As a means of encouraging girls to take an interest in STEM fields (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics), ComEd — a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, a Fortune 100 energy company —is pairing some of their female engineers with teams of girls competing in the company’s annual icebox derby. The challenge is to design, build and race a car with the parts of a recycled refrigerator. Continue reading
According to a study conducted at the University of Colorado Boulder, when there’s only one woman in a candidate pool, there’s little chance she will be selected. Her chances greatly improve – far more than the increased statistical chance – when the number of female candidates increases. Continue reading
Members of the AWESOME community will be participating as speakers and panelists at the CSCMP EDGE conference September 15-18 in Anaheim, California. Their sessions will be focusing on a range of topics – from talent to crisis response to customer expectations. Continue reading
The number of board members of companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index who are women is on the rise. According to an article in the Washington Post, “After being stuck at 16 percent for several years, the percentage of women-held board positions in the S&P 500 now reaches nearly 27 percent.” Continue reading
Jill Marcotte, Partner, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Dealer Tire, has been named the Chairman of the Board of Simple Tire. She also shared insights on a panel focusing on “Paths to the Boardroom” at the 2019 Women for Economic and Leadership Development Leadership Conference at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. Continue reading
An article in Harvard Business Review cites the example of a new COO who came up through the supply chain ranks and found ways to change her focus to become a more strategic thinker. The author, Ron Carrucci, writes that too few leaders even understand what strategic thinking really is – and how important it is to their role. SUPPLY CHAIN-TRAINED COO BECOMES A MORE STRATEGIC THINKER Continue reading
Mary Long, Managing Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute’s Supply Chain Forum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and an AWESOME Advisor, participated as a panelist for a super session at the 2019 GS1 Connect conference. The panel’s topic was “Using Data Science to Extract Business Value.” Continue reading
The publication Refrigerated and Frozen Foods recently featured an article titled “The rise of women in supply chain and logistics.” The article highlights observations from the AWESOME/Gartner Women in Supply Chain survey, including that more organizations have reported initiatives to improve gender diversity over the past several years. Read more about the 2019 Research. Continue reading
Fifty years after the first moonwalk took place, some of the behind-the-scenes people who made it happen are finally being recognized. This includes a group of women working for International Laytex Corporation (ILC) — now Playtex — who stopped sewing girdles long enough to assist NASA in making a spacesuit that could mean the difference between life and death for an astronaut. Continue reading
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has announced that Micaela Bulich, an AWESOME Advisor, has been engaged as an Operating Advisor, Supply Chain & Procurement, to CD&R funds. Micaela is the former Vice President Global Supply Chain for GE Renewable Energy’s $8 billion Onshore Wind business. Continue reading
