Talent

Logistics operations are facing a human capital crisis that poses a threat to both performance and competitiveness. In this year’s study, our authors explore how organizations can compete for talent in an increasingly limited talent pool; how organizations are competing in an increasingly dynamic business environment; and examine the technologies that shippers now need to use to stay ahead of the curve.

This report documents the findings of Kiaxis's annual survey, which this year set out to discover what supply chain professionals need to succeed – to thrive – in their careers, and while the answers may appear quite simple, as with many things, the devil is in the details.

On this episode,Peerless Media editor Bob Trebilcock hosts Gabriel Segura and Arjith Jagannathan, industrial engineering students with an eye on supply chain management careers.

While the pandemic gets the brunt of the blame for ongoing supply chain disruptions, the logistics, and transportation labor shortage makes it increasingly difficult for companies to mitigate supply chain risk.

'Serial entrepreneur' urges employers and employees to focus on helping one another become better people, not just better workers.

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.

New report outlines trends in manufacturing and the current hiring landscape, as well as strategies to maintain full employment.

In the future world of work, a dizzying mix of robotics, artificial intelligence, freelance workers and full-time employees will all be essential to achieving business objectives, and to thrive in this new environment, organizations will need a new portfolio-based talent strategy.

Scholarships awarded to 22 students at two-year colleges.

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.

Amazon.com Inc. said it’s hiring 2,000 people in Boston, expanding an existing technology hub that focuses on everything from machine learning and speech science to cloud computing and robotics.

Volunteers needed to help identify skills needed to install, operate and maintain automated equipment in the material handling and supply chain fields.

Older measures like productivity, quality, and service still apply, but digital transformation promises to 'change everything' about how manufacturers and retailers plan, procure and fulfill.

ASQ survey highlights manufacturers' anticipated challenges in 2018, and how they plan to address them.

To reap the full benefits of certifications, industry and academia have to continue to enhance their support.