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Assessing Economies and Economic Growth Inflation, cost and global and national economies have been hot topics for supply managers and their companies, as prices for inputs and shipping increase

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CFOs Are Concerned About Inflation, Workplace and Talent Issues Such talent challenges as retention, morale and return-to-work measures are CFOs’ greatest internal risk worries. The coronavirus

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• Supply Chain Planning

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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• Supplier Relationship Management

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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Inflationary Impacts: Pushing Back on Supplier Price Increases Companies are seeing suppliers push price increases that, if unmitigated, directly impact margins. Procurement organizations must be

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• Supplier Relationship Management

The Monthly Metric: Savings Per Strategic Supply Management Employee A metrics that indicates the function’s value, especially to executives and other internal stakeholders, is savings (cost

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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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