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Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 17- Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent from the Lens of Technology.

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the availability of the Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 17- Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent from the Lens of Technology. There is a growing consensus that existing supply chain and talent management processes and technology need a rethink.

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Upcoming Supply Chain matters Podcast: Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters would like to call reader attention to a soon to be published added podcast episode. There is a growing belief that existing supply chain and talent management processes and technology need a rethink. All rights reserved. .

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Supply Chain Talent: Our Take on Deloitte’s Survey Report (part 2)

Demand Solutions

In my last article , I introduced Deloitte’s supply chain survey report and shared Deloitte’s concept of what it takes to be a supply chain Leader. It’s clear to me from the survey results that Leaders become Leaders because they have superior talent. So, how do they develop that talent?

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Future of Procurement Study Available

Supply Chain View from the Field

Babbage alluded to a central officer responsible for several different functions in the mining sector: “a materials man who selects, purchases, receives, and delivers all articles required.” [i] i] By 1866, the Pennsylvania Railroad had given the purchasing function departmental status, under the title of Supplying Department.

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SCM is smoking hot!….Why students should consider NC State for a supply chain major.

NC State SCRC

An article published in the Wall Street Journal identifies what I have been saying for years now… Supply chain talent is a hot commodity! Many of the skills that we’ve identified in prior posts on this site have discussed the key skills and knowledge that recruiters are looking for in supply chain students.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

The SCRC’s Supply Management Maturity Index was highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal article , that identified the companies best prepared to weather the storm ahead in terms of supply chain disruptions. Let me describe the two categories highlighted in the journal article. Handfield, R.B.