links for 2008-03-04

• 'Talent on Demand': Applying Supply Chain Management to People - Knowledge@Wharton
  Dr. Peter Cappelli has a new book coming out on the intersection of talent management and supply chain management. It looks like it will provide fresh perspective on how to think about talent management.
  (tags: talentmanagement)

Comments

[Chuck Allen]

Jim,

You blogged this the very day HR-XML was engaged in some quite intensive discussions with a group of "supply-chainers" at our Atlanta meeting. The point is to examine best practices we can borrow. We met with representatives of companies like Infor that have a leg in both the supply-chain management and workforce management.

People are not widgets (you don't need to schedule and interview widgets; widgets usually depreciate - people are more complex - they can both appreciate/depreciate; widgets don't get dispirited and go work for a competitor; etc.). That said, the problems Cappelli points out are rooted in poor access to information and problem processes.

Having been involved in active liaison with groups promoting supply-chain standards and best practices, I can say that there is still much for talent management providers to learn and apply from peers in supply-chain management. We definitely will be building in supply chain best practices in the forthcoming HR-XML 3.0.