THE SUPPLY CHAIN INTERVIEW
“ The corporate archetype is broken,” she says.“ It’ s time to stop rewarding the loudest voice in the room and start rewarding the one who can navigate complexity without losing humanity in the process.”
Reclaiming power for the invisible workforce It is not only within the corporate sphere that these conversations should be taking place. In fact, Sheri’ s conviction sharpens when the conversation turns to Tier 2 and Tier 3 supplier networks. Women make up the majority of workers in many of these facilities, in garments, agriculture, electronics assembly, yet they remain largely invisible in corporate supply chain strategies that rarely look beyond Tier 1.
“ The conversation about women in supply chain can’ t stop at corporate headquarters, LinkedIn banners and the soup-du-jour‘ women in insert X’ panels,” she says.
When margin pressure is applied at Tier 1, it cascades downstream and it is women in upper-tier supplier networks who frequently absorb the cost through longer hours, unsafe conditions and suppressed wages. Extending living wage commitments
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