Weathering the Storm: Managing the Volatility of Purchasing Costs

In an increasingly interconnected economy, the cascading impact of disruptive events — natural, geopolitical, economic or financial — has amplified the risk of wide fluctuations in the price of many commodities. For supply managers, the unchecked volatility of purchasing costs can quickly lead to trouble: Wall Street places higher value on companies with stable and predictable earnings.

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