In a keynote address to the Institute for Supply Management’s 94th international conference, A.T. Kearney Chairman and Managing Officer Paul Laudicina called on supply management professionals to lead in the “creation of a new global economic model that builds upon globalization’s successes, but also addresses its challenges.”

Saying the global supply chain is the “canary in the mine of shifting business conditions,” Mr. Laudicina urged the 1,500 attendees to define what this new postcrisis model will look like and how it will operate to restore economic vitality and growth.