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By the Lab Jeunes de France Supply Chain
From scratch to match
Initiated in June 2021 by the HR LAB, the idea of creating a LAB for young people, by young people began with the ISLI (Kedge Business School) Master's integration seminar in September 2021. There are now 11 students on work-study programmes who make up this LAB. Although we come from different schools and backgrounds, we all have one thing in common, an appetite for the supply chain profession. Promoting and making Supply Chain attractive to future generations and finding the right words to attract young people are the objectives that drive us every day.
We started from scratch, as we often hear in business. Being organised was essential to create a serious, ambitious and sustainable lab. We therefore formed three divisions: project, communication and partnerships.
Our first project was to edit a video presenting the Supply Chain, which will be used for future interventions by Lab Jeunes in student fairs and schools. Still in line with the idea of promoting the Supply Chain to future generations, we are in contact with l'Etudiant, which represents a real entry point to our young talents.
Discovering the Supply Chain is good, but in a playful way is better. To do this, we are working on the creation of a game in the form of a climate fresco that will highlight the diversity of supply chain management professions.
In order to create a real community of young Supply Chain people, we are launching an Instagram page to present our different projects.
While we have the chance to discuss current issues on a weekly basis on the Radio Supply Chain channel, we have also decided to create our own podcast: From Aspiration to Inspiration. This project aims to trace the careers of inspiring supply chain professionals, and you will discover how they built their careers, their successes, their mistakes, their lessons. For the first edition we were lucky enough to interview Vincent Giard, professor emeritus of Paris Dauphine, which will be released soon on our Instagram page @lab_jeunes and on the France Supply Chain Youtube channel.
We are also integrated into the various actions carried out by the HR Lab.
"With Appoline, we were delighted to contribute to the beautiful project led by France Supply Chain, Testimonies of Women in the Supply Chain, which will be launched very soon", says Emma.
Some members of the Lab Jeunes wanted to share their feedback with you:
"It is an enriching adventure that allows us to develop both personally and professionally, combining group work and networking," says Wilfried.
"This project, which requires a lot of investment, is complete and allows us to be in contact with players in the supply chain. My only regret at the moment is that the diversity of our group, with non-aligned schedules, prevents us from meeting physically, which is a hindrance to the development of the Lab" Charly.
We are preparing for the handover in the autumn of 2022 with a lot of plans in mind.
Finally, we would like to thank the France Supply Chain association for their support and trust. We sincerely hope that this Lab will allow the Supply Chain professions to become attractive to the younger generations.
HIGHLIGHTS
Strike action amid record profits
Major strike movements are likely to accentuate the disruptions that maritime traffic has been experiencing for several months. Thus, in an economic note, Project44, specialist in transport visibility, reports this week that the workers of the port of Hamburg have gone on strike for the first time in more than 30 years. As for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, it was paralysed by a work stoppage on 20 June, aggravating the already very long waiting times. Given the geopolitical context and the impact of inflation on purchasing power, an extension of social conflicts in this sector cannot be excluded. This risk is all the greater in that this discontent is largely fuelled by the exceptional results of freight forwarders and shipping companies. For example, Maersk announced a profit for the first quarter that more than doubled to 6.8 billion dollars. Despite the cancellation of its shipments to Russian ports, the group is forecasting an Ebitda of around... 30 billion dollars. Note that its competitor CMA-CGM has reached 56 billion dollars, in 2021 (+78% compared to 2020), mainly driven by the Group's maritime activities. Its Ebitda is 23.1 billion dollars, i.e. a margin of 41.3%, up 21.8 points compared to 2020. Without jumping to conclusions about the reasons that allow market players to make such profits in times of crisis, it is understandable that this situation, which is unbalanced to say the least, should be a source of some bitterness.
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