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Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

SCMDOJO

Navigating the Path to a Supply Chain Career The first crucial step is to decide which aspect of supply chain management aligns with your interests. Tailoring Your Journey: Choosing the Right Industry Supply chain managers play diverse roles, and their duties vary significantly across industries.

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Will “Just Transition” Reshape Supply Chain Sustainability Goals?

MIT Supply Chain

There are multiple ways in which just transition could have an impact on other areas of supply chain sustainability. One example is the transition to green freight transportation, and more specifically, how the adoption of fuel-efficient vehicles and practices could have negative outcomes for labor.

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community.

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The Supply Chain is Suffering Labor Pains

Enterra Insights

31 to cover costs associated with increased overtime, higher wages to attract more workers and increased transportation costs.” For starters, the term ‘supply chain’ can describe a broad range of jobs, from truck driver and warehouse worker to high-paid senior executive. ” Concluding Thoughts.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

In the latter category, renegotiation of transportation and logistics contracts will be an obvious action as will analysis of other supply chain cost reduction opportunities. Global Wide Transportation and Logistics.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

With government trade policies favoring more domestic sourcing of deemed strategic supply networks such as semiconductor devices, there are already indications across the U.S. and Europe for programs to train workers in specialized technical dimensions of such production. Postal Service Workers A subset of 115,000 U.S.

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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.