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As Board Chair for CSCMP, I was asked to write the introduction for what we are going to share for Women’s History Month. The day I sat down to write this introduction, Katherine Johnson died. For those of you who don’t know, her story was told in the 2016 movie, “Hidden Figures.” It made me wonder what we could do this month to unearth “Hidden Figures” in our own lives, and in our own Supply Chain worlds. We have to make an effort to write a more inclusive history and future, because the women were there, and are there today.
How many of you had working moms, or working single moms, or grandmothers?! Women have been running farms and ranches for a couple of centuries (or more); building tanks and flying military aircraft for 75 years; working in all our post-war factories; driving trucks; running distribution operations; running manufacturing plants; designing products; and calculating rocket trajectories. We just don’t see these women written into history. In my first operations job, 30 years ago, in a 5-square mile chemical plant, my Distribution Operations Manager boss was a woman, and HER boss was a woman. It seemed normal. It should be normal. The majority of the most senior Supply Chain executives I am working with today–at some of the largest A&D companies–are women, and many of their bosses are women, either running multi-billion dollar business units or as CEO's. We need to accentuate their visibility. We need to accelerate bringing along more women. Guess what? It’s going to help us with our talent shortage. Who could you write in to your history this month? Who could you reach out to and acknowledge they were or are a hidden figure in running yesterday’s or today’s supply chains? Post a call-out to any of those women on our CSCMP LinkedIn community. #HiddenFigures #CSCMP Visit https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cscmp-celebrates-women-supply-chain-womens-history-meyer-scpro-/ to view the full article online.
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Women make up 40% of the workforce in supply chain management, contributing unique skills, experiences, and ideas that can enhance a company’s strategy and insights. While women throughout their careers face a number of challenges, this panel is predominantly comprised of young females in the early years of their careers. Passionate about advocating for and empowering women in supply chain, they will engage in a discussion about how to provide stronger and more confident communities for women in supply chain and, ultimately, fostering better working environments with more diverse organizational leadership.
Register for our Empowering Women in Supply Chain webinar and prepare to engage in a discussion on how to provide stronger and more confident communities for women in supply chain.
Register for our Empowering Women in Supply Chain webinar and prepare to engage in a discussion on how to provide stronger and more confident communities for women in supply chain.
Visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6129789824329155596 to view the full article online.
By Toby Gooley | From the Quarter 1 2020 issue Women supply chain professionals are increasingly making their way into the highest levels of corporate management. Why are more doors opening for them now? In 2014, when Mary Barra became chief executive officer of General Motors, supply chain professionals were gratified that one of their own had reached the pinnacle of corporate leadership. Her background—which includes manufacturing, procurement, and supply chain management—was a factor in her choice as leader of the giant automaker. Her appointment was also notable for another reason: her gender. Barra was not the first supply chain professional to lead a business, nor was she the first woman to head a Fortune 500 company. But as CEO of one of the world's largest manufacturers, she set a highly visible example for other women in supply chain. Now more women are entering the "C-suite," following in the footsteps of pioneers like Judy McReynolds, head of ArcBest Corp., and Ann Drake, chair of DSC Logistics and founder of AWESOME (Achieving Women's Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management, and Education). They're staking their claims as presidents, directors, and chief executive, operating, supply chain, procurement, information, and technology officers. In addition to the three executives we profile elsewhere in this article, examples include: • Beth Ford, president and CEO of Land O'Lakes Inc. • Kathryn Wengel, chief global supply chain officer, Johnson & Johnson • Maria Lindenberg, chief procurement officer, Chevron Corporation • Sally Miller, chief information officer of DHL North America • Francesca DeBiase, executive vice president and chief supply chain and sustainability officer, McDonald's Corp. With women supply chain professionals increasingly making their way into the ranks of corporate leadership, it's a good time to ask: Why are more doors opening for them now? Visit https://www.supplychainquarterly.com/topics/Strategy/20200220-on-top-of-the--business--world/?utm_source=DCVelocity&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_campaign=DCV-SCQ%20Reciprocal%20News%20Feed to view the full article online.
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That's what we at CSCMP and Supply Chain Quarterly aim to find out with our first annual salary survey. Completing our survey should take only about 5 minutes. Your anonymous feedback will help us better understand the salary trends for supply chain professionals, such as yourself. We'll publish the results in the Q2 2020 issue of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly and on www.supplychainquarterly.com.
Note: Responses will be used only in the aggregate and will be kept strictly confidential. Visit https://www.research.net/r/FLVRXXL to view the full article online.
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Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=606183&issueID=70688 to view the full article online.
Thank you to Richard Donaldson, VP Platform, Requis for sharing this Hot Topic.
A few years ago, unless you worked in supply chain, most people wouldn’t have known what the term meant. But the next few years will change that, because the 2020s will be the Decade of Supply Chain. Supply chain (or as we prefer, the value network) will gain increased visibility not only within organizations that are built on them, but in the public consciousness. In the 1980s, anyone who was into computers was called a geek or a nerd, but now it’s the ‘in’ thing to be good with tech. Similarly, as our CEO Richard Martin says, supply chain managers should “get ready to become the cool kid on the block.” Visit https://cscmp.org/store/detail.aspx?id=HT20-REQUIS to view the full article online.
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