HR & Labor Management

The Most Valuable Resource - People - Is Declining Globally

March 10, 2017

Analyst Insight: The most important resource for the supply chain moving forward is people. However, the outlook is grim. The world's labor supply is shrinking, which has huge implications at a macro level on GDP and economic growth and at a business level in terms of available talent. The world labor supply hit an inflection point in 2012, when the proportion of nonworking age population "growth" became greater than the working age population. – John Johnson, senior content specialist, Gartner

Trump Trade Friction Overlooks America's Surplus in Services

March 7, 2017

Bloomberg

One thing that's often missed in President Donald Trump's complaints about the U.S. trade deficit is America's $248bn surplus in exports of services like education, banking and software.

After Brexit, Who Will Feed All These Chickens?

March 6, 2017

Bloomberg

Following a drive through English farmland, past thatched-roof cottages and thick forests, chicken farmer Mark Gorton stops his Land Rover on a narrow lane to speak to a worker in a white truck.

South Korea's LG Electronics to Build U.S. Factory in Tennessee

March 6, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

South Korean conglomerate LG Electronics Inc. said it is planning to build a new washing machine factory in Tennessee, its first major U.S. plant, and hire at least 600 workers by the end of 2019.

Cargill Tackles Child Labour in Cocoa Supply Chain

March 2, 2017

Supply Management

Food and agriculture giant Cargill has partnered with the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to improve efforts to stop child labour in Cote d'Ivoire.

Can A More Modern Integrated Business Planning Process Actually Inspire Millennials?

March 1, 2017

Leon Dixon, Oliver Wight Americas

Learn How to Leverage Millennial Traits Through IBP

Boeing to Open First European Factory, to Invest 20M Pounds

March 1, 2017

The New York Times

Boeing Co. said it would invest 20m pounds ($24.98m) to open its first production facility in Europe to make components for certain aircraft.

Looking Ahead: These Jobs Could Be Automated Within the Next Decade

February 28, 2017

Forbes

When weighing career paths, or at least when debating a job proposal, one thing people consider is job security: Will the work still be there in the near future, or will they need to prepare to start hunting for a new position soon? This question gains depth when you add in the issue of automation: Artificial intelligence is a constantly improving technology, and its applications seem endless.

Trump Talk Rattles Aerospace Industry, Up and Down Supply Chain

February 28, 2017

The New York Times

At this small factory south of Seattle, employees make one of the most specialized products in the aerospace industry; the rubber mats that Boeing workers stand on while assembling jets. As long as there are jets and Boeing, business would seem to be steady. But even here workers are bracing for bumps and economic uncertainty over the gritty details of where aviation parts get made and who makes them.