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Your Supplier Relationships Can’t Outperform Your Own Operations
Global Trade Magazine, Mark Zeffiro
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June 11, 2026
Mark Zeffiro digs into the latest ISM Manufacturing PMI data to show why rising demand is exposing internal execution gaps, not just supplier-side problems.
Mark’s diagnosis: unreliable demand forecasts, weak production planning, and thin cross-functional accountability show up downstream as supplier friction — and no amount of supplier management fixes a problem that starts inside the four walls.



