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Implementing Visibility to Reduce Risk Along the Cold Chain

Disruptions continue to challenge the nation’s supply chains, but it’s how companies prepare and react that provide that added layer of risk protection needed to overturn supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain Industry Experts Discuss Future of Supply Chains

SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain Week kicks off Dec. 6 with a discussion on warehouse automation and e-commerce fulfillment, followed by Industry Outlooks, procurement, transportation, procurement, risk management and smart manufacturing.

Automation includes driverless material handling equipment and even software solutions.

Cold Chain Automation is Efficient First and Foremost

Now that automation is prolific and supply chain disruptions are everywhere, the technology becomes more of a “need to have” rather than something that is just nice to have.

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Overcoming the Supply Chain Labor Crisis

In order for organizations to overcome the supply chain labor challenge, a new approach to hiring and retention is needed.

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How to Capture Tribal Knowledge

Capturing that tribal knowledge must be systemized in order to gain widespread adoption amongst an organization’s workforce.

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Today’s Organizations are More Gender-Diverse, But There’s Always Room for More Growth

While it’s admirable to look at the steps many companies have taken in making their ranks more gender-diverse, there are millions more qualified women out there who are available to fill many of these still-open positions.

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Combatting the Supply Chain Shortage: Where Do We Go From Here?

Focusing on what can be controlled through a combination of decreasing the skills gap and focusing on efficiencies within their own plants, manufacturers will be in a better position to combat the supply chain shortage both at a talent and industry level.

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Why Supply Chain Education Matters

There is no better time to expand your knowledge on supply chain than right now. Together, we can tighten the labor gap and bring supply chain management to the forefront. Because the supply chain matters.

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Tips to Maximize Warehouse Staff During Peak Season

Teams need to be staffed, trained and ready to unload shipments at distribution centers and warehouses, stock shelves, manage the inventory, take orders and pick and pack for delivery.

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3PLs Keep on Truckin’: Drivers are the Backbone of the Company

Craig Callahan, EVP and chief commercial officer at Werner Enterprises, details why it will take a collective effort by the entire transportation industry to help navigate the driver shortage.

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Supply Chain Learning Center Offers Supply Chain Education Courses for Every Skill Level

The SupplyChainLearningCenter.com offers courses from current partners with certifications ranging from procurement, planning and inventory management to logistics, transportation, distribution and supply chain management as a whole.

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3 Ways Smart Factory Leaders Can Boost Skilled Talent

In order to attract the type of talent it requires for the future, manufacturing will need to sell itself to a new generation of job seekers who may alternatively gravitate toward a career in tech.

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Chief Supply Chain Officers Should Focus on Cost Optimization Post-COVID-19

A survey by Gartner showed that senior business executives in supply chain intensive industries believe that cost optimization is the main issue that chief supply chain officers (CSCO) should focus on in the future, followed by supply chain resilience.

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Newer Trucks Help Transportation Fleets Onboard New Drivers

Newer trucks come with newer technology, advanced safety features and less maintenance and repair problems, which equates to less downtime and breakdowns on the side of the road.

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Why Small and Mid-Size Food and Agricultural Operations Need Improved Employee Recruitment for Post-COVID-19 Success

A shift in mindset and a few new strategies can help leaders overcome hurdles in recruiting to attract and secure the best possible talent.

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Next Generation in Trucking Association Partners with Schools to Train Next Generation of Truck Drivers

The Next Generation in Trucking Association aims to promote trucking as a positive career field.

'The driver shortage is now worse than it was pre-COVID-19, making it difficult for foodservice distributors to staff their warehouses,' says Joe Tracy, CEO, Dot Foods, Inc.

The Restaurant Renaissance

The cold food industry—from farm to fork---joined forces in a time of crisis to continue pushing food through the chain. Now, one year later, the restaurant revival is in full effect.

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Exostar Enables Optimized Onboarding, Collaboration

With one of the most difficult aspects of technology in logistics being fragmentation, Exostar releases a new product to streamline collaboration between businesses and onboarding.

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Register for Supply Chain Professor Roundtable Discussion

Supply chain professors will provide insight as to what companies should be doing in terms of hiring, training and upskilling supply chain professionals.

As Gen Z begins to enter the workforce, employers will need to adapt recruiting strategies to attract the next generation of talent.

Five Tips for Recruiting Gen Z to the Supply Chain Industry

Generation Z is expected to make up 20% of the workforce by 2020; supply chain executives need to adapt recruiting strategies to attract Gen Z job seekers

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The Myth Of The Bad Employee

Most workers' comp claims are not fraudulent--but many employers believe otherwise.

Finding a 3PL Partner Who Can Manage Today’s Logistics Challenges

Finding a 3PL Partner Who Can Manage Today’s Logistics Challenges

In a world full of supply-chain disruptions, it’s more important than ever to maintain a predictable, repeatable and efficient less-than-truckload (LTL) cold chain.