Deloitte: Talent Drought Threatens Supply Chains

Deloitte’s newly released 2015 Supply Chain Survey has found that only 45% of supply chain and 40% of procurement executives at U.S.-based global companies are “extremely” or “very” confident that their supply chain organizations have the competencies they need today. The survey also found wide disparities between these supply chain executives and top company leadership when it comes to assessing their supply chain’s talent. In sharp contrast with the supply chain and procurement executives, 77% of CEOs and presidents say they’re extremely or very confident their supply chain organizations have the required competencies needed for today. More than half (54%) of the CEOs and presidents also say their supply chain organizations receive excellent or very good support from their human resources department, compared to only about a quarter (24%) for all other executives. Read more >