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How Amazon Plans to Retrain 100,000 Employees

Amazon’s Upskilling 2025 program aims to help U.S. employees adapt to a workplace that is becoming increasingly disrupted by automation and new technologies.

Source: Bloomberg

Organizations Must Improve Talent Development for Procurement

Best-in-class procurement can be a competitive business differentiator. Yet organizations are struggling to find skilled professionals, especially for positions at the manager level and above.

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Podcast | When Automation Takes Your Job, Is Retraining the Answer?

Retraining is frequently offered up as the cure-all for jobs lost to automation. But does it actually work?

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Germany Breaks Korea’s Six-Year Streak as Most Innovative Nation

Germany took first place in the 2020 Bloomberg Innovation Index, breaking South Korea’s six-year winning streak, while the U.S. fell one notch to No. 9.

Source: Bloomberg

Where Are All the Black Women in the Flight Deck?

As gender parity goes, 2019 has seen a slow, steady advancement of women in leadership positions. It’s been a slightly different story in the aviation industry.

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Ex-Truck Driver Becomes a Billionaire With Some Help From Amazon

Masaru Wasami started working part time at a vegetable store at age 12, determined to help his ailing mother in her battle with tuberculosis.

Masaru Wasami. Source: Bloomberg.

Jack Ma Ends 20-Year Reign Over Alibaba Wealth Creation Empire

Jack Ma is giving up the reins of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. after presiding over one of the most spectacular creations of wealth the world has ever seen.

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A Modern Approach to Training for a Modern Workforce

Safety and efficiency: It’s a constant balancing act for manufacturers and the supply chain.

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Speaker Open Call: Retail Association Seeks Proposals for 2020 Conference

The Retail Industry Leaders Association is accepting applications this month to present at its LINK2020 retail supply chain conference in February.

edX Is Launching a Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management With MIT, ASU

The online Master of Science in supply chain management will launch in January 2020.

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Boost Performance: Connect Strategy and Execution Through Integrated Business Planning

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Building the Supply Chain of the Future Starts (and Ends) With Talent

With U.S. labor markets tightening and the persistent need for supply chains to operate at lower costs, supply chain executives will need to address serious capability challenges.

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