Argentus is back. If you checked our website last week, you might have noticed that we were down. You might have seen an unfortunate default Wordpress page, or a temporary placeholder, or (if we’re unlucky), nothing at all. It would appear our website had been hacked,...
With the holiday season in full effect, companies are looking for ways to give back to their communities. For companies, charitable activities aren’t just about positive press or optics – they help give employees a sense of purpose, in addition to being the right...
Here’s a discussion we’ve been having recently that’s relevant both to candidates looking for work and companies in our network: the issue of transferable skills and the job search. One of the biggest ways that the internet revolution and the rise of social media has...
Today we wanted to highlight a great article and weigh in on its implications. The article, entitled “How Strategic Is Your Supply Chain?”, was written by Shawn Casemore and appeared in CFO magazine, an unusual location for a Supply Chain-focused article. But it...
For the past several months, one of the most exciting regular features we’ve provided on the Argentus blog is our Supply Chain Executive Interview series. We’ve interviewed executives and thought leaders from all corners of the discipline in Canada about issues of...
Written by Joe Cannata. This post first appeared on the Kinaxis industry blog, The 21st Century Supply Chain. I recently took a trip to my local big box electronics store, and saw a 3D printer on display. I asked what they were printing, and the response was “plastic...
This week, we interviewed Maureen Sullivan, LLB, CTP. Maureen is a past practising lawyer and current procurement and contract management education professional. She is President and Legal Editor with NECI, an organization based in British Columbia offering...
Anyone who closely follows the Supply Chain field knows that an emerging issue among the field’s top leaders is that of the Supply Chain talent deficit. We’ve covered it extensively here on the Argentus blog. We’ve spoken about it with senior executives and some of...
Following on the success of our recent post about the Rise of the Supply Chain C.E.O, we wanted to cover the topic of the emergence of Supply Chain into a C-suite function from another angle. That post discussed the trend of companies looking to the Supply Chain...