In 2019, Supply Chain Management is what makes or breaks a company. The New York Times’ Alexandra Alter recently reported that a bottleneck at printers has impacted book sales over the crucial holiday season. It puts a bit of a crunch on an industry that’s been on a roll this year following several years of anxiety.
To cap off 2018, we want to carry on something that’s become a bit of a tradition at Argentus: ending each year by highlighting some of our favourite posts. It’s been quite a year – but when is that not the case, these days? North America saw continued strong...
Written by Dr. Muddassir Ahmed. Muddassir is a Supply Chain Management expert with over 14 years of industry experience. He is the founder and editor of SCM Dojo, an influential Supply Chain blog and learning resource. Over the years, I have had many requests as well...
Every once in a while, we on the Argentus blog need to take a stand, and today it’s for something that more companies should recognize: Core Procurement skills are transferable. Full stop. Hiring managers have a difficult job. Companies task them with finding the...
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...
Romaine lettuce: it’s the thick-ribbed backbone of many good salads. The crunch in your burger. It’s pretty much the most run-of-the-mill leafy green you can imagine. Now, over the past few weeks it’s been having a moment with widespread reports of E Coli...
Written by Supply Chain Executive Mike Mortson. This guest post first appeared on Mike’s industry blog, Supply Chain Game Changer. Everywhere you turn there is talk of a lot of very exciting technologies. The Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR), Drones...
Sometimes, on the Argentus Blog, we deviate slightly from our bailiwick of talent management in Supply Chain to cover other workplace culture topics. We’ve written recently about work from home policies, salary transparency, and even the question of whether companies...
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. Managing a warehouse requires attention to enough matters already without...