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My procurement assignment.

  Unlocking Sustainable Employee Motivation for Procurement: Lessons from the DHL Express Canada strike. In the tough game of supply chain management and procurement, employee motivation isn’t a buzzword for the “people” – to use a term from HR literature – it just has to be a vital engine for operational success. That the people who manage a global network is central to the effective functioning depends on that globally distributed performance. It makes it possible because all of the performance of our delivery service (out of which top delivery service) is the most effective, supplier relationships thrive and with a well organized workforce, which generates agility and flexibility that you cannot get from technology alone. But, as the recent labor dispute at DHL Express Canada has demonstrated, the notion that engagement involves merely the salary of being well-paid is far more complicated than that. This raises major questions about both responsibility and efficiency.  ...