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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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The Monthly Metric: Inventory Insights Throughout its four years in this little corner of cyberspace, The Monthly Metric has often discussed measurements that help supply managers keep tabs on

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The Monthly Metric: Introduction A new feature to help procurement professionals harness the power of data March seems to be a less-than-ideal month to start a project that involves seriously

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The Monthly Metric: Total Cost of Ownership The purpose of The Monthly Metric is to (1) inform supply management practitioners on advanced procurement analytics that can help them do their jobs

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The Monthly Metric: Cycle Time The October installment of The Monthly Metric is designed to provide multiple treats for supply management practitioners. For some of the most valuable metrics are

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The Monthly Metric: Time to Ship One of the metrics that could be top of mind for many companies over the holidays is time to ship — not to be confused with lead time, though the former can

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The Monthly Metric: Active Suppliers Accounting for 80% of Sourceable Spend We last focused on suppliers accounting for 80 percent of total spend in January 2018, before the global trade war

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• Financial Analysis
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• Supplier Relationship Management

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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• Sourcing

Inside Supply Management’s Best of 2019 There was never a dull moment in 2019 for the supply management profession. Even veteran practitioners have said that — amid an unprecedented amount of

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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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