Finding Skilled Workers for Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of Mattel Inc

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

 The study reflects on how the firms find people for
managing complex supply chain amid deficiency of
skilled workers.
 SCM involves systematic as well as strategic management
for supplying products needed by the customers end. This
study highlights that the Mattle Inc puts their employees to
test and hires skilled individuals for filling gap in supply
chain management.
Strategic objective
The objective of the firm is to effectively implement supply
chain management (SCM).
INTRODUCTION

 As Mattel Inc is the multinational toy
producing company in US, finding skilled
individuals has been really harder for the
company. The three major issues that have
been identified are given below:
First Issue
Manufacturing has been less prevalent in
North America and Europe and so it
becomes harder to find technical skills
owing to fewer individuals.
IDENTIFICATION OF THREE MAJOR
ISSUES

Second Issue
The company faced huge difficulty while recruiting
supply chain managers as these individuals are college
grads and did not have real line experience.
Third Issue
Huge gap occurs in the company’s operation as large
numbers of people are working in logistics, sourcing
and production while small number of people have
program management specialist across these functions.