Supply Chain Talent

America wants to reshore manufacturing—but who will do the work?

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 · Alan Amling Reshoring manufacturing in the U.S. is accelerating, but a severe shortage of skilled labor across technical, operational, and leadership roles threatens to undermine its long-term viability.

Training in the real system: How immersive projects prepare the next generation of supply chain professionals

Thursday, March 5, 2026 · Corrine Chen Immersive, industry-embedded supply chain projects place students inside real operating systems, helping them build stronger applied capabilities in lean thinking, process mapping, and operational analysis than traditional textbook case studies.

LIFTing the life of the bottom billion

Friday, April 21, 2023 · Maria del Pilar Pardo Rodriguez and Elise Fredericks Understanding the competencies and practices that fuel growth could improve the success rate of micro and small business owners in Latin America.

AFS Logistics chief analytics officer named top woman to watch in transportation

Thursday, March 16, 2023 · SCMR Staff Mingshu Bates focuses on actionable intelligence to solve supply chain problems.

Survey highlights impact of Covid on supply chain staff culture

Thursday, March 9, 2023 · SCMR Staff Increased focus on agility, resilience and collaboration dominate as does the difficulty of finding people with these new, essential skills.

How’s your self-leadership?

Thursday, March 2, 2023 · Sigi Osagie If you aspire to do more with your career, you can. But you alone must decide what’s important and who you want to be.

First, Biden talked about global supply chains

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 · Rosemary Coates Then he talked about Made in America and transportation infrastructure in his State of the Union. That’s when I tuned in fully.

Dr. Russell D. Meller inducted into National Academy of Engineering

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · SCMR Staff FORTNA’s principal scientist recognized for his contributions to large-scale distribution design and operations methodology.

New VP of sales named at Georgia Ports Authority

Sunday, January 22, 2023 · SCMR Staff Flavio Batista to focus on end-to-end logistics solutions for the ports.

Cleo releases its first supply chain jobs report

Monday, December 19, 2022 · SCMR Staff The top takeaway is that roles remain highly manual when digitalizing should be the norm.

Three focus areas to attract and retain frontline talent

Friday, December 16, 2022 · Dana Stiffler Flexibility, well-being support and competitive pay are the keys to the kingdom in 2023.

Fox Logistics expands leadership team

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 · SCMR Staff Kyle Mlakar named president.

FORTNA adds three key execs

Monday, November 28, 2022 · SCMR Staff Brian Finken, Jeff Cashman and Tom Liguori join the executive team of the hardware and software supplier.

Port of Los Angeles advances women in transportation industry

Monday, November 21, 2022 · SCMR Staff Two executives honored for leadership in promoting and advocating gender diversity.

AutoStore appoints Mats Hovland Vikse as new CEO

Thursday, November 17, 2022 · SCMR Staff Current CEO Karl Johan Lier will remain with the company until March 2023.