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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is top of mind for most organizations, and this issue explores ideas, insights and approaches to risk management, crisis sourcing, data analysis and more to help you face challenges head on and prepare for the future.
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While growth is expected to continue at least in the short term, the U.S. economy may finally be shifting into neutral — and supply management organizations must be prepared for ‘terra incognita.'
As restrictions were loosened around the U.S. and many Americans resolved to resume normal lives, the saying was oft-repeated: “The country might think it’s done with the coronavirus (COVID-19), but the virus isn’t done with the country.”
The ISM® Report On Business®, Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing, are two of the most reliable economic indicators available, providing guidance to supply management professionals, economists, analysts, and government and business leaders.
A layman would likely consider a purchasing card (p-card) critical to a procurement practitioner. After all, the name of the function is in the alternate title; p-cards are also known as “procurement cards.”
It’s All in the DeliveryFor procurement professionals and organizations, success hinges on serving know-how to stakeholders and suppliers; these 10 concepts are the ingredients for successful relationships and business outcomes.
While ISM’s research indicates some procurement dynamics have stabilized amid the coronavirus, many organizations are still bracing for the worst — as the profession ponders how supply chains will look when it’s over.
The ISM® Report On Business®, Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing, are two of the most reliable economic indicators available, providing guidance to supply management professionals, economists, analysts, and government and business leaders.
Procurement executives are capitalizing on their skills and breadth of knowledge to advance into higher-level positions outside of the function, like COO and CFO.
Ideal for parts that can’t be produced any other way, among other uses, 3-D printing is making headway as a tool for prototyping, product development and part replacement.
Amid a challenging global business environment that puts supply management skills in high demand, the profession’s wage-growth trend continues, but
demographic gaps persist.
When OEMs experience a period of decreasing customer orders, their instincts may tell them to hunker down, cut orders, deplete inventories and put growth-oriented decisions on the back burner. What they may not consider, however, is that leveraging trusted supplier partner relationships could allow them to be opportunistic during slower periods.
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Camille Batiste, CPSM, C.P.M. Chair Archer Daniels Midland Company
George Chang GE Aviation
Norbert Dean, CPSM Carnival Cruise Line
Thomas W. Derry ISM
Kimberly DeWitt, CPSM CF Industries
Miguel Gonzalez DuPont
Michelle Hawkins, PMP Charter Communications
Howard Levy Zimmer Biomet
Hemant Porwal, CPSM WESCO Distribution, Inc.
Kristopher Pinnow, CPSM Collins Aerospace A United Technologies Company
Stacey Taylor MGM Resorts International
Jeffrey P. Wincel, MBA, D.Min. AMD
Susanna Zhu The Hershey Company
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