September/October 2025

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September 10, 2025

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Avoiding Pitfalls in the AI Jungle

For supply chain professionals and freight companies, the path to a ‘golden opportunity’ is often littered with hazards, and successful navigation involves weighing trade-offs and playing the long game.
Chris Caplice, Ph.D., Callie Federer, Ph.D.

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September 10, 2025

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Prescient, Market-Moving Indicator

From employment to inflation, the monthly ISM® PMI® Reports (formerly the ISM® Report On Business®) have been ‘where you see it first,’ thanks to survey panelists who are on the front lines of the U.S. economy.
Dan Zeiger
September 10, 2025

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‘Strategic Synergy’ to Bridge the C-Suite Divide

In today’s volatile and hyper-connected business landscape, a CFO and chief supply chain officer collaboration combines financial discipline with operational agility.
Doug Reinart, Paul Hong, Ph.D., CMA, Steve Miller, CPSM, CSCP
September 10, 2025

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A Revolutionary Transition

Experts offer insights on how technology — particularly data, artificial intelligence (AI) and AI agents — will not only shape the future of supply management, but also ‘scale and future-proof’ businesses.
Sue Doerfler

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August 2025 ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report
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August 2025 ISM® Services PMI® Report
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August 2025 ISM® Hospital PMI® Report
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Health-Care Supply Chains Tackle Tariffs and Transparency

Departments

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Just in Time
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Securing the Future Through Water Stewardship
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Point to Point
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Member Matters

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September 10, 2025

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voices

The ISM® PMI® Reports Are Rooted in ‘Confidence and Credibility’

am thrilled to be representing Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) as the face of the ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report. — Sue Spence

Susan Spence, MBA

September 10, 2025

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perspectives

How is technology building more resilience in the modern supply chain?

Shifting international trade policies have created much uncertainty in supply chain management. Constant regulatory changes make long-term planning difficult, increasing risk and complicating cross-border operations for exporters and importers alike.

Jared Williams, MBA

September 10, 2025

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competencies

An Impactful Sustainable Procurement Agenda

Aircraft, automobiles, appliances and cans are among the products made with imported steel and/or aluminum, metals that are now subject to increased tariffs.

Frank Palmer, MBA, Dan Belz, Elizabeth Henry, Tom Rapp, MBA

September 10, 2025

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technology

The Skills Development to Avoid Getting ‘Stuck’

As procurement technology is constantly evolving, supply management professionals must continually enhance their skill sets.

Sue Doerfler

September 10, 2025

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talent

Preparing Procurement Workforces for the AI Era

Companies “are being really strategic about hiring, and workers are staying put rather than jumping or taking new roles,” says Isaac Hagen, senior vice president of emerging verticals with ManpowerGroup, a global workforce solutions company.

Bhubalan Mani, CSCP

September 10, 2025

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Health-Care M&A Dynamics Offer Lessons Across Industries

As companies set goals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their environmental footprints, single-use packaging consumption and use should be considered.

Yousef Abdulsalam, Ph.D., Mikaella Polyviou, Ph.D., Eugene Schneller, Ph.D.

September 10, 2025

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insights

Trademark Protection Is a Continual Process

Is a sustainable U.S. manufacturing revival truly viable? The answer: Yes, but tomorrow’s manufacturing landscape will look markedly different.

Sue Doerfler

September 10, 2025

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leadership

Leading in a World Increasingly Impacted by AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing leadership by offering new insights, creating efficiencies, exposing potential oversights and much more. This technology allows leaders to devote time and energy on vision and strategy, not on the noise.

Mandy Flint, Elisabet Vinberg Hearn