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The Monthly Metric: Managed Spend Per Category Management Employee Category management has become a highly strategic discipline, exemplified by Institute for Supply Management® including it among

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ROB Roundup: November PMI® At 10 a.m. ET on Monday, CNBC analyst Rick Santelli stood at his usual location on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade and delivered a doubleheader of

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Equipment-Failure Risk a MajorConcern for Companies Critical equipment failure can disrupt businesses, impacting supply chains upstream and downstream while affecting the bottom line. A new study

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ROB Roundup: December PMI® The headline of the release of the Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Friday had the subtlety of a fog siren: June 2009. That’s when the Great Recession

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The Monthly Metric: Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time Welcome to Year 4 of The Monthly Metric, where a frequent theme is that the procurement and finance departments should be partners in achieving

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ROB Roundup: February NMI® On Monday, this space called the February Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® “the coronavirus edition.” However, it’s possible that the outbreak had an

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The Coronavirus Impact Is Reaching All Corners of Our Lives The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak is causing an upheaval across global industries, from manufacturing to finance to travel. As

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Economic Worries Spreading Due to Coronavirus Pandemic After the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) shut down the manufacturing hub of Wuhan, China, and began spreading across the globe, concerns of

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Managing Coronavirus Impacts with the Workforce and Future in Mind With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to impact supply chains, consumer spending and buying habits, and workers’ health and

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The Monthly Metric: Risk Analytics Review As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to dramatically alter daily life and test supply chains, it’s never been more important for procurement

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