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ROB Roundup: January PMI® And on Friday, the U.S. manufacturing sector exhaled. The Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® indicated a bounce-back month for factories, as the composite

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ROB Roundup: January NMI® In the financial world, the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Tuesday was labeled “disappointing” — the NMI® of 56.7 percent fell short of

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How to Enhance Your ROB Dashboard’s Effectiveness You’ve created your dashboard to track the ISM® Report On Business®, released monthly by Institute for Supply Management®, and other

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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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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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Agility is the Key Link in New Supply Chain Designs Organizations have been bombarded by a variety of disruptors, including the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, tariffs, supply and demand issues,

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During a Pandemic, Technology Can Increase Driver and Employee Safety As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues, services-sector professionals — hospital staff and first responders, along

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Managing Working Capital Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic Companies’ views of working capital and overall liquidity have shifted since the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, according to research from

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COVID-19’s Impact on Supply Chains’ End Users: Consumers The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected end-to-end supply chains, down to consumers and how they shop. The coronavirus (COVID-19)

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