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Closing the Supply-Chain Talent Gap

Mike Hadley, The Boeing Company; Nick Little, Michigan State University

December 5, 2010

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An introduction to the ambitious Supply Chain Talent Academic Initiative, courtesy of Mike Hadley, senior manager of materials management with The Boeing Company, and Nick Little, assistant director of executive development programs at Michigan State University's Eli Broad Graduate School of Management. Run Time (Min:) 13:55]

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