Above The Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 17, 2025)

Jan 17, 2025

I’m attending a funeral later this morning for a family friend. He died unexpectedly last week. His wife came home from having dinner with friends and found him unresponsive in bed. Based on family history, he likely suffered a heart attack. He was 64 years old and had retired less than 2 years ago.

Earlier this month, I read a post on X by an executive in the transportation industry who proudly shared that he works 91 hours per week on average (sometimes up to 109 hours), watches TV with his wife while working on his laptop with his headphones on, and that “financial success” is how he keeps score in life.

To each their own, I suppose, but it was the saddest thing I have read in a while.

Latest Indago Research Report: Supply Chain & Logistics Labor Shortage

A September 2023 Harvard Business Review article (“How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis“) states that “Our global supply chains are stressed and under pressure, not only because of material shortfalls and shipping delays, but also due to labor shortages in key sectors. Skills shortages are now seen across all points of the supply-chain continuum, from sourcing to production, logistics, and delivery of goods and services.”

How challenging is it to find and hire qualified people to fill your open supply chain and logistics positions? What do you believe are the primary causes of the labor shortages? What strategies is your organizing using to address this problem?

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