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SCN Summit: Future of Supply Chains
December 5, 2022
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Let's talk future! Sit down with industry experts and thought leaders to talk about what’s in store for the supply chain space and more. Register now for the Dec. 5-8 virtual event!
SDCE Video Library
Women in Supply Chain Forum Addresses DEI Efforts
3PL/4PL
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Highlights Benefits, Challenges of Trucking Industry
Hiring
Hiring for the Supply Chain: A Breakdown
Transportation
CSCMP Edge is Learning Opportunity on Steroids: CSCMP's CEO
Retention
Generation Gap Leading Cause of Labor Shortage in Warehouses
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Sourcing & Procurement
An Inside Look at Procurement Trends with Amazon Business
Supply and Demand Chain Executive interviews Todd Heimes, global director of Amazon Business worldwide, to learn about procurement technology today and the e-commerce giant’s strategy in digital sourcing.
Webinars
SCN Summit: Future of Supply Chains
December 5, 2022
Register
Let's talk future! Sit down with industry experts and thought leaders to talk about what’s in store for the supply chain space and more. Register now for the Dec. 5-8 virtual event!
Software & Technology
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Honors Women of the Supply Chain
Supply & Demand Chain Executive introduces the recipients of its third annual Women in Supply Chain award.
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Emerging Technologies
Global Supply Chain Predictions & Future Trends
MODIFI’s H2 2022 Predictions Report assesses current factors affecting global supply chains and how the trends may influence the future.
Warehousing
Women in Supply Chain Forum Celebrates Influential Women in Supply Chain
Don't miss our first ever Women in Supply Chain Forum! An exclusive networking and educational forum designed for influential women in the supply chain industry! Network. Innovate. Learn. And more!
Mentorship Programs
The 3 Crucial Steps to Closing Skills Gap Among Deskless Workforce
It’s no secret that companies across all sectors are struggling with rising costs, inflation, and labor shortages. But companies with deskless employees are facing an even more difficult challenge.
Professional Development
Diverse, Inclusive Companies 8xs More Likely to Achieve Better Business Outcomes
As many as 88% believe that a more diverse company is also a better performing company; however, only 32% see D&I as business critical.
Professional Development
Innovative Health Benefits Battle Supply Chain Workforce Shortage
Recent data shows the shortage was expected to reach a historic high of over 80,000 drivers last year. Turnover is, in part, attributed to employees leaving for other companies that offer more attractive compensation and benefit packages.
Sourcing & Procurement
Will Amazon’s New Warehouse Union Spark a Trend?
What started as an employee being fired over protests concerning the company’s subpar Covid-19 safety precautions ended after eleven months of gathering momentum to start the first union at one of the world’s largest companies.
Warehousing
Supply Chain Network Launches Women in Supply Chain Forum
Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive launch in-person event to help supply chain professionals and industry experts learn, grow, network and more.
Professional Development
Tech Investment Delivers Companies Crucial Hiring Edge Amid Global Workforce Shortage
With warehouse and transport companies around the world facing dire workforce shortage challenges, it’s clear a fresh approach is needed to attract and retain staff.
Retention
How Worker Flexibility Is Essential To Smooth Out the Global Supply Chain
Disruptions caused by COVID-19 calls for a different approach when it comes attracting new talent and retention in the supply chain.
Top Supply Chain Projects
Top Supply Chain Projects: ALOM Overcomes "Great Resignation" Through Workforce Development
ALOM explains its focus on its workforce in an attempt to circumvent problems from the "Great Resignation" through development, opportunity, inclusion and growth. The project was selected as one of SDCE's Top Supply Chain Projects of 2022.
Professional Development
Empowering Your Workforce Through a Historic Labor Shortage
While we can’t prevent every employee from retiring or resigning, we can increase our efforts – across industries – to provide new and existing employees with reasons to stay.
Transportation
Female Drivers Comprise 13% of Driver Workforce
The number of women gaining their CDLs and becoming professional drivers has continued to grow in recent years, making up over 10% of over-the-road truck drivers, an increase of almost 30% over the 7.89% seen in 2018.
Professional Development
Nominations Close SUNDAY for Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Women in Supply Chain Award
This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.
Warehousing
2022 State of the Supply Chain
Today's supply chains are in crisis mode, and industry experts are already anticipating struggles for 2022 into 2023. Download this FREE whitepaper and discover the opportunities and threats of the New Year.
Professional Development
On the Frontlines: Why Raising Wages Isn’t the Long-Term Solution
The world is experiencing a historic workforce shortage – and frontline supply chain roles are getting hit hard. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the manufacturing industry was down 400,000 employees from its pre-pandemic levels.
Training/Onboarding
Millennial, Gen Z Drivers Desire Coaching: ATRI Study
Initiatives, such as rewarding veteran drivers for informal mentorship, can help build the community-centered cultures that younger drivers seek.
Sourcing & Procurement
Pros to Know: Reinventing What it Means to be a Supply Chain Professional
Supply & Demand Chain Executive editors talk the Pros to Know award, and how this year's winners continue to push the envelope when it comes to everything supply chain-related.
Training/Onboarding
Frontline Workers Express Disconnect from C-Suite
American, British and Australian "frontline workers" make up 80% of the global workforce.
Expert Columnists
How to Become a Successful Female Mentor in the Packaging Industry
It’s important to find opportunities that help other women advance, especially in a male-dominated industry.
Manufacturing
Business Leaders Pivot as Inflation, Workforce Transformation Test Resiliency
Nearly 46% of small businesses believe the economy will decline further, an almost 20-percentage-point increase over 2020 and 2021.
Training/Onboarding
Publicly Held Supply Chain Organizations Lead the Way with Representation of People of Color
According to the survey, more than 75% of supply chain organizations consider gender and ethnicity/race in their DEI strategies and objectives.
Sourcing & Procurement
Pros to Know: This is Supply Chain's Time to Shine
Robert Mietus, Managing Director, Central, OMNIA Partners, details why turning challenges into opportunities provides that competitive advantage.
Transportation
L.I.N.K. | How and Why Coca-Cola Values Truck Driving Careers
After a large investment in an educational program for trucking, an executive from Coca-Cola UNITED joins the podcast to describe the program and why large companies need to invest in trucking careers.
Training/Onboarding
Great Resignation Poses Minimal Threat to Supply Chain Industry
For the second year in a row, the report showed that women under 40 earned more than their male counterparts in supply chain roles.
Training/Onboarding
Manufacturing, Construction, Transportation Industries Suffer From Huge Skills Gaps
51% of manufacturing and 49% of construction companies responded that new hires don’t have the necessary skills for the job when they’re hired, while 45% of transportation/warehousing companies stated the same.
Training/Onboarding
Supply Chain Leadership Roles See Increased Representation of Women
83% of the largest, global organizations ($5 billion-plus) have a stated objective to improve representation of women in leadership.
Training/Onboarding
77% of Frontline Supply Chain Workers Considering Job Change 3 Months
Seventy-seven percent equates to three-quarters of the workforce, and 46% of those respondents have only been in their role for less than a year.
Training/Onboarding
51% of Carriers Considering Job Change in Next 6-12 Months
Despite the job change, improvements made possible with the infrastructure bill will positively impact the freight transportation industry.
Training/Onboarding
Digital Supply Chain Transformation Efforts Impacted by Skills and Labor Crunch
Half of the respondents (50%) said a continued focus on people, process, technology and security implications is vital to delivering successful digital transformation results.
Warehousing
The Secrets to Surviving the Supply Chain Resignation
Despite growth, the job market is still in the hands of applicants – proving that to remain attractive to prospects, organizations need to jump through hoops just to garner attention.
