All IT Services companies need to think about the idea of "Moving your supply chain team to Manage Human Capital" , the Human Capitalist has a post up on this topic, you can check it out .

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a large manufacturing company migrated a large portion of its supply chain team to manage human capital.

The supply chain organization understands the financial impact of their decisions.

Supply chain folks depend on technology do to their job. The supply chain must leverage data integration among disparate systems and partners. Forecasting and planning tools are essential. The more accurate the forecast, the better the plan, and impact on revenue and profitability.

The supply chain never stops. If a part is missing, the product cannot get built, shipped or invoiced.

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Prashanth Rai