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Self-Advocacy in the Workforce: Branding Yourself While Empowering Others to Climb the Corporate Ladder at This Year’s Women in Supply Chain Forum™

This premier networking event will take place Nov. 17-19 at the Charleston Marriott in Charleston, S.C.

Women In Trucking Association's Founder Ellen Voie to Keynote 2026 Women in Supply Chain Forum™

Women In Trucking (WIT)

Ellen Voie is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on inclusion for women working in non-traditional careers in transportation. Voie founded the Women In Trucking Association with a mission to promote the employment of women in the trucking industry.

Ellen Voie, Founder of Women in Trucking Association, opening keynote speaker at Women in Supply Chain Forum, November 17-19, 2026 in Charleston

Training/Onboarding

Work-Life Balance Remains Most Important Factor for Employees

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

However, inflation and healthcare costs continue to be the most significant sources of concern for workers.

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Fountain Launches Hiring Operating System

Pool and Source integrate into Frontline OS to give companies a complete hiring operating system run with intelligent decisioning and agentic AI.

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Recruiting, Retaining Skilled Talent to Challenge Supply Chain Organizations in 2026

Recruiting and retaining skilled technology talent has emerged as the single biggest business challenge for 2026, cited by 50% of respondents, up sharply from 34% in 2025.

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Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award

Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Strengthens Leadership Pipelines

I'm just a Midwestern girl with a journalism degree and a passion for B2B publications. But I also had a vision -- a dream of a place where women could come together and lean on each other to become better employees, leaders and co-workers.

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Technology Investments Outpace U.S. Manufacturing Workforce Readiness

Technology investment continues to surge, yet many companies are struggling to find talent with the right skillsets to implement and deploy the technology effectively.

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Training/Onboarding

TalentLMS Survey Reveals Systematic Gaps in Employee Safety and Compliance Readiness

This survey reveals deep gaps between how protected employees feel and how organizations actually respond to misconduct.

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Employees Building Skills for the Future vs. Employers Filling Immediate Job Openings: Study

Skills like communication, critical thinking, and leadership appear across most high-growth skill lists on Indeed but barely appear among Udemy's fastest-growing learning topics.

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Training/Onboarding

TMSA to Deliver More Role-Based Experiences for Members

Transportation Marketing and Sales Association (TMSA)

Members will select a primary focus aligned with their current role, with the option to expand into additional areas to support leadership development or cross-functional growth.

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Top 9 Most In-Demand Logistics Jobs in 2026

With almost half a million open manufacturing jobs and severe shortages in warehousing and trucking, employers are shifting how and what they hire for.

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Skilled Labor Shortage is Greatest Challenge for Manufacturing Executives: CADDi Research

90% say manufacturing departments are the most impacted by the labor shortage.

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