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The Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) is the oldest and largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supply management globally. Established in 1915, ISM boasts a membership of over 50,000 individuals from more than 100 countries.

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ISM World 2025: Innovation Park Offers Disruption Solutions

5 days ago | ismworld.org | Sue Doerfler

The ISM World 2025 theme of “Sparking Genius” has shone brightly at the Innovation Park, the exhibitor trade show featuring vendors, a technology hub, presentations by supply management startups and more. The Innovation Park features companies with solutions pertaining to risk and environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, technology and innovation, and logistics and delivery as well as minority-owned businesses and startups offering a variety of innovations.
ISM World 2025: Awards Gala a Celebration of the Profession and Its People

5 days ago | ismworld.org | Sue Doerfler

Craig Reed, CPSM, vice president, global procurement and CPO at Thermo Fisher Scientific, is the 2025 recipient of the J. Shipman Gold Medal Award, presented by Institute for Supply Management® for career achievement. (Yannick Apers Photography)A packed room of talent — practitioners, executives and students — celebrated the supply management profession on Monday night at the ISM Awards Gala.
Today at #ISMWorld2025: Richter Scholar Class ‘Raises the Bar’

6 days ago | ismworld.org | Dan Zeiger |Sue Doerfler

Attendees at the R. Gene Richter Scholarship luncheon raise their glasses to toast the members of this year’s class at ISM World 2025 in Orlando, Florida, on Monday (Yannick Apers Photgraphy)For budding supply management students to seasoned and accomplished veterans, one of the most treasured events at an Institute for Supply Management Annual Conference is the luncheon honoring the R. Gene Richter Scholarship winners.
Report On Business® Roundup: May Manufacturing PMI®

6 days ago | ismworld.org | Dan Zeiger

The Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® for May made the impact of the Trump administration’s constantly shifting trade policy abundantly clear, from the overwhelming share of survey respondents’ comments on tariffs to the New Exports and Imports indexes hitting Great Recession-level lows. The Manufacturing PMI® registered 48.5 percent, just 0.2 percentage point below the previous month’s figure.
ISM World 2025: Trade Compliance and ‘Staying Out of the Headlines’

1 week ago | ismworld.org | Dan Zeiger

(From left) Megan MacCallum, Vanessa Gomez and Jonathan Todd of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, during their session “What to Do Now About International Trade Compliance: 2025 News Headlines Edition” at ISM World 2025 on Sunday.
Today at #ISMWorld2025: Charity Challenge Builds Playhouses and Teamwork

1 week ago | ismworld.org | Dan Zeiger |Sue Doerfler

Having completed their shift in the ballroom at the Rosen Single Creek resort on Sunday, the team from Fortive Corporation made sure to pose for a picture in front of their handiwork. The five employees of the industrial technology company typically work on projects more complex than the pink playhouse behind them, but they nonetheless were satisfied in a job well done during the Team Charity Challenge at ISM World 2025, Institute for Supply Management®’s (ISM®) Annual Conference.
Supply Chain News Roundup: Employ ‘Plasticity’ to Respond Ahead of Disruption

1 week ago | ismworld.org | Sue Doerfler

Move over, resilience: Plasticity may well be the new buzzword supply management organizations need to concentrate on to have healthy supply chains amid tariffs and economic uncertainty. According to researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Texas Christian University (TCU), plasticity is the ability to respond ahead of unknown threats.
Supply Chain Roundtable: Turning the Tassels and Facing the Hassles

1 week ago | ismworld.org | Dan Zeiger

Hello, graduates, family and friends: This month, we celebrate not only your academic achievements, but also the beginning of your journey as professionals in one of the most vital and dynamic fields in the world — supply management.
ISM Supply Chain Planning Forecast: A Sharp Turn in Sentiment

2 weeks ago | ismworld.org | Dan Zeiger

In scanning the text of the ISM Supply Chain Planning Forecast released last week, one didn’t need a magnifying glass to find the buzzword regarding expectations in the manufacturing and services sectors for the rest of the year. The descriptor of choice was “flat,” not only in forecasts for both sectors, but for the U.S. economy — a contrast from the largely optimistic expectations for 2025 reported by the same panels in December.
Tariffs: Two Companies, Two Approaches

2 weeks ago | ismworld.org | Sue Doerfler

Tariffs — and their on-again, off-again, up-and-down-and-up volatility — are causing companies to rethink where they manufacture and source from, their pricing strategies and bottom line. The lash industry is reliant on manufacturers in such countries as China, Korea and Indonesia. Sabeen Mian, New York-based president of Performance Beauty Group’s lash division, says tariffs will result in higher prices for consumers and potential product shortages.