Timothy R. Fiore, CPSM, C.P.M., is senior vice president and chief procurement officer at the transportation and logistics company Ryder Inc., www.www.ismworld.org, and chair of the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. Email tim.fiore@ismworld.org.
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Timothy R. Fiore is chair of the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, which polls procurement professionals every month on 10 economic indicators. In our exclusive Q&A, he says the only thing holding U.S. manufacturers back is their inability to keep up with demand.