Gregory Frank Colelli

Great article about the role that technology is playing in the hiring market and what companies need to be thinking about when hiring – “Industry experts say an understanding of technology and an ability to work in a global environment are increasingly important in the supply chain, forcing managers to look for people with a rare mix of specialized skills to manage this crucial aspect of their business.” This pulls back to an increasing need to refine your technical skills in addition to your core business skills.

I think in the future technology will be able to foresee what is going to occur way in advanced and therefore have a solution already planned for whenever it does happen. This will diminish the surprises that Supply Chain managers have when it comes to keeping everything coordinated and ensuring that everything runs smoothly. I also think that in the future technology will be able to tell you how much of a product you should have at all time or should keep stocked if emergencies. The article discusses how companies now a days just keep lower stock in general. But if there was a way to predict necessary stock at all times? That would make everything much easier for the manager. I think technology will get there at some point.