1、7 Leadership Themes for Procurement&Supply Chain Leaders in 2024Unified Supply Chain&Procurement Solutions:Helping Leading Enterprises Worldwide Achieve Extraordinary Results!Copyright 2023 GEP.All rights reserved.2TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 Macroeconomic Factors Affecting Procurement and

2、the Supply Chain 3 Inflation:A Gradual Rollback 4 GDP:Sluggish Growth Persists 4 Interest Rates:A Cause for Concern 5 Labor:Markets Still Tight but Easing 5 Energy:Continuing On a High 6 Seven Leadership Themes for 2024 7 Supply Chain Reinvented:Crafting a Resilient Future Strategy 8 The Intriguing

3、Potential of Artificial Intelligence 9 Investing in a Digital,AI-First Future10 The Future of Supplier Relationship Management in the Digital Era 11 Procurement and Finance:Partners in Cost Management 12 Sustainable Success:ESG Back in the Spotlight13 Talent Crunch:Overcoming the People Crisis14 Key

4、 Suggestions15 About the AuthorsThe Outlook Report is one of GEPs flagship publications,which clients and partners look forward to each year.GEP conducts a significant amount of research to generate the results of the report,surveying supply chain and procurement leaders to reveal the key trends tha

5、t inform and influence decision-making each year.The following post-webinar report is based on an analysis of the GEP Outlook Report for 2024,as presented by senior director of consulting,Pramod Sethumadhavan,in a recent webinar.The report below provides a summary of findings from the Outlook Report

6、 as well as predictions that readers can use to inform their procurement and supply chain decision-making.ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORPramod SethumadhavanSenior Director,ConsultingGEP3INFLATION:A GRADUAL ROLLBACKMACROECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING PROCUREMENT AND THE SUPPLY CHAINNavigating the supply chain ove