Here’s a common story in our recruitment practice here at Argentus: a client calls us asking for our help hiring a Director of Procurement. Later that week, a different client calls with a need for a Procurement Analyst. We reach out into our network, digging deep into the connections we’ve...

This guest post comes from Fronetics, a boutique marketing firm focused on the Supply Chain and Logistics industries. Written by Elizabeth Hines. Most agree the supply chain is integral to our economy. But what, exactly, comprises the U.S. supply chain economy? Ask a random sampling of 10 people on the street...

A new article in Harvard Business Review has been generating some automation-related controversy in the Supply Chain Community, as well as lots of buzz and interesting conversation. Naturally, we at Argentus want to weigh in. Titled, “The Death of Supply Chain Management,” the article discusses the way that automation, AI...

Written by guest contributor Megan Ray Nichols, a freelance stem writer and the editor of Schooled By Science. For more from Megan, you can follow her on Twitter or subscribe to her blog here.  Investing in automation is on the rise, with increasing technology and industry demands driving this trend. Discover what makes spending...

A little while ago, we wrote about the top reasons why today’s Supply Chain and Procurement candidates become active in the job market. High-performers who feel siloed, uninspired, and lacking support in their current roles are more likely to become active candidates. These “passive candidates” are the people you’re most...

Written by Dr. Madhav Durbha. This guest post first appeared on Kinaxis’ industry blog, The 21st Century Supply Chain.  I recently came across a Bloomberg article citing how certain functions of the white-collar workforce at Amazon is getting replaced by automation. Employees drawing six-figure salaries to negotiate multi-million dollar deals with major...

    Everyone knows that the cannabis industry is a boom market: it’s worth $7.3B in the U.S., and expected to reach $24.5B by 2020. Closer to home in Canada, sales are expected to reach $5.7 billion by 2020. Banks like BMO are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in...

Written by guest contributor Megan Ray Nichols, a freelance stem writer and the editor of Schooled By Science. For more from Megan, you can follow her on Twitter or subscribe to her blog here.  The supply chain as we know it isn’t long for this world — especially our management processes. In the past,...