Guest contribution by Jill Button. Jill is a Strategic Sourcing executive with almost three decades of experience in Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing and has worked for global and national organizations in hi-tech, telecom, banking, financial services and consulting. She is President & CEO of ProcurePro, a boutique procurement and...

Time was, Supply Chain Management was seen as a back-office profession. People tended to rise from shop floors and warehouses into management roles and eventually – for the most high-performing individuals – Senior Director and C-Suite positions. It’s always been one of those fields that people “fall into.” Once they...

New research estimates that Canadian cannabis producers will only be able to meet 30-60% of consumer demand when legalization goes into effect. Canadian businesses are gearing up for a watershed moment: recreational cannabis legalization is set to arrive on October 17th, 2018. Over the past few months, Argentus has begun...

This guest post was written by Supply Chain executive Paul Rea. Paul is a senior supply chain leader with over 20 years of experience in industrial chemical and consumer product environments. He is the previous Co-Chair of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) Rail Committee and member of Transport...

Today we interrupt our regularly scheduled blogging about Supply Chain talent to make an announcement: Argentus is officially going back into the U.S. market for roles at the Director level and above. Several years ago, Argentus President and Senior Partner Bronwen Hann made the decision to focus exclusively on the...

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.  In electronics manufacturing, all components are tied to a central board or core circuit board. Take apart just about any...