The new age of supply chain planning has been one of the key reasons as to why companies such as Wal-Mart have been able to pull ahead of all their competition. This dance of a product running out on shelf, and a new shipment “conveniently” making it just on time is...
Month: August 2013
Hot New MBA in Supply Chain Management a Move in the Right Direction to Beef Things up
A recent article in the Wall St. Journal titled “The Hot New M.B.A: Supply Chain Management” caught our eye. We have our ears to the ground in the world of staffing for Supply Chain and our other specialties, and if you’ve been reading our blog in the past few months...
Logistics still so misunderstood
New Survey Shows: Logistics Costs are Still So Poorly Understood: Logistics is a crucial component of any business in bringing a product to market. It’s the function within the Supply Chain that deals with paying for freight, transportation of goods, and getting goods...
Mature Workers Have Lots to Offer – Especially in the Contract Space
Anyone who’s opened a newspaper in the past five years (or, more likely pointed their browser to a news site) knows that mature job seekers haven’t had an easy time of it in the post-recession era. After the 2008 financial meltdown and the “Great Recession” that...
ONE & DONE!!! Contract Placement In Procurement definitely Our Thing
Yes we are singing our own praises a little bit today for our successes on our fast growing Contingent - Interim business in Procurement – Supply Chain Management. As is very often the case with CONTRACT needs they do tend to usually be last minute in nature. Our most...
BUILD YOUR CAREER A DIFFERENT WAY : MOVE from Permanent to Contract in Strategic Sourcing
STRATEGIC SOURCING - PROCUREMENT Someone Who Made THE MOVE TO CONTRACT explains Its Benefits: We recently interviewed a Strategic Sourcing professional who currently works in the Financial Services Sector as a senior Contractor for Argentus. He made the switch a...