Global Migration Can Have a Positive Impact on Supply Chains

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the January-February 2016 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers.

January-February 2016

It’s a new year. Most of us will have new budgets to meet and new expectations for the performance of our supply chains. Many will look to best practices from industry leaders to improve our operations. But, are best practices really the “best” way to go? As you think about 2016, I hope you ask the question: What better practices can I adopt for my supply chain?

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Lost in some of the more passionate, and often inflamed, dialogue on global immigration is the argument that immigration can result in positive long-term outcomes for supply chains both here and in the EU.

If strong supply chains translate into stronger national security—as we believe they do—then it’s time to step up and champion policies that ensure Western World nations continue to welcome highly-motivated émigrés to their shores. Two recent studies make compelling cases in support of this position.

The McKinsey Global Institute—the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company—posits in its paper “A Window of Opportunity for Europe,” that the EU has a solid platform for renewal, based largely on its ability to absorb a new generation of young workers. Here in the U.S., a Brookings Institution paper, “The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways,” examines trends in immigrant population growth through an updated metropolitan immigration typology, with special attention to the working age population, and the impact of immigrants on population change in metropolitan America.

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