Academics Partner with Industry to Build Talent Pipeline
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
The ongoing shortage of talent remains a top concern of supply chain companies throughout the world. In fact, the newly released 2025 MHI Annual Industry Report found that 52% of leaders surveyed described hiring and retaining talent as extremely or somewhat challenging.
One way to prime the talent pipeline is by encouraging close collaboration between the supply chain and logistics organizations that are looking for these workers and the academic institutions that are educating them. These efforts are paying off today, as students from high school to higher education learn about the opportunities in supply chain‑related careers in their classrooms while gaining real‑world experience.
Encouraging Early Entry
In Rock Hill, South Carolina, local businesses that needed supply chain workers helped start and continue to support a Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management program at the local high school’s Applied Technology Center. Established in 2009, the program was originally called the Don Frazier Material Handling Technical Training Program in honor of the founder of MHI member Frazier Industrial.
