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The Monthly Metric: Cash Flow From Operations Cash flow from operations (CFFO) is a measurement that has increased in importance at many procurement organizations, due in part by the coronavirus

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The Monthly Metric: Aligning With Finance Supply managers have an opportunity to become more influential and strategic partners in their businesses, and one of the best ways to do that is to

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Tame the ‘Terrible 2s’ — and Create Value While universal agreement is that supplier diversity is a proactive business strategy providing suppliers equity in sourcing and purchasing

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The Monthly Metric: Days Payable Outstanding While it has been a traditional gauge of a company’s cash flow, in recent years, days payable outstanding has accounted for other dynamics of the

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The ‘Wide Open’ Spaces — and Possibilities — of Data and Analytics The value of data and analytics has long been evident for supply management organizations. Leveraging this information has become

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How Procurement Organizations Can Protect Against Inflation Commodity prices are increasing across categories and industries. There are inflationary signals across the economy, and the list of

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The Monthly Metric: Post-Pandemic Priorities What could a post-pandemic supply management metrics dashboard look like? Based on discussions with subject-matter experts during the last 12 months,

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Semiannual Forecast Shows Continuing Economic Comeback Institute for Supply Management®’s (ISM®) Spring 2021 Semiannual Economic Forecast, released on Tuesday, indicated growth in the

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