July/August 2026

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July 8, 2026

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Supply Chain Cybersecurity Defenders

Once the domain of IT, digital breach mitigation is becoming a procurement discipline, with organizations utilizing risk management and incident planning to keep operations moving when threats strike.
Dan Zeiger

Featured Content

July 8, 2026

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Bringing Forced Labor Out of the Shadows

AI is helping companies connect fragmented risk signals across global supply chains — but real progress depends on shared data and stronger accountability.
Sue Doerfler
July 8, 2026

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More ‘Strategic Synergy’: Leadership > Technology

In the pursuit of intelligent integration, AI doesn’t fix silos or bad decisions — it exposes and accelerates them, making organizational alignment most critical.
Steve Miller, CPSM, CSCP, Paul Hong, Ph.D., CMA, Doug Reinart
July 8, 2026

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Leadership Doctrine

Practical, military-inspired best practices can foster influence and motivation to enhance competitiveness, effectiveness and resilience in supply chain organizations.
John Perez, CPSM, CPSD

Economics

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June 2026 ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report
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June 2026 ISM® Services PMI® Report

Departments

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The Largely Unused Tool in Fighting Climate Disruption Fires
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When Geopolitics Rewrites the Rules of Supply Chain Strategy

Columns

July 8, 2026

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voices

Beyond the Acronyms: Understanding What Matters

Takeaways from Institute for Supply Management®’s (ISM®) Annual Conference, which took place in April in Aurora, Colorado.

Leah Love

July 8, 2026

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perspectives

Is supplier risk management ready for the never normal era?

For years, supplier risk management was viewed primarily as a compliance exercise. Organizations relied on annual assessments, supplier questionnaires and periodic reviews to evaluate risk across their supply bases.

Marsha Anderson, DBA

July 8, 2026

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competencies

How Perfection Can Be the Enemy of Career Progression

In supply chain management, success is often equated with alignment — the perfect mentor, the seamless cross-functional team, the “strategic partner” supplier. While these environments are productive, they rarely demand the level of grit and ingenuity required for rapid career acceleration.

Collins Oluka, MBA, CPSM

July 8, 2026

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technology

Advanced Technologies Still Require Human Accountability

Spend data cleansing serves as the foundation of every data dynasty. Without a solid base, improperly cleansed data leaves even the strongest analyses on shaky ground.

Sue Doerfler

July 8, 2026

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talent

Navigating Potential Legal Risks of Group Departures

While a group lift-out or departure generally refers to a coordinated move of multiple employees from one company to another, the risk of litigation often increases when a manager or executive recruits colleagues to leave a company for a competitor before leaving.

Sue Doerfler

July 8, 2026

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research

Balancing Cost and Risk Is the New Supply Chain Mandate

For decades, supply management had a clear mission: find the lowest price without sacrificing quality or service.

Dan Zeiger

July 8, 2026

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insights

The Role of Social Media in Strategic Supply Management

Social media has expanded beyond its origins as an informal networking medium to become a consequential digital infrastructure for contemporary supply management.

Robert Handfield, Ph.D., Judah Seidman

July 8, 2026

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leadership

The Power of Social Health in the Workplace

While in India recently to talk about our leadership books, we were reminded how important it is to take time for executive reflection and leadership ripple effects.

Mandy Flint, Elisabet Vinberg Hearn