Editorial

摘要

As an applied discipline that routinely interacts with industry professionals, supply chain research must evolve and meet the constantly changing needs of industry. At a recent academic conference, the key note speaker was an industry executive with responsibility for the corporation's supply chain. During his remarks, he said his biggest challenge was getting "talent" in the supply chain organization. He further clarified this comment and made a distinction between "talent" and "people" by suggesting that getting people to fill roles is easy, but getting talented people is quite difficult. When questioned about what types of skills he was looking for from talented people, the executive identified three key areas. First, he wanted people who could effectively collaborate and communicate with other supply chain members. Second, he wanted people that have a sense of urgency when responding to issues that affect logistics service quality. Third, he wanted people that can think beyond functional siloes.