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ROB Roundup: June PMI® The June Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®, released on Monday, declined for the third straight month to a level not seen since October 2016, in reaction

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ROB Roundup: August NMI® The release of the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Thursday was bound to be closely-watched, considering that earlier this week, ISM’s manufacturing

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The Monthly Metric: ROB Buying Policy A report that one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturer’s lead time for chips has tripled from two months to six months likely elicited groans,

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Digital Transformation Helps Organizations Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiencies Five years ago, few procurement organizations talked about holistic digital transformation. Although it has emerged

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Driving Value Through an Expanding View of Sustainability For today’s companies and their supply management organizations, sustainability encompasses not only environmental concerns and practices

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ROB Roundup: September NMI® Reaction to the release of the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Wednesday came from as far and wide, as usual. However, after an all-time record

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Make More Strategic Decisions by Using the ISM® Report On Business® The ISM® Report On Business®, released monthly by Institute for Supply Management®, is considered a reliable

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Managing Risk is More Than Damage Control Today’s CEOs and board members expect that their organizations will face disruption due to risk but aren’t necessarily prepared to handle the impact of

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ROB Roundup: October NMI® The Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® composite NMI® set an all-time high in September, so topping that performance in October would have been

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A Data Dashboard Can Help You Get Ahead Procurement practitioners can learn how their companies are performing, as well as what type of plans to make in relationship to the economy, by creating a

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