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Professional Development
Staffing Skills Deficit Remains Biggest Obstacle to Digital Transformation
A majority (90%) of respondents are somewhere along the digital journey, but talent deficits threaten to slow progress, with 42% of respondents handling staff/skills shortages poorly or very poorly.
Professional Development
Gen Z Recruitment in the Supply Chain Goes Beyond Pay and Benefits
Professional Development
Top 10 Recruitment Challenges
Professional Development
Register for Supply Chain Professor Roundtable Discussion
Training
4 Ways to Create a Resilient Supply Chain Culture
Training
DevOps Engineers Most In-Demand Job Title in 2021, Report Says
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Transportation
L.I.N.K. | Flexport Reveals Insight into Air Freight
Flexport's head of air freight joins the podcast to discuss air freight and how COVID-19 and sustainability affects the industry.
Pros to Know
Pros to Know: Updating Warehouse Operations in the Time of COVID-19 with Shane Smith, enVista
Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez talks with Shane Smith, enVista about how the company shifted virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic and how that changed the way warehousing solutions got implemented.
Pros to Know
Pros to Know: Creating Best-in-Class Solutions for Your Supply Chain with Owen Smith, Omnitracs
Mackenna Moralez sits down with Owen Smith, vice president of sales - new business, Omnitracs to discuss what it takes to develop best-in-class solutions for supply chains and how he helped clients adjust to changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Retention
How a Background in Supply Chain Can Set You on the Path to CEO
Better supply chain management means better businesses, and better businesses make for a better world.
Training
3 Ways Workforce Tech Can Facilitate Deskless Success
The future of workforce tech will usher in a new era of growth and opportunity for the deskless.
Pros to Know
Pros to Know: Creating a Safe Company Culture with Ed Bowersox
Mackenna Moralez talks with Ed Bowersox on how creating a comfortable company culture is crucial to businesses everywhere and how his collaborative, inclusive leadership style unites talent to integrate solutions and activate customer value.
Professional Development
The Role of Customer Service in Improving Supply Chain Management
By enhancing logistics and supply chain operations with proper customer service, companies can meet and even exceed customer expectations.
Training
Automation Will Improve Work, but Only if Upskilling Starts Now
Automation is only part of the transformation — technology alone is not the end all, be all. Your business still needs skilled human leaders and employees to drive innovation and growth.
Professional Development
Survey Finds Over Half of Supply Chain Organizations Have Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in Place
Nearly 59% of surveyed supply chain organizations reported having some form of objective to improve any dimension of DEI, and 23% of those organizations have formal target or goals included in management scorecards.
Professional Development
Study: Job Seekers Exclude Employers Who Don’t Enforce Diversity and Inclusion
The report also finds an increased desire among U.S. workers for flexible work options.
Retention
Survey Shows Gradual Supply Chain Recruitment Recovery
Nearly 51.6% of respondents anticipate that their teams will hire moderately and for replacement roles in 2021.
Trucking
Best Practices for Improving Driver Retention for the Long Haul
When drivers feel confident that they can expect to be paid on time, with easy, consistent access to loads and a community of other drivers to connect with, retention can improve exponentially.
Sourcing & Procurement
Avetta Survey Finds C-Suite Execs Concerned Over How Brexit Will Impact Supply Chain Resiliency
About one-fourth of the respondents agree Brexit will have an impact on hiring and flexible staffing needs in 2021.
Retention
Why Workforce Agility is Essential in the Future of Manufacturing
By putting people at the center of the overall business strategy, manufacturers can build an inspired and engaged workforce designed to embrace uncertainty and change.
Training
Frontline Workers Say Decline in Productivity Due to Poor Training on Mobile Tech Tools
The report suggests organizations re-assess the tools and techniques they use to ensure that workers are prepared and proficient regarding the technology needed to do their jobs.
Professional Development
Diversity of Thought Breeds Innovation
Embracing the diversity of thought, experiences and perspectives that women bring to the workforce will only hasten the pace of innovation and much-needed change in the industry.
Mentorship Programs
Shattering Ceilings in the Supply Chain Industry
This International Women's Day, I appreciate and am inspired by every woman working to break through the glass ceiling in her own way.
Risk/Compliance
C-Suite Strategies to Build Supply Chain Resilience in the Wake of COVID-19
Cognitive automation reverses the equation of people doing data work with the help of machines to machines doing data work under the guidance of people.
Mentorship Programs
FANUC, Rockwell Automation Coalition Addresses Manufacturing Skills Gap
The coalition offers new apprenticeship programs for young professionals to gain credentials that include fundamental robotics (robot operator) and automation (PLC operator).
Automation
Auburn University Opens Autonomous Vehicle Research Facility
Auburn University’s National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) test track is said to be one of the few facilities of its kind in the nation attached to a test track.
