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This issue of Inside Supply Management® celebrates the profession and its people. The cover feature highlights the achievements of the J. Shipman Gold Medal Award winner, Craig Reed, MBA, CPSM. Other features celebrate the ISM® 30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars; supply management’s future leaders, the R. Gene Richter Scholars; and Trailblazer Award winners. This issue also focuses on climate change, with a feature article about how mitigating the impacts of extreme weather is not only ethical behavior but also a business imperative.
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The impacts of the trade war were slow to show up in many parts of the U.S. economy. That might have changed with the release of federal inflation data for June.
A recent Brookings Institution forum focused on President Donald Trump using a variety of measures to bring manufacturing back: tariffs, cutting taxes, and moving away from some clean energy standards.
Forty percent of the world’s economy may soon be covered by climate disclosure rules, according to the World Resources Institute. It’s not only the European Union and North America, but also Brazil, China, Singapore, Turkey and other countries.
Uncertainty is impacting sourcing decisions, delivery timelines and shipping costs, says Oswaldo Villanueva, CEO and president of VR International LLC, a logistics provider and commercial broker in Houston.
Tightening policies and increased visa rejections would impact foreign-born workers, as well as companies that employ them — and, potentially, the quantity and quality of the U.S. skilled labor pool.
Former drum major Craig Reed, MBA, CPSM, has conducted a career worthy of the 2025 J. Shipman Gold Medal Award — and as a pilot of successful procurement organizations, he still has ‘a lot of runway left.’
By translating, connecting and embracing any challenge, Erika Espinosa is influencing change and building a powerful brand in the oil and gas supply chain.
To keep on top of and manage all the restrictions, tariffs and other disruption in global trade, procurement and supply chain leaders should diversify their supply chains and invest in technology, among other measures.
Executive orders have aimed to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the public sector, and some private companies have followed suit — clouding the future of such policies in supply chain organizations.
Its role as a supply chain driver has changed, joining factors like aligning to business imperatives, meeting customers’ needs and enhancing supplier relationships as ways to spur growth.
While tariffs have dominated the global economic conversation — and were cited as a key factor in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) contracting in the first quarter — Comerica Bank’s chief economist says a recession can be avoided if the narrative shifts toward tax cuts and other pro-business policies.
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Stacey Taylor Vice Chair Vice President, Procurement Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Thomas W. Derry Chief Executive Officer ISM
Miguel Gonzalez Chief Procurement Officer
American Express
John Han Founder of Intelage and Strategic Consultant Tenzing Consulting
Michelle Hawkins, PMP Senior Vice President, Strategic Procurement Charter Communications
Jeff Kimsey Vice President, Investment Intelligence Nasdaq
Joseph Matthews Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
GENTEX Corporation
Darla Morse Chief Digital and Innovation Officer Partner’s Credit Union
Kristopher Pinnow, CPSM Vice President, Global Supply Chain COLLINS AEROSPACE
Hemant Porwal, CPSM, CPSD Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations WESCO International, Inc.
Judy Whipple, Ph. D.
Bowersox-Thull Endowed Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Michigan State University
Sopan Shah
Senior Vice President, Global Chief Procurement Officer
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Susanna Zhu SVP, Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Ops Bath & Body Works
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