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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

It is my hope that we can side-step political discussions demonstrated in my stories and ground the problem solving in scientific methods to understand the properties of data, the potential of supply chains through modeling, and the alignment of metrics. Relative Importance of Supply Chain Skills.

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Filling the Supply Chain Skills Gap: The Future of Supply Chain Belongs to the Developers & Supply Chain Executives Who Can Find the Talent

Veridian Solutions

Attracting the right talent will be key to success in the future of supply chain management , and Warehouse Managers need to take notice today. As more workers reach retirement age, the burden of the supply chain skills gap will undermine the future of supply chain management. Download WhitePaper.

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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Supply Chain Management! (Or is that 4,000 years?)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Having spent my entire career touching Supply Chain in one form or other it is interesting that I only began to hear the phrase “Supply Chain” in the early to mid 1990s. It started to show up in job titles, functional names, metrics, and processes. Conclusion Supply Chain professionals are busy people.

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Supply Chain Senses Must Constantly Be On High Alert!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Quantum Leap to the Top 10 Supply Chain Skills of the Future! The job of a Supply Chain professional never stops. As such Supply Chain senses must always be on high alert! This includes looking at data and metrics. Subscribe Here!

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Takeaways from the 2018 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha Supply chain insights from leading industry experts. Supply chain skills in high demand, digital twins, disruptive technologies, and other takeaways from the 2018 Gartner supply chain conference. He gave examples of how large companies are acquiring digital startups.

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CEO Warnings of AI Adoption: Changing or Eliminating Jobs

Supply Chain Matters

The future is not solely about the wholesale elimination of supply chain planners, buyers or staff, but augmenting their capabilities with technology that can gather information, think probabilistically and simulate business metric performance trade-offs at a faster rate. Think about what that implies for future job roles.

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ASCM 2023 Conference and a Conversation with ASCM’s CEO

Supply Chain Matters

He described a good news situation where supply chain graduates are garnering multiple job offers right now. While schools view these metrics as positive to their programs, they sometimes do not seek businesses input to the desired skill needs. “ Starting salaries are second only to data engineers.