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Building Supply Chain Collaboration
The Strategic Partnership Program collaborates across government, industry, and academia to strengthen the resilience of global supply chains. Our Strategic Partnerships bolster information sharing with cross-sector expertise to proactively identify risks that impact American families and supply chain stability.

Supply Chain Partnerships

Our Supply Chain Partnerships

The Strategic Partnership Program builds impactful and innovative supply chain collaboration to connect cross-sector capabilities on building supply chain resilience. Information sharing and coordination with organizations across government, industry, and academia position us to enhance the development of robust, first-of-its-kind tools that proactively identify risks for critical supply chains.

Strategic Partnerships on supply chains empower difference-making collaboration to help build stability and security in our supply chains. Our Fiscal Year 2025 supply chain partners are shown below.

Supply Chain Associations

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The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), is a trade association that leads the effort to advance medical technology in order to achieve healthier lives and healthier economies around the world. AdvaMed’s membership has reached over 400 members and more than 80 employees with a global presence in countries including Europe, India, China, Brazil, and Japan. AdvaMed’s member companies range from the largest to the smallest medical technology innovators and companies. The Association acts as the common voice for companies producing medical devices, diagnostic products and digital health technologies.

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The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) is a global leader in supply chain organizational transformation, innovation and leadership. As the largest non-profit association for supply chain, ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world to the newest thought leadership on all aspects of supply chain.

 
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The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)’s mission is to advance the supply chain profession by connecting, educating, and developing the world’s supply chain management professionals throughout their careers.

 
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The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is the first and largest not-for-profit professional supply management organization worldwide. Founded in 1915, ISM has a community of more than 50,000 across 100 countries. For more than a century, Institute for Supply Management® (ISM) has impacted supply management and the purchasing profession through best in class education, certification, leadership development and research. Thousands have received ISM’s coveted certifications including the Certified Professional in Supply Management® (CPSM®), Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity® (CPSD®) and Associate Professional in Supply Management™ (APSM™) designations. ISM continuously evolves as the profession evolves and helps lead and advance the profession of supply management.

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Focused on federal advocacy, enacting critical access to capital programs, preventing unfair small-business tax penalties, and repealing some of the most potentially damaging laws and regulations, are just a few examples of the successes and what they do every day. Proudly nonpartisan, the National Small Business Association (NSBA) is known for Economic Reports as well as the valuable results of targeted surveys. Their legacy and reputation are a pragmatic, non-political, small-business advocacy organization, representing the 70 million owners and employees that make up American small business.

Academic Organizations

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Carnegie Mellon University challenges the curious and passionate to imagine and deliver work that matters. A private, global research university, Carnegie Mellon stands among the world’s most renowned educational institutions, and sets its own course. With cutting-edge brain science, path-breaking performances, innovative startups, driverless cars, big data, big ambitions, Nobel and Turing prizes, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn’t imagine the future, they create it.

 
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Georgetown University’s Baratta Center for Global Business generates crucial thought leadership and impact by conducting innovative research, convening a range of stakeholders and partners, disseminating its findings, providing actionable takeaways for business, and training the next generation of leaders. The Baratta Center is prepared to lead public conversation and debate on some of the most important issues in global business.

 
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The Industry Studies Association (ISA)is dedicated to advancing industry studies research, a field characterized by its examination of the context of a specific industry or a phenomenon affecting multiple industries. Such research often spans multiple disciplinary perspectives, offering insights that can support evidence-based policymaking and managerial decision-making. The ISA aims to elevate the profile of industry studies research and its positive impact on realized public policy and industry outcomes. ISA accomplishes this by identifying, connecting, and recognizing scholars undertaking industry studies research, facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue and exchanges rich in industry context, and fostering direct interactions between academia, industry, and policymakers.

The use of logos does not connote endorsement by the Department of Commerce of the organizations’ views, products, or services.

 

Supply Chain Strategic Partners News

Fact Sheet: Department of Commerce Announces New Actions on Supply Chain Resilience

Launched SCALE Tool: Department of Commerce’s Supply Chain Center unveiled a first-of-its kind diagnostic supply chain risk assessment tool—known as SCALE—which utilizes a comprehensive set of indicators to assess structural supply chain risk across the U.S. economy.

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