The report's key metric, the PMI, fell 2.1% to 58.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) and has now grown for 23 consecutive months, with the overall economy now having grown for 111 months. July's PMI is now 1% below the 12-month average of 59.1.
Last week, President Trump and European leaders agreed to negotiating a resolution over the steel and aluminum tariffs disputes, but the lack of clarity on the issue may already be disrupting U.S. manufacturing supply chains.
JAGGAER, a global independent spend management company, recently announced the release of Jaguar: 18.2, calling it an “evolution” of the Source-to-Pay process. First year earnings were also announced.
Medpricer, a leading purchased services cost management service for the healthcare industry, recently shared three best practices healthcare organizations can implement to support healthcare sourcing.
Effectively managing employees within the supply chain can be difficult due to the frequently changing nature of the business. Making sure things happen when they need to for customers can leave people management as a lower priority.
The 1000 largest non-financial companies in the U.S. significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008, noted The Hackett Group in a recent survey. But their ability to collect from customers and…
Conducting a routine workforce planning study is important for optimizing your organization's ability to hire and retain supply chain talent.
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