February 2015 Vol. 3- No. 1

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NEWS

SCM WORLD

KNOWLEDGE

CLASSROOM

ACADEMIC ADVOCACY

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t has been a privilege to be part of the effort to develop people skills in supply chain ISCMPro team in contributing to the dialogue and logistics functions. According to The World on important supply chain issues over the last Economic Forum, India is not unique in having two years. skill shortages. Around the world Human

Resources and Recruitment professionals as one In this short time supply chain and logistics has of their biggest challenges often tout the gone through some major changes in India and problem of the “war for talent”. It is not so across Asia. There have been layers of complexity much that there is a lack of staff but more that and customization added to the approach taken there is a lack of refined skill sets. These skills as in manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain to required by Supply Chain professionals are also meet the requirements of the Indian Continent constantly changing and evolving. Rapid and beyond. As a result, these sectors have innovations in technology have rapidly boosted grown in prominence, resulting in a deeper the supply chain and logistics capability. Larger, understanding of best practice and application more geographically challenged workforces to business.require greater soft skills in communication and

Looking at the year ahead, 2015 will continue leadership. the development of Supply Chain and Logistics

This publication has performed a great service in in India as the country grows and strains to meet increasing the awareness of these skill shortages the ever more complex requirements of fast so that we can address this issue. Greater developing industries, changing wealth collaboration between professional bodies, distribution and the need for greater efficiencies academic institutions, governments, and and performance with the supply chain.industry is required to create a new training

In order to keep up with these rapid paradigm that will provide an adequate solution. improvements there needs to be a concerted

Darryl JuddChief Operating Officer, Global Operations Logistics Executive

February 2015

A VIEW FROM THE TOP

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A VIEW FROM THE TOP

Education needs to move out of industry with learning institutions via universities and training institutions and real-time modalities. This new approach into the workforce by way of shorter, more is giving private companies a more flexible online modules that can be tailored competitive advantage and will continue to meet rapidly changing developments in to do so in the year ahead. By creating a industry. leaner, more focused approach to meeting

skill shortages, online learning is Moving away from formal university revolutionizing the training space and training and to an online solution that emerging as a new, meaningful way of offers formal recognition but which has connecting. closer ties to industry would be of

enormous benefit. This paradigm would However, there is still a lot to do. up-skill staff at a faster, more cost effective Governments, industry bodies, and the rate. In addition, these benefits would private entities need to work together to make it easier to cascade down through the solve the growing people issues caused by different levels of the workforce. In increased complexities in managing contrast formal courses such as an MBA supply chain and changing market that do not have the proximity to changing demands. Online training and other industry requirements cannot often keep modalities that both promote training up with the changes in technology and solutions and bring awareness to the work design and do not move fast enough growing gap in supply chain and logistics to cater to these changing demands. skill sets are desperately required in order

to meet the challenges approaching us in Online learning is providing a major way the future. of solving this shortfall, by connecting

In order to keep up with these rapid improvements there needs to be a concerted effort to develop people skills in supply chain and logistics functions.