women in logistics

Black History Month: CEO Hope White shares struggles and hope

Hope White shares her story for Black History Month.

Editor’s note: Hope White, founder and CEO at H.D. White Logistics, considers “every month Black History Month” but says it’s nice to set aside one month each year to celebrate people of color. As part of FreightWaves’ coverage of Black History Month, White shared her struggles to get promoted after entering the logistics world and discussed the challenges she still faces as a minority business owner. 

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Women can rise to the top, says Geodis’s Marie-Christine Lombard – ‘take risks’

Women need to exert more energy and effort and take more risks if they are to rise to the top in business, says Geodis CEO Marie-Christine Lombard.
At the Women’s Forum for Economy and Society this morning, Ms Lombard said she had faced hostility from colleagues as she rose to become a chief executive.
“I didn’t have a glass ceiling – quite clearly – but at 33, I was already number-two [at …

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DHL aims to advance women in its ranks

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Deutsche Post DHL Group (OTCMKTS: DPSGY) has stepped up its commitment to recruit, retain and promote women in its management ranks by announcing a new policy that provides three months of maternity leave at 100% pay for its North American supply chain unit.

The policy takes effect Jan. 1 and will also apply to adoptive parents, the company said.

Meredith Singletary, senior human resources director for DHL Supply Chain, North America (Photo: Courtesy)

“We firmly believe that the introduction of...

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Boom! calls on supply chain professionals to help evaluate career prospects

Boom!, the cross-industry community of female supply chain professionals, is asking the industry – both men and women – to complete a survey on career progression.
The survey will examine career prospects and plans, as well as perspectives on equal opportunities in supply chain professions.
Boom! wants to poll practitioners, consultants and vendors to gain a grass root view on issues such as career obstacles and enablers, mentoring and leadership development and …

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Firms can be better: there can be more gender diversity in logistics

When you ask logistics companies why they have so few senior (or even junior) female staff, you tend to get the same response: “Women don’t apply for jobs here. What can we do?” 
Well, the answer is not, in fact, ‘nothing’; many companies seem to think that a lack of applications means they don’t have to try.  
But a new white paper from Bis Henderson on gender diversity in logistics shows companies how …

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

 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 …

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Logistics must attract a more diverse workforce, or lose out on ‘good minds’

Calls are increasing for the logistics sector to catch up with other industries in diversifying its workforce or face losing out on “good minds”.
Chief executive of Tototheo Maritime, Despina Panayiotu Theodosiou, told delegates at the Intermodal Europe conference in Rotterdam this week the industry needed to act fast.
“If we do not catch up on the way other industries are diversifying and bringing more women into the workplace, we will lose …

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Indian government backs drive to get more women into logistics

Indian logistics operators must increase diversity within their workforce if they are to succeed in the future.
The executive director of Awesome, Nancy Nix, told delegates at Fiata’s World Congress in Delhi last week that homogenised workforces were less effective than those more diverse.
“Particularly when you look at leadership teams; those that look the same are often a loss less effective than those that don’t,” she added.
 
 
“This problem isn’t exclusive to India. In …

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