Written by Dr. Madhav Durbha. This guest post first appeared on Kinaxis' industry blog, The 21st Century Supply Chain. These days, not a single supply chain conference I attend goes by without someone mentioning Blockchain. Given the growing chatter, I wanted to...
As part of our efforts to chronicle the ways the workplace is changing, we recently wrote about how more companies are adopting formal work from home policies. More organizations realizing that these policies – and other alternative working arrangements – can help...
Last week, we wrote about APICS’ survey of millennials in the Supply Chain industry. We delved into some of the survey’s insights about the way the field is changing, and the way that millennials’ Supply Chain careers are taking flight. Some of the most interesting...
Written by Supply Chain Executive Mike Mortson. This guest post first appeared on Mike’s industry blog, Supply Chain Game Changer. There are many exciting advances in technology these days. The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence...
Millennials are taking over and breaking stereotypes across the industry. Everyone knows that the demographics of the Supply Chain industry are changing. They have to. Within a few years, demographers estimate that 400,000 baby boomers will be retiring in Canada every...
This guest post comes from Fronetics, a boutique marketing firm focused on the Supply Chain and Logistics industries. Written by Elizabeth Hines. Supply chain and logistics executives should be using their celebrity on social media to be the public face of their...
Time was, companies in the corporate world measured their employees’ success by time that they spent at their desks and in meetings. But over the past 10-15 years, the workplace has seen some radical transformations spurred by the rise of digital...
Written by Alexa Cheater. This guest post first appeared on Kinaxis' industry blog, the 21st Century Supply Chain. There’s no getting around it. Artificial intelligence (AI) is here. From self-driving cars to intelligent digital assistants (one of whom I share...
Long Live the Cover Letter. Or not. A quick Google search reveals dozens of listings about how the cover letter is dead in hiring – alongside seemingly-anachronistic articles offering cover letter advice for job seekers. So often, business writers refer to something...