Education & Professional Development

Young Entrepreneurs Are Lending Glamor to African Agriculture

October 23, 2018

In a long-sleeved shirt and jeans, expertly navigating eastern Rwanda’s bumpy back roads in a white four-wheel drive, Dieudonne Twahirwa looks nothing like the stereotypical African farmer.

IBM Takes Cybersecurity Training on the Road

October 16, 2018

The New York Times

IBM is introducing its mobile cybercommand center, tucked into a heavily customized truck.

How Simulators Can Help to Alleviate the Driver Shortage

October 8, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The nationwide truck driver shortage just keeps getting worse. Can technology come to the rescue?

Podcast | Overcoming the Fear of Organizational Change

To survive in today’s unpredictable business climate, organizations must change. But getting employees to sign on to that imperative isn’t easy.

October 5, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

To survive in today’s unpredictable business climate, organizations must change. But getting employees to sign on to that imperative isn’t easy.

Talent Shortage Is a Top Risk Among Executives, Survey Finds

October 5, 2018

Gartner

A shrinking pool of qualified candidates surfaced as a top business risk for global executives in risk, audit, finance and compliance, according to a recent survey by Gartner Inc.

APICS Launches Supply Chain Management Nonprofit

Supply chain certification group APICS has announced a new organization “that will propel the supply chain industry forward.”

October 2, 2018

APICS

Supply chain certification group APICS has announced a new organization “that will propel the supply chain industry forward.”

Parcel Fulfillment Forum Boasts Leg-Up Strategies for the Amazon Age

Blue bins choking on Amazon cardboard are a sign of the times.

September 19, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

Blue bins choking on Amazon cardboard are a sign of the times.

Too Important to Fail

How to Ensure Improvement Projects Drive Sustained Success

September 18, 2018

Oliver Wight

Teaming Up to Get Workers Ready for Technology of the Future

Shawn Reese is the perfect example of the complicated route that can lie ahead for workers of the future — but also for the opportunities that are emerging.

September 14, 2018

The New York Times

Shawn Reese is the perfect example of the complicated route that can lie ahead for workers of the future — but also for the opportunities that are emerging.

Here Are This Year’s Top 25 Supply Chain Graduate Programs

Gartner Inc. has released the findings from its biennial Top 25 North American Supply Chain Graduate Programs report. Forty-six institutions in the U.S. and Canada participated in the survey.

September 11, 2018

Gartner

Gartner Inc. has released the findings from its biennial Top 25 North American Supply Chain Graduate Programs report. Forty-six institutions in the U.S. and Canada participated in the survey.