Human resource planning: A vehicle towards achieving an effective supply chain management through manpower

The Darwinian ethic saying ’survival of the fittest’ gives a clear picture of manpower and its right place at the right time and so is the need of supply chain function in present scenario. In this context, human resource planning is of vital importance to an organisation to understand the skill inventory, demand forecasting for employees, identification of gaps and so on. A proper and systematic maintenance of HRP will reduce the major issues of workforce in supply chain management. A socially responsible supply chain must ensure that the right human resource is being used for the work allocated to it. An internally developed manpower is a major step towards building an ethically organisation. This paper shall discuss how the people-related risks in supply chain can be minimised by the proper implementation of human resource planning or manpower planning function.