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Purchasing, Operations Managers Top Supply Chain Pay Scales
A data dive into supply chain salaries and job openings at Zetwerk found the median salary above $90,000 with logistician and industrial engineers seeing the highest job growth opportunities.
Managers, Analysts are the Most Needed Jobs in Supply Chain
More than three-quarters of supply chain operations say they are still facing a workforce shortage, with managers and analysts most in need.
Why Employees Leave: Poor Management Tops the List
While most supply chain employees seem happy in their careers, there are some areas where companies can improve employee engagement and the workplace environment to reduce turnover.
Five Trends to Watch in 2024
The current economic climate has some similarities to the post-Cold War 1990s, and that means a boom could be on the horizon.
Supply Chain’s Top Trends for 2024 Require Talent Investment for Success
As we head into 2024, top 10 supply chain lists feature the usual suspects: technology, visibility, AI. But a focus on talent is needed to ensure the investments in these more high-profile areas provide value.
Resilience Certificate Now Available from ASCM
The Association for Supply Chain Management has introduced a new resiliency certificate that will train leaders on the concepts, practices and trends in building resilient supply chains.
Supply Chain Set to Deliver this Christmas
Inventory and freight capacity is available, and consumer spending continues to remain resilient.
Replacing Just-in-Time and Just-in-Case with Agile Inventory Management
Ultimately, the goal for managers is still to create the most efficient supply chain possible for their inventory management. Rather than committing to just-in-time or just-in-case, an unpredictable world demands that managers mitigate risks by always being agile.
Robots Can Improve the Pharmacy Business and Patient Safety
The potential for improving health care delivery systems through automation is vast, however, industry leaders must seize the benefits, manage critical risks and skillfully navigate difficult dilemmas in order to truly take advantage of it.
5 Ways Supply Chain Managers Can Contribute to Humanitarian Relief
Supply chains play a vital role in relief missions, but the planning starts long before disaster strikes.
Supply Chain Dilemmas with Trucking Vehicle and Labor Shortages
Rigidities in the supply of truck drivers and truck availability have a lot in common with Greek tragedies.
Safer Transportation: Linking Personality Traits to Distracted Driving
Research has found some correlation between personality traits and distracted driving behaviors. But there is question on whether businesses can use that information to improve employee safety.
An Increasingly Digital Procurement Function Lacks Talent Required for Future Needs
Surveys by Gartner and McKinsey both come to a sobering reality for the future of procurement: the talent pipeline is not being prepared to meet the future demands of the job.
Supply Chain’s Next Decade of Dealing With the Unknown
Although some of the events and trends that shaped the supply chain's position in 2014 still hold sway in 2023, it's apparent that the current challenges facing us represent a pivotal moment for supply chains, and by extension, the entire world.
How Upskilling Can Bridge the Workforce Skills Gap
It’s clear education and training must evolve to maintain pace with advancing technologies like AI, but getting a handle on what skills gaps exist within your organization can be a challenge.
SAP’s Empowering Women in Supply Chain Aims to Forge Strong Female Leadership
While the percentage of women in supply chain jobs continues to grow, there remains a retention problem once they reach middle-management level positions. Darcy MacClaren of SAP is trying to change that.
Supply Chains Can’t Find Talent With The Right Skill Sets
Alcott Global survey respondents cite a lack of appropriate skills as biggest impediment to hiring.
Yellow’s Demise Underscores the Need for a New Labor Relations Narrative
The bankruptcy of trucking company Yellow has attracted considerable attention since the story broke early this month. But an aspect of the story that is under-reported is how the demise of a 99-year-old trucker and the loss of an estimated 30,000 jobs offers essential lessons about the transition to the workplace of the future.
How Education is Adapting to New Industry, Student Demands
Dr. Richard Kilgore explains how supply chain education programs are evolving to educate the leaders of tomorrow.
Faceless AI Will Not Relegate the Social Side of Business to the Past
Supply chain management is a people business and will remain that way even amid the rise of AI and automation.
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