Logistics facing talent shortage, Georgia summit attendees told
KENNESAW, Ga. | May 16, 2017
The logistics industry faces a serious labor shortage, according to opening session speakers at the Georgia Logistics Summit
The concerns were expressed today before more than 2,000 attendees at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
Dr. Christina Scherrer, a professor of systems and industrial engineering at Kennesaw State University, noted that a recent survey showed that 90 percent of 1,600 Georgia business and industrial engineering students polled were familiar with logistics but only 20 percent expressed intent to enter the field.
“That’s a serious image problem,” said Scherrer, who holds her doctorate in industrial and systems engineering.
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