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A new model to help you assess your supplier risk management efforts, an exploration of supply chain challenges in the auto industry, and more.

Auto manufacturers are driving through a gauntlet of challenges while navigating the fallout from an 18-month-long global pandemic and responding to demand for clean energy. Here, we take an in-depth look at challenges and major shifts in the automotive industry over the past 14 months and into the future.

With your category management strategy in place, it's time to monitor and measure the benefits it delivers to your organization and identify opportunities for improvement. To succeed long term, the category strategy must remain aligned with business objectives and the dynamics of the supplier marketplace. This requires regular re-evaluation.

A new tool to help you prioritize risk protection, supplier relationship management, advanced analytics, and more in this edition of CAPS News.

It's critical that category management delivers maximum value to the organization through innovation, sharing risk and rewards, and ongoing assessments. For many companies, the hard work of supplier management begins after the contract is signed. We're moving on to the sixth step in category management strategy: supplier relationship management (SRM).