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Quick Tips for Optimizing Your Production Plan
Keeping track of your business can be challenging in the modern age. You’ve got suppliers to negotiate with, payroll to calculate and every aspect of your supply chain to monitor. A production plan can help you navigate all of these variables by laying them out in a neat and tidy list. If you haven’t created a production plan yet — or are looking for ways to improve the one you already have — here are some quick and easy tips to help you optimize your program.

Whoever Can Hire Gen Z Will Win the War for Supply Chain Talent. Here’s How to Do It.
Finding alignment between generation Z and Supply Chain talent needs.

How a Fast-Growing Cannabis Company Built Their Procurement Function from Scratch
How we filled out a Cannabis company’s Procurement bench from scratch — and turned the way they spend into a key competitive advantage.

What’s the Difference Between Commodity Management and Category Management?
For a considerable portion of my career I have worked in the Manufacturing and Logistics/Distribution Industries. In these industries a segment of the Procurement organization is called Commodity Management.

How Supply Chain Management Can Make or Break a High-Growth Company
Here’s why Supply Chain Management is a startup founder’s secret weapon.

Are Hyper-Specialized Shops the Future of Retail?
In the age of Amazon, the retail industry is in perpetual upheaval. Now, a niche model emerging in Europe could be a pathway forward.

Keep Your Eye on These 5 Supply Chain Technologies
Supply chain managers all over the world are watching as Industry 4.0 takes hold and brings productivity-boosting technologies. But which kinds of tech are most worth your attention today and into the future? Here are five that are worth keeping your eyes on.

Could “Stay Interviews” Be the New Key to Employee Retention?
In this Supply Chain talent market, employee retention is more important than ever – and this emerging interview practice could be a great way to keep people satisfied.

Bronwen Hann Speaks at SCMA Panel on Supply Chain Talent: Why Young People Should #ChooseSupplyChain
Argentus founder and President Bronwen Hann is in Montreal this week for the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA)’s National Conference – Canada’s biggest annual gathering of business leadership and thought leaders in our industry.
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