This guest post comes from Michael Massetti, a Supply Chain and Procurement leader and subject matter expert based out of the United States. Prologue: Did you see it coming? Sometime during the droning sound of The Weather Channel announcers describing Winter Storm...
A strange twist in the story of eCommerce. Amazon has dominated the eCommerce space by leveraging economies of scale and a particular advantage over traditional retailers: the fact that it doesn’t have to eat the real estate, operations and labour costs...
Here’s a story: A few weeks ago, we received a new role from a great client in the automotive service sector. Our contact at this organization had used Argentus’ services in three previous senior roles, and we had jumped into our network and found him talent for a...
Today we want to cover a recruiting issue that’s been a topic of discussion around the office: whether recruiters and hiring managers should ask about a candidate’s salary history during the recruitment process. For a recruiter, this conversation typically happens...
Last week came a fantastic feature in Canadian Business about Target’s foray into Canada, outlining how Supply Chain problems led to the venture’s collapse in 2015. It’s a fascinating, vital read for any Supply Chain Professional (or anyone looking to learn about the...
Following on the success of our recent infographic outlining 6 Career Tips for Supply Chain Professionals, we've put together another eye-catching distillation of some of our most common and useful personal branding advice for people in the field....
“Teach me your industry and I’ll apply that knowledge. It’s all about building a cross functional team. It’s never about me finding a new supplier. It’s about us finding a new supplier.” – Supply Chain Director David Astles. Last month, we published a post...
As recruiters in the Supply Chain space, we're always working to educate candidates - especially those up-and-comers moving into entry-level or junior sole-contributor roles - about how to set themselves up for long-term Supply Chain career success. This involves...
More and more companies are listing a university degree as a requirement for Supply Chain roles – but does that leave out some of the best talent in the field? Anyone following the Supply Chain discipline knows that the field is undergoing a kind of renaissance, as...