THE HUMAN FACTOR

Although logistics is an industry founded on organization and planning, these principles are not always applied effectively to its human resources (HR). This is despite it being a sector in which between 30% and 50% of costs are directly related to personnel. To achieve strategic workforce planning,...

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Published in:Supply Chain Europe 2007-05, Vol.16 (3), p.42
Main Authors: Jasper zu Putlitz, Teissier, Jerome
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Employees
Human resources
Logistics
Recruitment
Talent management
Transportation industry
Workforce
Workforce planning
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Summary:Although logistics is an industry founded on organization and planning, these principles are not always applied effectively to its human resources (HR). This is despite it being a sector in which between 30% and 50% of costs are directly related to personnel. To achieve strategic workforce planning, HR must focus on the future skills requirements of the business. This involves looking at the business strategy of the organization to establish what sort of staffing structure will be needed to provide for this future. In practice restructuring the workforce often introduces hurdles as major logistics companies are restricted to reconfigure or downsize. But there are more then a few options to develop creative solutions. The right HR approach will be at the very core of the future success of logistics organizations. Leaders in the sector are already demonstrating that by gaining control over the processes of workforce design and management they can deliver significantly improved performance while closely managing costs.
ISSN:1742-447X