HR & Labor Management

Supply Chain Managers Are Quitting in Unprecedented Numbers

May 24, 2022

Supply chain managers quit their jobs last year at the highest rate since at least 2016 due to a mix of burnout and a desire for fatter paychecks.

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Sense of Autonomy, Purpose Boost Employee Retention

May 23, 2022

Steve Anevski, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

Beyond raising wages, it's important that company leaders are investing in employee wellness and overall culture.

If Tesla Isn’t Good Enough for an ESG Index, Then Who Is?

May 20, 2022

Bloomberg

Tesla Inc.’s removal this week from an industry benchmark index is raising new questions about what ESG actually means to investors.

Amazon Threatened Workers Over Union Vote, Labor Officials Find

May 19, 2022

Bloomberg

U.S. labor board prosecutors plan to accuse Amazon.com Inc. of threatening staff that if they unionized it could propose paying them minimum wage and of punishing an employee for seeking a paid Juneteenth holiday.

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Watch: Digital Data Drives Supply Chain Design

May 17, 2022

Russell W. Goodman, SupplyChainBrain

Digitizing data is of immense help in mitigating supply chain risks, says Bernard Tremblay, chief executive officer of the U.S. and Canada for Miebach Consulting.

Walmart Woos College Grads With $210,000 Future as Store Bosses

May 16, 2022

Bloomberg

Walmart Inc. is stepping up efforts to entice college graduates by unveiling a fast track to jobs as store managers — positions that typically pay more than $200,000 a year and have traditionally taken years to get.

Why Higher Wages Alone Won’t Solve the Supply Chain Labor Shortage

May 16, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Higher wages aren’t necessarily the answer to solving the supply chain labor shortage — at least that’s what employers today are hoping.

Port Automation Is Hot-Button Issue in West Coast Labor Talks

May 13, 2022

Helen Atkinson, Senior Editor

While all parties have expressed confidence that an agreement will be reached between dockworkers and employers without disruption, they conceded there will be “difficult” issues. Among these are certain to be the wrangle over automation.

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Watch: Can Algorithmic Hiring Create a Fair and Diverse Workplace?

May 12, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Noel Anderson, Steinhardt Director of Leadership and Innovation, and Clinical Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at NYU, discusses how algorithms can promote diverse hiring practices.

Coronavirus: Supply-Chain Disruption Looks Like Natural Disasters

Tesla and Sony’s Problems Show Shanghai’s Big Restart is Faltering

May 12, 2022

Bloomberg

The official line coming out of Covid-hit Shanghai is that business is returning to usual despite the ongoing lockdown, yet hundreds of manufacturers in the city aren’t operating at anywhere near to full capacity, if they’re up and running again at all.