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Supply Chain Career Changes – How to Get In, Get On, and Get What You Want

Logistics Bureau

This adds up to considerable potential for varied and satisfying supply chain careers. Supply chain workers can often pick an industry sector of interest (retail, travel, healthcare, automotive, utility, etc.), and leverage their supply chain skills and know-how to help them move to employment in that sector.

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Why is Supply Chain Such a Great Career Path?

Supply Chain Game Changer

SCM encompasses the integrated planning and execution of processes required to optimize the flow of materials, information and financial capital in the areas that broadly include demand planning, sourcing, production, inventory management and storage, transportation — or logistics — and return for excess or defective products.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

In a nutshell, the pandemic has increased the importance of supply chain, posited it as a ‘cool’ career choice, and strengthened the need for job seekers to improve their supply chain skill sets. Getting Started in Supply Chain. Track KPIs and benchmark the supply chain’s performance.

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Preparing Your Business for the Digital Supply Chain

Oracle SCM

First, no matter where a firm falls, it’s essential to recognize that supply chain is no longer just a back-office function. Today’s supply chain really touches every aspect of running a business—from strategic planning , to logistics and inventory , to sales and store operations.

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As Europe Rebounds Supply Chain Continues to Shine

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the European Commission has set ambitious targets for developing carbon-efficient freight transportation systems, and is engaging with the logistics community – including leading research centers such as ZLC – to meet these targets. How do these trends translate into the demand for supply chain skills?

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Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! (Oracle Interviews Mike Mortson)

Supply Chain Game Changer

First, no matter where a firm falls, it’s essential to recognize that supply chain is no longer just a back-office function. Today’s supply chain really touches every aspect of running a business—from strategic planning , to logistics and inventory , to sales and store operations.

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Are We Facing the End of Supply Chain Management?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Picture an airport control tower, but for supply chain management: staffed 24/7, full of large screens full of 3d graphical representations of potential bottlenecks and inventory shortfalls all the way from order to delivery. Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement.