PROJECTED AND EXPECTED COMPETENCES IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN IN SLOVENIA

Mateja Cucek () and Sonja Mlaker Kac ()
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Mateja Cucek: University of Maribor, Slovenia
Sonja Mlaker Kac: University of Maribor, Slovenia

Business Logistics in Modern Management, 2023, vol. 23, 79-91

Abstract: Technological development requires constant adaptation and new work approaches, which also applies to logistics and supply chains. In this field, innovation and instant adaptation are understood as key competitive advantages. The aim of this study was to identify which competences employers in 2020 projected to be needed in the future in the field of logistics and supply chain management and which competences employers expected from employees to have in 2023. For research, a quantitative survey of 435 employers in logistics and supply chains was conducted in 2020 to determine which competences employers projected their employees to need in the future in logistics and supply chain. To analyse the competences expected in 2023, a qualitative analysis of 50 job advertisements from the field of logistics and supply chain was conducted. So, this article presents the results of two different surveys, so a combination of quantitative study from 2020 and qualitative study from 2023. The results of the surveys show that communication skills, coordination and social skills are currently mostly expected competences for logistics jobs, but there is ate the moment not yet an important need for skills in robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain.

Keywords: competences; job advertisements; logistics; supply chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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