This guest post comes from Fronetics, a boutique marketing firm focused on the Supply Chain and Logistics industries. Written by Frank Cavallero. Having a modern, flexible supply chain is important to finding the way out of inventory dilemmas. Imagine your irritation...
Here’s the first instalment of a new Argentus feature where we answer your career questions. We’re starting this feature to help put our years of recruitment experience to good use, whether your questions are specific to our recruiting specialty of...
It shouldn't come as a surprise to any reader of the Argentus blog that we’re big fans of LinkedIn. Because it’s the biggest, most popular social network for careers, we use it to share our content, to help source candidates, and to keep up-to-date with new...
Written by Alexa Cheater. This guest post first appeared on Kinaxis’ industry blog, The 21st Century Supply Chain. Rapidly evolving technology and a digitally focused world have opened the door for a new wave of automation to enter the workforce. Robots already stand...
Part of our mission at Argentus is to draw attention to all aspects of the wild and woolly world of Supply Chain – a world whose results we take for granted as consumers, but whose processes go on almost entirely beyond our attention. Supply Chains deliver a...
This guest post comes from Yosra Musa, an inventory analyst and emerging Supply Chain professional. She runs Small Seed Consulting. "What is supply chain management?” is a question I’ve become deeply familiar with since first pursuing my post-graduate...
On the Argentus blog, we’ve done a few updates about Amazon’s increasing attempts to vertically integrate and control every aspect of their Supply Chain. They’ve made forays into the wholesale market, and begun a roll-out of brick and mortar stores. Now, it...
Here’s a new frontier in work-life balance: For the past several years, work-life balance has been one of the biggest topics in employer and HR circles. Companies are recognizing the productivity benefits of flex time, childcare assistance, on-site stress...
Supply Chain transparency is all the rage these days. Or maybe “all the rage” is a bit premature. But companies everywhere are sitting up and taking notice of the fact that consumers are demanding more information about where their products come from. People...