Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
No matter how you slice it, the supply chain workforce of the future will be vastly more diverse than ever before. Although supply chains have traditionally been white male‑dominated, the status quo is quickly changing due to multiple factors. Among them are the growing racial and ethnic diversity among successively younger generations, the increasing number of women entering the field and the larger number of older people remaining in the workforce longer.
Another reason? Supply chains have shown an increasing dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, said Dana Stiffler, distinguished VP of research at Gartner.
She found that, in 2023, 47% of supply chain organizations had formal DEI goals—a 50% increase over 2022. Additionally, those organizations expanded their focus beyond gender and race to include strategies to cultivate other diversity factors, including age, nationality, physical ability, cognitive ability and LGBTQ+. The survey also found hiring increases of up to four times more employees of races and ethnicities historically underrepresented in the field.
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