SCMx, described as a "virtual classroom," is under development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation and Logistics.
Wherever logistics and supply chain professionals gather, the subject of the supply chain talent shortage is sure to come up. Companies worldwide are having trouble attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining experienced managers, and even less luck finding promising young talent who will become the profession's next generation of leaders.
Private industry and academic institutions must work together to address the problem, says Dr. Chris Caplice, executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL). In an article on the Supply Chain @ MIT blog, Caplice proposes that a new online curriculum similar to the edX open online educational service could help fill the supply chain talent gap. Called SCMx, the program is currently under development at CTL and is slated for launch in late 2014.