Purchasing agents are in charge of all buying for their company. They buy the raw materials, goods, and services their company needs to maintain operations. Purchasing agents, or buyers as they are ...

Major companies have recognized the importance of investing in procurement performance management. In recent years, procurement’s role transformed from solely cost focused to one that is more vital.

Ah, what a difference a year makes. This month, purchasing managers are the most cautious they've been in more than a year. Roughly one in four managers believes that overall business conditions will ...

A survey of Midwestern supply managers by Creighton University is pointing to contraction of the economy for the first time in 22 months, although not in Iowa. Creighton's Mid-America Business ...

The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index dropped to 54.2 in November, suggesting that Metro Detroit's economy continued to grow over the past month but at a slower rate than October. The ...

Supply chain managers worry about a great many risks. Economic changes should now be added to the list, with the automobile industry’s chip shortage a shining example of a predictable economic risk ...

China's factory activity shrank for a seventh month in October, an official survey showed on Friday, suggesting the need for ...

Russia's manufacturing sector experienced a sharper contraction in October, with new orders declining at the fastest rate in ...