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing models, as well as the increasingly greater use of

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Dissecting the ISM® Report on Business® (From left) Anthony Nieves, CPSM, C.P.M., A.P.P., CFPM, and Timothy R. Fiore, CPSM, C.P.M., Chairs of the Institute for Supply Management® Business

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Navigating the New World Order in Trade The trade war between the U.S. and China is dominating business and economic news, but supply management professionals mustn’t get too focused on

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