Supply Chain Talent Management
New Technology to Help with Social Distance Tracking Among Employees
While many businesses learn to adapt to the era of COVID-19, the needs for social distancing and sanitary requirements are still a high demand. Companies are also concerned with technologies that will ensure the safety of their employees. One solution […]
Supply Chain Explores Digital Scouting in the Era of COVID-19
In the spring of 2020, economic prosperity came to a standstill when COVID-19 mushroomed across the globe, leaving the flow of supply chain stagnant. A year later, supply chain, along with many other jobs, began to utilize digital scouting as […]
Advising Students in the “New Normal” World of Working Remotely: Guest Blog from Ayo Agunbiade
Today’s guest blog is from one of our Academic Advisors, Ayo Agunbiade, a Senior Academic Advisor in the Poole College of Management Undergraduate Programs advising office. After reading one of my recent blogs on social distancing and working from home, […]
Strategic Roles in Procurement Haven’t Changed Much
A recent post on Public Spend Forum asked the following question: What are the key 4-6 roles (e.g. Buyer, Commodity Manager, etc …) common to all public procurement organizations that help you align the “right skills” with the “right roles”, to achieve […]
Supply Chain Predictions for 2018: Real-Time, Innovation, Cognitive, Blockchain, Industry-Academic Partnerships, and Taking a Stand!
I had an opportunity to work on a number of exciting projects this past year, and in the process, spent a lot of time talking about digital supply chains with a lot of really informed people. Here are a few […]
Creating the Right Team Culture for A Deluge of Data: Storytelling as a Core Capability
A core element in the LIVING supply chain is the concept around the “Anti-Control Tower”, of what has been called a “data democracy”. An important shift in human behavior is required to adopt to a world where individuals at a […]
The Digital Supply Chain Will Change Everything… Ask Gary Kasparov!
A lot of blogs and writers are discussing the role of machines vs. humans and their relationship, especially in the context of supply chain management. Scenarios are being painted of computers operating in a real-time environment, using blockchain to process […]
10 Pieces of Career Advice for Supply Chain Students from a Seasoned Expert
I had the opportunity today to listen to a fantastic presentation to a group of Lenovo executives, while working with their SAIL Executive Development program. Kirk Skaugen, Executive VP and President of the Data Center Group at Lenovo, spoke to the […]
Procurement Leaders Blog Post: Cross-Functional Teaming is Easier Said Then Done
Continuing my reporting of the Procurement Leaders meeting in Miami, I sat in on a very interesting session that included three professionals from very different walks of life: Captain Harry Thetford – Defense Logistics Agency Robin Shahani – CPO, TD […]
A "Swiss Army Knife" of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student
Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. Upon graduation, there simply weren’t any jobs available at all! During that […]