If U.S. manufacturing is to compete with cheap overseas production, it needs to attract a younger workforce with technology chops.

Susan Zucker, adjunct instructor at Champlain College Online, discusses the challenge and advantages of online education of students preparing for a career in supply-chain management during a pandemic.

Peter Canellis, associate professor of management at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, describes how the teaching of supply-chain management is changing in a time of lockdowns and sheltering-in-place caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Vanessa Akhtar, principal with management consultancy Kotter, offers advice for manufacturers on the right path to automation — one that includes human workers in the equation.

Gregory Schlegel, founder of the Supply Chain Risk Management Consortium at Lehigh University, describes how supply-chain risk is occupying a central role in university and professional education, and why it's vital that executives embrace the discipline.

Nehemiah Scott, professor and director of supply-chain management at the University of Illinois' Gies College of Business, describes how the topic is being taught in online courses during physical school closures and the coronavirus pandemic.

Businesses are turning to enterprise-class multi-carrier management systems as a way to address these ship-from-home challenges.

Lida Citroën, chief executive officer of LIDA360, explains why veterans and military specialists are ideal candidates for jobs in all areas of the supply chain.