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The Workforce Disconnect Undermining Grocery’s Connected Store

The connected store transformation isn't a technology initiative; it's an operational and workforce challenge. Here's why.

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Supporting the Next Generation of Women Leaders: Why Mentorship Matters

Women in Supply Chain Forum™ and Women in Trucking partner to provide tips and tricks to strengthen career growth, build stronger professional networks and more.

Sponsors: Women In Trucking (WIT)

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Deploy Workflows, Not Robots to Close Automation Gaps

Treat labor like a logistics problem and design the work, tools, and people around moving food through the operation as efficiently and as humanely as possible.

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Why Wage Equity in Food Supply Chains is Good Business

SCOPE Recruiting

Food logistics companies have more leverage over wage equity across their supply chains than most currently exercise.

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The Staffing Gap is the Supply Chain Problem No One is Solving

Companies have built sophisticated systems to optimize how goods move, but the workforce that actually moves them is still managed with tools and processes that have not kept pace.

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Mentorship Programs

Tecsys' Ruth Rojas Details Why Everyone Needs a Mentor: Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award

Ruth Rojas, platinum application specialist for Tecsys, was named a recipient of the 2025 Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award, in the Workforce Innovator category.

Women in Supply Chain podcast episode 521 featuring Ruth Rojas

Human First, Digital Always: Implementing AI and Automation to Promote Workforce Development

The organizations getting this right are not using AI to dehumanize operations. They are using it to make work clearer, faster, safer, and more sustainable.

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Material Handling Equipment

Rethinking Technician Training for the Modern Logistics Workforce

Ryder System, Inc.

When you equip technicians with the skills, tools and mindset to grow, you don’t just fill positions – you build careers that sustain the future of the supply chain.

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Training/Onboarding

Food Manufacturers with Superior Training Protocols Outperform Counterparts

This is achieved through the implementation of high-quality training programs that significantly outperform their peers in food safety, compliance, productivity, employee engagement, and retention.

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6 Ways Predictive Hiring Improves Employee Retention in Cold Food Chain

In this industry, every hire directly impacts multiple parts of the business.

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How FMCSA Ruling Impacts 3PL Market: State of 3PL & Cold Storage Providers

The FMCSA rule impacts non-domiciled CDLs. But, what does this mean for the future of 3PLs? And, what does this mean for 3PLs trying to hire and retain workforce?

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Supply Chain Organizations Pausing Entry-Level Hiring for AI Will Face Higher Costs by 2030: Gartner

Advancements from AI and agentic AI are expected to be the most impactful drivers of future supply chain performance over the next three years.

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