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Gartner: AI-Only Hiring Will Cost Supply Chains by 2030
Gartner is urging supply chain leaders to balance AI adoption with early-career hiring, warning of talent shortage and pay premium problems by 2030
TL;DR
- Gartner warns that replacing entry-level hiring with AI in supply chains could result in higher business costs by 2030.
- By 2030, 75% of businesses that replace entry-level hiring with AI will face pay premiums, including a 15% uplift for early-career professionals.
- Pausing entry-level hiring risks hollowing out the talent pipeline, leading to capability gaps and talent shortages.
- AI should augment people and human-AI collaboration is key, blending human judgment with machine speed.
- CSCOs should audit AI's talent impact, redesign workflows for continuous learning, future-proof the talent pipeline, and strengthen the employee value proposition.