L.I.N.K. Educate | Walmart Models How Big Corporations Can Appreciate All Employees

Managing editor Brielle Jaekel interviews divisional vice president for Walmart Supply Chain about the company’s employee appreciation program.

December 2, 2021

A piece from Walmart and PepsiCo's Everyday Heroes Campaign

A piece from Walmart and PepsiCo's Everyday Heroes Campaign

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Managing editor Brielle Jaekel interviews Mike Chatman, divisional vice president for Walmart Supply Chain, about the company’s employee appreciation program and how the large company is able to value all of its employees from the frontlines and beyond.

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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!

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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.

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SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain

June 4, 2024

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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International Women’s Day: What Does Self-Advocacy Look Like to You?

March 8, 2024

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Why the Women in Supply Chain Forum is More Than a Conference

The Women in Supply Chain Forum is a collective where men and women gather to improve and build skillsets, foster new ideas and make long lasting connections that improve the supply chain. It's more than a conference.

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One-Quarter of Truckers Looking for Another Job Before the Holidays: Study

To explore the impact of the holiday season on truckers, Lance Surety Bonds conducted a survey asking about truckers’ emotional and physical toll.

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Women in Supply Chain Forum: Better Together is Best

This year’s Women in Supply Chain Forum displayed that working together, collaborating together and learning from each other really is what’s best for the future of the supply chain.

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Only 14% of Procurement Leaders Have Adequate Talent to Meet Future Objectives

Only 14% of procurement leaders express confidence in their talent’s ability to meet the future needs of the function, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.

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Cost Pressures Weigh Heavily on U.S. Manufacturers

Cost pressures are weighing heavily on all U.S. manufacturers, forcing all to offer higher salaries to attract in-demand talent, according to new research by Visual Components.