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Women in Supply Chain
Women in Supply Chain: Manifest's Katie Date Talks Bringing Together Women in Supply Chain
Katie Date, SVP of industry relations and strategic initiatives at Manifest: The Future of Logistics, was the keynote speaker at Food Logistics' and Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2023 Women in Supply Chain Forum.
Mentorship Programs
Nominations Close June 7 for 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award
Supply Chain Education
The Untapped Potential of Logistics as a Diverse Spend Source
Mentorship Programs
Shattering Glass Ceilings at This Year’s Women in Supply Chain Forum
Mentorship Programs
Women in Supply Chain: ALOM's Lisa Dolan Challenges Conferences to Make a Stage for Diverse Panelists
Retention
MODEX 2024: Extending the Spectrum of Supply Chain
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Mentorship Programs
Nominations Close June 7 for 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award
This award recognizes female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. Submissions close June 7!
E-Commerce Solutions
Alexis Asks: The Surge of E-Commerce Shipping
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. Strategies that implement efficiency enhancing tools will be the ones to keep up in the coming years.
Webinars
SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain
June 4, 2024
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Register now to hear from experts about the State of Today’s Supply Chains through topics revolve around Warehouse Automation, Generative AI, Automation, Electrification, Company Culture and more.
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Mentorship Programs
Pros to Know: Let's Talk Supply Chain's Sarah Barnes-Humphrey Details Supply Chain Opportunities for Under-Served Voices
Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, founder of Let’s Talk Supply Chain, was named one of our Lifetime Achievement award winners from this year’s Pros to Know award.
Training/Onboarding
ServiceNow Acquires 4Industry and EY Smart Daily Management Application to Drive Innovation for Connected Workers
ServiceNow announced plans to acquire 4Industry and Smart Daily Management, a connected digital worker application from EY.
Procurement Software
Pros to Know: i3 Advantage's Patricia Moser Positive Transformation
Patricia Moser, principal and owner of i3 Advantage Inc., was named one of our Lifetime Achievement award winners from this year’s Pros to Know award.
Training/Onboarding
CDL Tuition Subsidies to Run Out; Get Those CDL Licenses Now
FleetForce Truck Driver Training is calling on individuals interested in career opportunities in the supply chain, logistics, and transportation sectors to obtain a CDL license before state funding expires.
Hiring
Inspiring Inclusion: Empowering Women in the Tech World
In the future, expect to see more women who have diverted into the tech industry accelerate as more people choose to specialize in this industry.
Training/Onboarding
Alexis Asks: Balancing Gender Diversity
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. In logistics, fostering gender diversity is crucial to create a more inclusive and innovative supply chain.
Retention
Helping Women-Owned Businesses Thrive in the Global Economy
To reap the full benefits of supplier diversity and help women-owned businesses thrive within the world of procurement, we must focus on the right access, data, technology and overall approach.
Retention
Purpose-Built AI Helps Futureproof CPG Manufacturing: Study
Workforce constraints/upskilling and capacity constraints tied for the first top picks among almost half of all consumer packaged goods (CPG) respondents, according to results shred by Augury.
Sourcing & Procurement
Pros to Know Award Honors the Pioneers of Change, Growth, Efficiency
The Pros to Know award recognizes outstanding executives whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain for competitive advantage.
Webinars
International Women’s Day: What Does Self-Advocacy Look Like to You?
March 8, 2024
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In honor of International Women's Day, we sit down with Bindiya Vakil, CEO & Co-Founder of Resilinc, to talk self-advocacy and promoting female leadership in the supply chain.
Training/Onboarding
Women in Supply Chain: Trailer Bridge's Amanda Richterkraft Talks Building a Career in Logistics
Amanda Richterkraft, logistics sales ops team lead for Trailer Bridge and one of the 2023 Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks building a career in logistics.
Manufacturing
Women Are More Likely to Find Career Satisfaction in Manufacturing
An overwhelming majority (79%) of women say they are satisfied with the progress they’ve made in the manufacturing industry over the last five years, up significantly from 62% in 2020.
AI/AR
Navigating Leadership During the AI Revolution
As AI continues to revolutionize the supply chain industry, leaders must adapt and integrate these technologies to stay competitive.
Retention
Top Retention Strategies for Warehousing Revealed in New Survey
Seventy-one percent of workers show high motivation for continuous learning at work, with an impressive 86% of logistics and warehouse managers sharing the same level of enthusiasm.
Retention
Manifesting a Bigger, Bolder Space for Supply Chain
The 2024 Manifest Las Vegas event proved again to be a space where big ideas prosper in big ways.
Retention
Alexis Asks: Upskilling the Supply Chain
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. Investments in upskilling ensure the workforce is well-positioned to contribute meaningfully to the innovations of tomorrow.
Hiring
Driving the Demand for Transportation Talent
Here are some effective hiring and retention tactics that hiring managers can adopt in order to secure a competitive advantage in attaining their drivers.
Mentorship Programs
IRONMARKETS’ Content Team Hires New Social Media Specialist
Madison Scott named Social Media Specialist for IRONMARKETS’ Content Team.
Training/Onboarding
Frontline Workers Have Greater Mental Health Needs, Yet Less Likely to Seek Help
Despite having more demanding roles tied to a higher degree of stress, frontline workers are less aware of employer mental wellbeing benefits.
Mentorship Programs
Women in Supply Chain: Trailer Bridge's Becky Simon's Heart of Service
Becky Simon, employee engagement and training specialist at Trailer Bridge and one of the 2023 Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks mentorship.
Training/Onboarding
76% of Supply Chain, Logistics Operations Experiencing Notable Workforce Shortages
Nearly 76% of the supply chain and logistics leaders surveyed are experiencing notable workforce shortages in their operations, according to a recent report from Descartes Systems Group.
Training/Onboarding
49% of Supply Chain Organizations Have Formal DEI Objectives: Gartner Study
Nearly half of supply chain organizations have formal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) objectives with specific targets on management scorecards, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.
Retention
Gamified Workplaces Entice Warehouse Workers
According to insights from Lucas Systems, 84% of workers said they were more likely to stay with a company that developed workplace competitions around their day-to-day tasks.
Worker Safety
The Overlooked Barrier to Workplace Safety
Employers need to be proactive about sourcing information from their employees – and most importantly, ensure workers feel safe to voice concerns no matter what societal challenge their class or ethnic background presents.
Hiring
IBM, Samsung and Workday Offer Solution to Empower Frontline Retail Workers
IBM has collaborated with Samsung and Workday to provide a strategic answer to the retail sectors ongoing issues with inflation, rising labor costs, hiring challenges and shifting workforce expectations.
SDCE Video Library
Women in Supply Chain: Be Your Own Champion, Champion Others
Stop being modest. It's time to be your own champion and champion others. Those are the words of wisdom given by Christine Barnhart, chief marketing and industry officer for Nulogy, and one of this year's Women in Supply Chain winners.
Retention
Lean Management to Increase Supply Chain Employee Engagement
The implementation of lean management fosters a more collaborative culture – one that further empowers people to participate in continuous improvement.
Emerging Technologies
Digitalization is Creating New Technology Jobs in Industrial Companies
Research from Schneider Electric reveals that almost half (45%) of industrial companies believe digitalization will be the primary reason that new operational technology (OT) job roles will be created in the next three years.
Warehousing
What's in Store for 2024
Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive is in position to take on 2024. Here's what readers and advertisers can expect.
Fleet Management
Top 5 Articles of the Year: 2023
Thank you for your continued readership in 2023. Here are the Top 5 most viewed articles from the year.