As the risk of a global economic downturn grows, the industrial manufacturing industry faces a challenging landscape in 2020 replete with trade tensions, muted job growth, supply chain volatility and an ongoing skilled talent shortage.https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/energy-and-resources/articles/manufacturing-industry-outlook.html These are among the findings of Deloitte’s 2020 Manufacturing Industry Outlook. The report also suggests that despite these headwinds, industry
It goes without saying that day-to-day cost pressures come with the territory in the procurement world. But that sentiment takes on a more heightened feel, when seeing those pressures from the perspectives of chief procurement officers (CPO), in light of myriad economic- and trade-related challenges, among other factors. That was a key takeaway from the
