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ROB Roundup: May NMI® In recent days, President Donald Trump took global trade tensions to a new level, the May Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® was labeled a disappointment and

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ROB Roundup: June NMI® The June Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® dropped 1.8 points to its lowest level in almost two years, cooled by slowing employment, business activity

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AI Helps Health-Care Companies Drive Quality Management As pharmaceutical and medical-device companies undergo digital transformation, they are turning to artificial intelligence to facilitate

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Organizations Aren’t Using Supply Chain to Grow Revenue, Report Says A big topic among supply management organizations is how customers are driving the value chain. Likewise, all companies are

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Resiliency in Light of Brexit and Other Barriers By Richard Wilding, OBE Brexit is an obvious example of a threat and obstacle to supply chains — but it’s also part of a global trend towards more

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The Commercial-Vehicle TechnologySupply Base Shift By William Crane, CPSM A lot has been written about automotive original equipment manufacturers’ (OEMs) headway in bringing more affordable

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Incoterms 2020: An Improvement, But … On its website, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) states that the International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) rules for domestic- and

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Strategizing the Next Trade-War Moves The uncertainty and volatility associated with tariffs and the escalating trade war with China is causing companies to rethink their manufacturing operations

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Strategies to Mitigate Trade-War Risk On Friday, the trade war shifted into yet another gear. China announced retaliatory 5-percent to 10-percent tariffs on US$75 billion worth of U.S. imports.

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ROB Roundup: October PMI® With the first Friday of November also the first business day of the month, it felt like the Super Bowl or Christmas morning for passionate consumers of economic

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