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Member Stories BY CHRISTY DULA, CHIEF EXPERIENCE & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, MHI As labor shortages continue to challenge supply chains across the U.S., many companies are reevaluating long‑held hiring practices. With frontline positions in warehousing, distribution and manufacturing increasingly hard to fill, talent acquisition leaders are turning to a demographic long overlooked: mature workers. These are individuals typically over the ...

The digital transformation of supply chains promises to supercharge performance, improve efficiency and resilience, slash operating costs, increase customer satisfaction and boost sustainability efforts. However, a persistent shortage of workers with the right skillsets has become a major roadblock to realizing these much‑ballyhooed benefits. It’s time, experts say, to focus on the people side of the human‑tech equation.   BY ...

The key to ingratiating the current generation is being forthcoming about the current state of your supply chain and helping them understand the role they can play in it. * By Randy V. Bradley, Ph.D * Much has been made about the younger generation not being interested in the supply chain profession, but I can’t fully agree with that sentiment. ...