How To Increase Productivity In Your Supply Chain Team

When you’re managing a supply chain, you may start to notice that productivity is decreasing on your team. What can you do to re-motivate your employees so you can meet your goals? Here’s how to identify and prepare for these situations and get your team back on track.   Communication is key. Most people think…

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Who and How To Ask For References In Supply Chain Management

Yes, references still matter! In fact, hiring managers are being even more diligent these days about checking references. Why? Because candidates can say anything online. They can pretend to have experience, training and even degrees that they don’t possess. Hiring managers want to validate what they’ve seen and make sure your real-life potential matches what…

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How To Improve Retention By Improving Management

It’s a popular saying, but it’s actually been proven by research: employees leave managers, not companies. When your supply chain employees quit, do you automatically assume they’re making a mistake? Or that they’re only out for more money? It may be time to look at your management. Because if you take the time to find…

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Why You Need to Be Flexible to Be a Successful Supply Chain Manager

One phrase that’s at the top of every supply chain executive’s wish list these days: “greater supply chain flexibility.” But what does that mean, especially to supply chain managers and their teams? One part of the definition should include: the ability to respond more quickly to demand and opportunities. Nothing is constant in the everchanging…

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What is Non-Negotiable At Your Business?

One of the most difficult challenges managers face is balancing the need for their employees to achieve certain results by a certain time, and avoiding the temptation to micro-manage to make sure those goals are reached. Employees need a certain amount of freedom and the ability to make choices. This can be a difficult line…

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Preparing for Generation Y’s Impact on Your Supply Chain

Generation Y is growing up and entering the workforce at a time when the marketplace is undergoing a major demographic shift. Recruiting Gen Y into supply chain and distribution jobs will require understanding a group with a whole new attitude toward work. Gen Y employees have been unfairly labeled as demanding, entitled, and self-serving. But,…

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