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4 Tips for Finding and Hiring Millennials for Supply Chain Careers

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A report created by the Material Handling Industry trade group concluded supply chains will need to hire 270,000 employees per year between 2014 and 2018, according to Fortune. The supply chain logistics industry may have a staffing problem. Shipping, handling and other distribution tasks occur behind the scenes. Innovative Recruiting.

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4 Tips for Finding and Hiring Millennials for Supply Chain Careers

RFgen

A report created by the Material Handling Industry trade group concluded supply chains will need to hire 270,000 employees per year between 2014 and 2018, according to Fortune. The supply chain logistics industry may have a staffing problem. Shipping, handling and other distribution tasks occur behind the scenes. Innovative Recruiting.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

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Foxconn, for example, announced plans to reshore in Pennsylvania, investing $40 million for a mostly automated plant. Obsolete and excess inventory carriage are more preventable. from abroad (mostly between 2010 and 2014, per Moser). With wages rising abroad, automation , a.k.a. Currency exchange issues are reduced.