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How Retail Companies Can Unlock Massive Savings by Transforming Indirect Procurement
We’ve spent some time on the Argentus blog covering the upheaval in the retail industry over the past several years. In short, the massive consolidation of Amazon and other eCommerce behemoths has led to the closure of lots of traditional retail chains – an event the...

Are You a Supply Chain Leader Who Embraces Change?
This guest post comes from Fronetics, a boutique marketing firm focused on the Supply Chain and Logistics industries. Written by Elizabeth Hines. In today’s rapidly evolving economy, embracing change is crucial for success. These 5 behaviors define supply chain...

Should Commuting Time Count as Work Time?
One of our areas of expertise on the Argentus blog has always been the workplace itself: as a recruitment company who tries to stay on top of technological and social developments, we’re always fascinated by the way that working culture is shifting in the 21st...

“Fraudulent” Seafood Leads to Calls for Greater Supply Chain Transparency
Supply Chain Management is changing all over the place. More and more business responsibilities are resting with the function that used to just get product from Point A to Point B. Long-term product strategy, big data intelligence, and sustainability initiatives now...

Feature Interview: Supply Chain Executive Caroline Lalonde Speaks about Cannabis Opportunities and Challenges
As we wrote about in our recent article, cannabis is a huge emerging market in Canada. With the recent half-decade of growth in the medicinal cannabis sector, as well as the pending legalization of recreational cannabis in October 2018, more entrepreneurs are getting...

McDonald’s is Switching to Fresh Burgers from Frozen – A Supply Chain Challenge
Back in early 2018, McDonald’s – a pioneer in cold chain distribution – announced that it was testing out using fresh patties instead of frozen in burgers at 300 of its U.S. locations. Which doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but for one of the world’s largest Supply...

Tips and Tricks for Warehouse Renovation
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. Renovating your warehouse is the best time to perfect the space for...

WSJ: In This Job Market, More Companies are Lowering Experience Requirements
On the Argentus blog, we’ve spent the past few months charting the strong job market and its effects on hiring. My, how things have changed. A few short years ago, publications were writing about how employers weren’t bothering to hire for their open positions. Now,...

Research: Open Plan Offices Might Be Hurting Employee Productivity
Open plan offices are meant to increase employee collaboration, but raise your hand if you’ve ever stepped into an open office that sounded as quiet as a morgue. It might not be news to anyone who’s worked in an open plan office, but some new research has arrived that...
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