As recruiters focused on the fast-rising field of Supply Chain Management, we’re always happy at Argentus to speak about the state of the industry for whoever’s listening. Recently, we were contacted by Bob Ferrari, a corporate strategist and consultant and...
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How to Use Your Supply Chain to Break Down Company Silos
Written by Supply Chain Executive Mike Mortson. This guest post first appeared on Mike’s industry blog, Supply Chain Game Changer. How many parts of your company act as independent silos? How many functions in your company conduct themselves like they are islands?...
Drawing Lessons from Tesla’s Supply Chain Issues
Back in 2016, we posted about Tesla’s ambitious plan to ramp up production of its consumer-grade Model 3 electric car to 500,000 vehicles a year by 2020. At the time, pretty much every analyst agreed that was an ambitious target for a manufacturer without solid...
The Top Argentus Posts of 2017!
It was quite a year, both in our industry and in the world. In our corner of the world of business, we saw the continued upheaval of the retail industry, the increasing digitization of Supply Chains, and a big leap in our own skills at...
Argentus President Bronwen Hann Quoted in MarketWatch
A heads up for our network: Argentus President Bronwen Hann made the news! We’re always excited to speak on career issues for whoever’s listening, so we were thrilled last week when MarketWatch reporter Maria LaMagna reached out to Bronwen for her take on how...
The Quest for a Better Resume: Let’s Talk About Content
If you’re a professional in Procurement, Supply Chain, or any of their related fields, what exactly should go on a resume and what doesn’t belong there?
5 Tips for Achieving the Most Out of Your Supply Chain Analytics
This guest post comes from Fronetics, a boutique marketing firm focused on the Supply Chain and Logistics industries. Written by Katie Vazeos. In a recent study, MIT found that companies that focus on 5 key initiatives to improve their supply chain analytics can have...
The Quest for a Better Resume: Let’s Talk About Optics
Resumes are hard. Always have been, always will be. It’s hard to write and talk about yourself. It’s even harder to boil years – or even decades – of experience and accomplishments into a few short pages of text and visuals. You’re probably more focused on your job...
Why You’re Scaring Away Recruiters
Whether you’re actively looking for a new job and thinking about reaching out to a recruiter, or you’re a “passive” candidate who’s been approached by a recruiter with new opportunities, there are certain strategies and expectations that will help set you up for...