The U.S. supply chain industry is dealing with a persistent labor shortage that threatens to destabilize all aspects of the business. 

“They be moving away from ‘trucks and sheds’ to a much more customer-oriented role," said Tom Enright, vice president analyst at Gartner.

The infrastructure to educate and entice manufacturing workers simply doesn't exist, while the Trump administration has sought to deport the very people who would want those jobs the most.

The path toward equity hasn't been an easy one for women in supply chain and logistics, and even today, it's still very much a work in progress.

One approach is to adopt a three-tier approach to staffing, where you have both short-term hires and permanent workers, with a layer of recurring, flexible workers.

Continue fostering good will among your vendors and suppliers, while keeping an eye on the need to diversify on a component level.

There’s an extraordinary amount of insight into why workers stay and leave that can be mined from careful collection and analysis of data.

To attract and retain Gen Z workers, supply chain organizations will need to shift their mindset to focus on what messages resonate with this demographic.

Supply chain leaders love to talk about their push for “digitization” of key processes. But their hiring patterns aren’t always lining up with that rhetoric.

Apple has argued that its DEI initiatives are "critical" to its success, and that it seeks to "conduct business ethically, honestly, and in compliance with applicable laws."