by Fronetics | Jul 24, 2014 | Blog, Leadership, Marketing, Social Media, Strategy, Supply Chain, Talent
The supply chain industry has a talent crisis. The question is: how can we solve this crisis? To answer this question I turned to Rodney Apple, founder of the SCM Talent Group. Apple has worked as a supply chain recruiter for the majority of his 19+ year career...
by Fronetics | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Leadership, Supply Chain, Talent
Because great talent doesn’t look like Waldo, here is how to spot great great supply chain talent. Wouldn’t it be nice if great talent looked like Waldo? If great talent looked like Waldo we could simply look at the pool of candidates and be able to identify...
by Fronetics | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Leadership, Supply Chain, Talent
Because great talent doesn’t look like Waldo, here is how to spot great great supply chain talent. Wouldn’t it be nice if great talent looked like Waldo? If great talent looked like Waldo we could simply look at the pool of candidates and be able to identify...
by Fronetics | Mar 18, 2014 | Blog, Leadership, Marketing, Social Media, Strategy, Supply Chain
Rather than focus sales efforts on seeking out prospects and making cold calls re-focus your efforts so that the emphasis is on demand generation. Why? Demand generation shortens the sales cycle and increases sales opportunities by nurturing and engaging potential...
by Fronetics | Mar 18, 2014 | Blog, Leadership, Marketing, Social Media, Strategy, Supply Chain
Rather than focus sales efforts on seeking out prospects and making cold calls re-focus your efforts so that the emphasis is on demand generation. Why? Demand generation shortens the sales cycle and increases sales opportunities by nurturing and engaging potential...
by Fronetics | Jan 14, 2014 | Blog, Leadership, Logistics, Strategy, Supply Chain, Talent
Hiring: Why you should try before you buy I just finished reading a great post on hiring by Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic and the creator of open source WordPress software. The post focuses on the company’s “unorthodox hiring system” and how it has enabled...