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The Monthly Metric: Overall Equipment Effectiveness Year 4 of The Monthly Metric closes with an interesting analytic: In fact, so much time can be spent discussing its shortcomings that one

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Training in a Globalized Market: Methodology or Madness? By Jennifer Cunningham The training trajectory in the globalized business market has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. Now, the

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A TCO Approach to Contract Labor: Evaluating Billable Wages By Leviticous “Vic” Cleveland Welcome back to our ongoing discussion of understanding billable wages. To counter the rising costs of

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The Monthly Metric: ROB Inventories Subindexes This month’s measurement is ground that The Monthly Metric has wanted to cover for some time: the ISM® Report On Business®. Each month, Institute

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ROB Roundup: January PMI® And on Friday, the U.S. manufacturing sector exhaled. The Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® indicated a bounce-back month for factories, as the composite

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A Plan for Every Part Is the Answer for Sourcing Speed By William Crane, CPSM Sourcing a new product is exciting and stressful: While a rite of passage, it isn’t easy due to the often

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ROB Roundup: January NMI® In the financial world, the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Tuesday was labeled “disappointing” — the NMI® of 56.7 percent fell short of

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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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Does Your Contracting Solution Have Real AI? Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. At least, the label is. Across industries, in B2C and B2B, the AI label is put on services and products

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How to Enhance Your ROB Dashboard’s Effectiveness You’ve created your dashboard to track the ISM® Report On Business®, released monthly by Institute for Supply Management®, and other

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