'boom!' – new global community will boost the role of women in the supply chain

© Miriam Doerr

 Let’s look at the stats: just 11% of senior roles in supply chains are held by women – a figure that has actually decreased in the last two years, according to Gartner’s 2019 Women in Supply Chain survey.

And of the total supply chain workforce, women make up only 39%. 

Why does it matter? Because companies within the top quartile for gender diversity are 15% more likely to have returns above their respective national industry medians, according to GoSupplyChain.

In response, a supply chain analyst ...