{"id":918,"date":"2015-06-18T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T21:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2015-09-21T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T18:58:15","slug":"innovative-strategies-needed-to-attract-train-and-retain-workforce-to-support-supply-chain-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/18\/innovative-strategies-needed-to-attract-train-and-retain-workforce-to-support-supply-chain-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Strategies Needed To Attract, Train And Retain Workforce to Support Supply Chain Innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In addition to examining the eight innovative technologies anticipated to help meet companies\u2019 struggles to meet customer demands for faster, better service at lower costs, the 2015 MHI Annual Industry Report: Supply chain innovation \u2013 Making the impossible possible acknowledges that the skill sets of the workers supporting them must be equally as sophisticated as the technologies themselves.<\/p>\n

Simply finding qualified workers is the first challenge. The report cites statistics about the 600,000 U.S. manufacturing positions currently unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers. It also notes the U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics\u2019 prediction that 1.4 million new supply chain jobs will be created between now and 2018.<\/p>\n

Those statistics are backed up by the responses of the 400-plus manufacturing and supply chain professionals surveyed for the 2015 MHI Annual Industry Report. Nearly 31% of respondents said a lack of available talent presents a significant barrier to the implementation and deployment of these innovative supply chain technologies, which include:<\/p>\n