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Nora P. Neibergall, CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M., is senior vice president for the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®). Since starting her career with ISM® in 1994, Neibergall has held a number of positions across the organization and now oversees ISM®'s certification and professional standards. The kind of challenge she discusses is covered in ISM®’s CPSM® program.

What would you do? Risk management: weather-related supply chain disruptions

In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck a significant blow to the Houston, Texas metro area, home to the sixth largest import terminal in the world as well as all of the shipping lanes in the Gulf Coa...

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What would you do? Increasing the alignment of multi-functional negotiations

Picture this: your organization needs to create a multi-year contract covering critical components for its manufacturing process. Because of the technical nature of those components, management reques...

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What would you do? Social Responsibility Factors in Choosing Offshore Suppliers

Imagine walking into your office and being tasked with a new challenge: finding an offshore supplier in a region from which you don’t usually source.  Once you start, the task gets even harder: y...

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