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Ranking the Top 10 Schools to Learn About Supply Chains
Want to pursue a career in supply chain? These 10 schools will have you best prepared and ready for success.
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.

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Education News

Four Last-Mile Routes to Successful Omnichannel Retailing
Omnichannel retailing has become the new norm in the retail sector as companies reinvent their supply chains to offer customers multiple buying channels.

MIT and ASU Partner For Online Master’s in Supply Chain Management
Graduates of the program will receive training at both institutions.

7 Creative Ways to Find Supply Chain Talent
To keep up with hiring demands in today’s labor market, it’s time to move beyond job postings.

The Supply Chain Planner of the Future
New technologies could revolutionize planning and radically change the role of the supply chain planner. Here is how to prepare your organization.

Why Universities Need to be More Agile
The need to better integrate online and on ground learning experiences is dictated in part by the changing “marketplace” and in part by what we now know about learning and teaching effectiveness.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville Launches Online Master’s in Supply Chain Management
The degree is the first of 10 online programs UT plans to launch with Noodle Partners.

Learning from Route Plan Deviation in Last-Mile Delivery
This capstone project studies route deviations in the last-mile deliveries of a large soft drink company.

Last-Mile Delivery Route Optimization
Urbanization and customer demands are making last-mile delivery optimization increasingly complex and important for retail companies.

BenchPrep Partners with the Association for Supply Chain Management to Advance Learning Portfolio
The Association for Supply Chain Management, ASCM, selects BenchPrep’s industry-leading online learning platform to deliver a premium learning experience to supply chain professionals.

Association For Supply Chain Management ASCM - Much More Than a Re-Branding
APICS, the association for supply chain management, new name, Association For Supply Chain Management ASCM, reflects an association focused on the end-to-end supply chain.

Don’t Build Weapons of Math Destruction
The business community might not develop Weapons of Math Destruction, but it might develop models of moderate distortion if they rely too heavily on face-valid factors, without checking for validity.

Are Graduate Degrees Leading to Less Job Options?
The economy is humming all cylinders, employers say they can’t find employees with the right skills, yet graduate students report a tough job market. Are Advanced Degrees Taking Students Backwards in Employment?

People Are Your Organization’s Most Valuable Asset
During several of the industry conferences last year, I had multiple conversations about what many are now calling a “labor crisis” in the supply chain industry.

Export Compliance for Higher Education and Research Groups
Changes in the nature of higher education, such as increasing globalization, advances in technology, and new sources of revenue (e.g. scientific research) have made it more complex to administer export compliance programs at universities and research institutions.

Are You and Your Company Prepared For a Supply Chain Talent Crisis?
Supply chain programs aren’t graduating enough new practitioners to replace those exiting in the workforce, but the talent crisis is about more than demographics: a shift in thinking must also take place at the corporate level and in academia to develop talent that can collaborate in today’s supply chains.

MIT Restructures Itself to Shape the Future of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
Gift of $350 million establishes the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, an unprecedented, $1 billion commitment to world-changing breakthroughs and their ethical application.

Your Organization’s Most Valuable Asset is People
Over the past few years, we’ve used our June issue to address the importance of continuing education and the steps logistics management professionals can take to help recruit, nurture and retain the single most valuable asset of any organization—its people.

Los Angeles Pacific Crafts New Degree Programs
Los Angeles Pacific University announces the launch of two new online programs in Fall 2018: a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and a Master of Business Administration.

A New Age of Future Jobs and 10 Skills You’ll Need to Master in Order to Succeed by 2020
Robot co-workers and artificial intelligence assistants are becoming more common in the workplace, could they edge human employees out? What then? In this article, we discuss the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an age that will require a new set of skills.

U.S. Universities Sweep Top Rankings for Best Paid Master of Business Administration Degrees
It’s little surprise that the best-paid MBA graduates are from American universities, however, what is unexpected is just how many U.S. schools dominate the overall rankings.


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International Transport Workers Federation
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is an international federation of transport workers’ trade unions. Any independent trade union with members in the transport industry is eligible for ITF membership. Around 700 unions representing over 4.5 million transport workers from some 150 countries…
Chartered Management Institute
We’re the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence. We encompass a membership community more than 100,000 strong. Because management matters to you, it matters to us. We are…
Pacific Maritime Association
The principal business of the PMA is to negotiate and administer maritime labor agreements with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). This includes a coast-wide contract covering roughly 13,600 longshore, clerk and foreman workers at 29 ports along the West Coast,…
ASCM
As the largest nonprofit association for supply chain, ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world to the newest thought leadership on all aspects of the supply chain. ASCM is continuing to provide the industry-leading APICS certifications and…
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of roughly 400 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. Established in 1978,…
The Conservation Fund
At The Conservation Fund, we combine a passion for conservation with an entrepreneurial spirit to protect your favorite places before they become just a memory. A hallmark of our work is our deep, unwavering understanding that for conservation solutions to…
Texas A&M University Mays Business School
Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School educates more than 5,000 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students in accounting, finance, management, management information systems, marketing, and supply chain management.. The school consistently ranks among the top public business schools.…
Gemini Shippers Group
Gemini Shippers Group is a not-for-profit organization that has become a leading logistics player in international trade by serving its members for nearly 100 years. The group includes the Gemini Shippers Association and the Fashion Accessories Shippers Association (FASA).
Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions
The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) Association has enabled companies in the retail and consumer-focused industries to eliminate billions of dollars of waste and delay. By creating voluntary guidelines, often referred to as “standards,” VICS has created new best practices…
NASSTRAC
Whether you manage freight moving via truckload, LTL, rail, ocean or air, you’ll find value in belonging to NASSTRAC. Otherwise known as the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council, NASSTRAC has been providing education, advocacy, and provider relations opportunities since 1952.
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