The Top 5 Procurement and Supply Chain Concerns For These Five Industries (According To Who!?)

Using the 4-Model RAM assessment framework, what are the top five procurement and supply chain issues the following industries face in 2025: Finance, Energy and Utilities, Pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverage, and Automotive?

MODEL 1

Procurement & Supply Chain Priorities by Industry (Ranked 1 = Most Pressing)

Industry Sector	Tariffs	ESG Compliance	Supply Chain Resilience	Supplier Relationships	AI Solution Selection
Finance	4	1	2	3	5
Energy & Utilities	3	2	1	4	5
Pharmaceuticals	1	2	3	4	5
Food & Beverage	2	3	1	4	5
Automotive	1	3	2	4	5

MODEL 2

Procurement & Supply Chain Priorities by Industry (Ranked 1 = Most Pressing)

Industry Sector	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Finance	ESG Compliance	AI Solution Selection	Supplier Relationships	Supply Chain Resilience	Tariffs
Energy and Utilities	ESG Compliance	Supply Chain Resilience	Supplier Relationships	Tariffs	AI Solution Selection
Pharmaceutical	Supply Chain Resilience	ESG Compliance	Supplier Relationships	Tariffs	AI Solution Selection
Food and Beverage Manufacturers	Supply Chain Resilience	ESG Compliance	Supplier Relationships	Tariffs	AI Solution Selection
Automotive	Supply Chain Resilience	ESG Compliance	Tariffs	Supplier Relationships	AI Solution Selection

MODEL 3

Procurement & Supply Chain Priorities by Industry (Ranked 1 = Most Pressing)

Sector	1st Priority	2nd Priority	3rd Priority	4th Priority	5th Priority
Finance	Supply Chain Resilience	Risk Management (incl. Tariffs)	ESG Compliance	Supplier Relationships	AI Solution Selection
Energy & Utilities	Supply Chain Resilience	ESG Compliance	Infrastructure Constraints	Supplier Relationships	AI Solution Selection
Pharmaceutical	Supply Chain Resilience	Regulatory/ESG Compliance	Supplier Relationships	AI Solution Selection	Tariffs
Food & Beverage Mfg.	Tariffs & Raw Material Costs	ESG Compliance	Supply Chain Resilience	Supplier Relationships	AI Solution Selection
Automotive	Supply Chain Resilience	Tariffs	Supplier Relationships	ESG Compliance	AI Solution Selection

MODEL 4

Procurement & Supply Chain Priorities by Industry (Ranked 1 = Most Pressing)

ANALYST RANKINGS

ASSOCIATION/ProcureTech 100 RANKINGS

MY TAKEAWAY

With the above, you have an assessment according to:

• The 4-Model RAM assessment framework
• Gartner
• McKinsey
• Deloitte
• Sourcing Industry Group (SIG)
• Institute for Supply Management (ISM)*
• ProcureTech 100 (now a part of ORO LABS)

^{NOTE: * CAPS Research closely mirrors ISM, resulting from their collaborative partnership.}

So, who is more accurate in their assessment?

More importantly, are the self-learning algorithms capable of a collective capture and analysis process that correctly ranks the five issues with a high degree of confidence in real time? With my original 1998 RAM model, it did for the DND with an accuracy level of 97.3%.

ADDED NOTE: Check the answer for each organization, e.g., McKinsey, ProcureTech, and ISM, and ask yourself what is unique about their rankings. There is a curious reason for asking this last question.

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