March/April 2026

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March 10, 2026

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‘Ascend’ to New Heights in Strategic Supply Chain Management

Sessions on trending topics like AI deployment, application and governance as well as networking opportunities and a keynote by Kara Swisher highlight ISM World 2026 in Denver.
Sue Doerfler

Featured Content

March 10, 2026

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The Supply Manager’s Tariffs Survival Guide

More than 20 strategies — from free trade zones to freight consolidation to AI and other technologies — can help organizations mitigate risk and control costs when importing goods to the U.S.
Thomas Cook
March 10, 2026

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Stealth Sustainability

Amid political backlash and ‘greenhushing,’ most companies and supply chain leaders are ‘lowering their heads’ and continuing to embed corporate social responsibility into operations.
Dan Zeiger
March 10, 2026

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The End of the Throwaway Supply Chain

Circular models that prioritize repair, reuse and material recovery are moving from sustainability experiment to operational necessity as companies confront resource risk and new global regulations.
Bhubalan Mani, CSCP

Economics

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February 2026 ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report
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February 2026 ISM® Services PMI® Report

Departments

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Tail Spend: The Missing Link in ESG Progress
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In Freight and Logistics, Data Makes You Dangerous

Columns

January 14, 2026

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voices

Voices

In 1995, I stepped into a new role as the finance director for a manufacturing plant. The first major decision I was asked to make? Whether every member of my team needed their own computer. At the time, the standard setup was one shared computer per cluster of cubicles. People would take turns, floppy disks in hand, to input data.

Debbie Fogel-Monnissen

March 10, 2026

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perspectives

How can you build supply chain resilience amid chaos?

Supply chain resilience is key to building the sustainable supply chain of tomorrow.

Zachariah Abdulnour

March 10, 2026

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competencies

OpEx Reduction Strategies for Any Organization

The operational expenses (OpEx) that cover day-to-day costs — from inventory storage and logistics to procurement and compliance — of running a business are climbing exponentially. Inflation continues to raise material and labor prices, supply chain disruptions add unpredictability, and higher inventory carrying costs put pressure on working capital.

Luke Crihfield

March 10, 2026

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technology

The Biggest AI Infrastructure Challenge Is a Power Struggle

Right now, the biggest thing holding AI back isn’t a lack of smart code — it’s a lack of power.

Shilen Jhaveri

March 10, 2026

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talent

What Does a Day in the Future with AI Look Like?

Chris Sawchuk, principal and global procurement advisory practice leader at The Hackett Group, says that “before we even talk about the skills, you have to be able to describe what the day in the life of a supply management professional will be in, say, 2030.”

Sue Doerfler

March 10, 2026

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research

Buying the Unrecyclable: Procurement and Small-Format Packaging

For many consumer goods companies, small- format plastic packaging is unavoidable. Small, portable, regulated or single-use products require it.

Kevin Dooley, Ph.D., Jennifer Park, Myriam Fessi

March 10, 2026

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insights

How Trade Uncertainty Is Reshaping Cost, Cash and Control

Tariffs now function as a dynamic policy layer — adjusted frequently, applied unevenly, and often announced long before duties are fully defined or enforced.

Shannon Hynds

March 10, 2026

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leadership

People connect more strongly with narratives than with plain facts. That’s a fact.

The drive toward agreement and decision-making (or groupthink) may undermine real, diverse, critical and creative thinking.

Mandy Flint, Elisabet Vinberg Hearn