(Information provided by The Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council website)

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Definitions of a "supply chain" virtually universally encompass the following three functions:

1. supply of materials to a manufacturer;
2. the manufacturing process; and,
3. the distribution of finished goods through a network of distributors and retailers to a final customer.

Companies involved in various stages of this process are linked to each other through a supply chain.

The Sector
The supply chain is one of the most essential sectors of the Canadian economy, involving more than 744,700 workers from a range of occupations and industries. The success of this sector in meeting its human resources and labour-market challenges has the potential to positively influence the future of Canada, and the quality of life that we all enjoy. The final report of the Strategic Human Resources Study of the Supply Chain Sector was published in October 2005, and a labour-market update was completed in April 2010. Sector highlights include the following:

•  As of 2009, there were approximately 744,761 workers in the supply chain sector labour force within Canada (excluding truck drivers). -The annual labour-force growth rate of the supply chain sector was 2.1% from 2001 to 2009. -The sector added about 14,500 new jobs a year between 2001 and 2009. As well as an anticipated continuation of growth in new jobs, the sector is expected to face a vacancy rate of more than 80,000 jobs a year due to retirements and turnover.
• Interview and survey results from industry participants indicate the following to be the main human resources issues facing the supply chain sector:
• Attraction
• Education and training
• Keeping pace with technology
• Succession and career planning
• Employees identified the following skills that they feel they require much more of either now or in the next five years in order to be successful in their jobs:
• Financial planning
• Forecasting
• Cost analysis
• Knowledge of international business practices
• Knowledge of laws and regulations
• Knowledge of logistics functions and the supply chain
• Mechanical skills
• Optimization of workflow
• Knowledge of transportation
• General management and business
• Languages
• Most organizations are not prepared for the level of technological integration that will be required to compete successfully. In general, Canadian organizations lag in both investing in and implementing new technologies. Despite the number of organizations that indicate that technology is applied in their organization, few (<12%) indicate they currently have the requisite skills to fully employ technology.

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