Closing the Supply Chain Digital Skills Gap: Matching Tech Spend with Talent Investment
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
Supply Chains today are awash in data and technology: artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, automation platforms and cloud systems promise greater visibility, responsiveness and efficiency than ever before. Yet for all the dollars flowing into these digital tools, companies are struggling to unlock their full value because workforce capabilities lag behind technological adoption.
Indeed, research from ZipDo found that 52–68% of supply chain managers report skills gaps that impede agility and digital transformation. Further, fewer than one in five organizations have a formal AI strategy in place—leaving much of the potential of modern tools untapped.
According to Gartner, 60% of digital adoption efforts in supply chain will fail to deliver promised value by 2028 due to insufficient investment in learning and development. Clearly, technology alone is no longer the bottleneck—people are, too. The central challenge for leaders, then, is not just selecting the right platform but pairing that platform with the right talent strategy…
