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In the drive to address the skills gap in the supply chain sector, companies have a strong ally in academia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Sarah B. Hood<\/em>\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

In the drive to address the skills gap in the supply chain sector, companies have a strong ally in academia. While community colleges and trade schools are adjusting their curriculums to produce work-ready graduates for entry-level jobs, the universities are training people for high-level positions and working with industry to reduce the hiring pressure through implementing new technology, increased efficiencies and other solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrganizations are encouraging academic institutions to prepare and implement skills that are forthcoming, such data analytics, machine learning and radio-frequency identification or RFID,\u201d Jack Crumbly, Ph.D., associate professor at Tuskegee University\u2019s College of Business and Information Science, said. \u201cOrganizations are asking the academic institutions not only to adapt but to use scenarios in which students can be prepared for these adjustments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crumbly points out that automation is one way of adapting to \u201csome of the ongoing struggles\u201d of the past two decades. \u201cIt\u2019s not a complete solution, but it\u2019s one way to bridge the gap of employment shortages,\u201d he said. \u201cIn addition, organizations are looking to improve processes; they\u2019re using the new technologies or applications to improve or speed up the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Numerous institutions are creating innovation centers based inside schools, often in partnership with industry, where students can have a chance to tackle real-world problems in the classroom, he noted. For instance, Auburn University in Alabama has an RFID lab dedicated to research into the business case and technical implementation of RFID and other emerging technologies, specifically as they apply to the retail, supply chain and manufacturing sectors.<\/p>\n

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