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The supply chain is the manufacturing and e-commerce circulation system. It transports products from suppliers to fulfillment centers and finally to a customer’s front door.
Because there are so many moving parts, even a minor disruption can devastate the system. Disruption is any sudden change or crisis that harms any part of the supply chain.
Continue reading “How Does Supply Chain Forecasting Plan for Expected and Unexpected Disruptions?”Hurricanes! Earthquakes! Terrorist Attacks! Train Derailments! War! Fire! Cyber Attacks! Every one is a disaster.
You see it in the news every minute of every hour of every day. Either some natural disaster or some man made despicable act has occurred somewhere on the planet. The result is death, destruction and disruption.
Everyone is trying to pick up the pieces. They are trying to figure out what has happened, how to come to grips with the catastrophic results, and how to get things going again.
Depending on what the disaster is people can be struggling to know where they can get the basics such as food, water and shelter.
This is where the Supply Chain must kick in to gear: business continuity and disaster recovery.
Continue reading “Disaster Strikes!!! Is Your Supply Chain Ready To Recover?”Big news out of the grocery retail world as Amazon has announced its acquisition of major organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market – for an eye-popping $13.7 billion sale price that doesn’t look so massive given Amazon’s $136 billion sales volume in 2016.
Analysts across the retail industry are talking about the huge implications of this sale for a retail industry that many say is in the middle of a major meltdown, in part owing to Amazon’s massive growth in the eCommerce space. This foray into the grocery business is a big challenge to companies like Target, Wal-Mart, and others, and also a sign that reports of brick and mortar retail’s demise might be greatly exaggerated.
Continue reading “What are the Supply Chain Impacts of Amazon’s Whole Foods Acquisition?”In the dynamic world of supply chain logistics, the pursuit of efficiency and precision has become a top priority. The integration of custom-designed mobile apps, such as those created by Leanware, is redefining the industry by revolutionizing communication, optimizing processes, and fundamentally transforming how goods traverse the supply chain.
Continue reading “Enhancing Supply Chain Logistics Through Custom Mobile Apps!”Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software plays a pivotal role in streamlining business operations, from finance and HR to supply chain management. In recent years, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed the landscape of ERP systems.
This article explores the profound impact of AI on custom ERP software development services, catering to readers interested in the intersection of ERP and AI.
Continue reading “How AI is Revolutionizing Custom ERP Software Development Services!”On the Argentus Blog, we’re always looking to shine the light on various aspects of the talent picture within the Supply Chain Management field – whether it’s hiring trends, intelligence about important skills, the pay gap or the industry’s response to emerging issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But one of the hottest perennial topics – for candidates looking to develop their careers, as well as hiring managers developing their talent strategy – is always salary:
What does the compensation picture look like for Supply Chain professionals?With the increased prominence of Supply Chain, Logistics and Procurement within organizations, is compensation increasing? What’s the monetary value of advanced certifications and degrees?
Our readers are always – understandably – interested in the salary piece of the talent pie. A Supply Chain career is multifaceted, and candidate motivations vary when it comes to career development – but make no mistake, money talks.
Continue reading “The Supply Chain Gender Pay Gap is Narrowing!”Hiring in Supply Chain is, in some ways, tougher than it ever has been with a propensity for hiring mistakes.
With the baby boomer generation entering retirement, and companies placing more strategic emphasis on the function, the war for Supply Chain talent is on.
We put together this infographic based on our experiences in the recruitment marketplace to answer:
What are the most common mistakes that causes hiring managers and HR to lose out?
Continue reading “10 Hiring Mistakes in Supply Chain! (Infographic)”In the ever-evolving landscape of corporate dynamics, the logistics of office relocations have become a pivotal aspect to consider. This article delves into the intricacies of corporate office moves from a supply chain perspective, shedding light on the crucial factors that ensure a seamless transition.
Continue reading “The Logistics of Corporate Office Moves!”We believe that we are on the verge of a Supply Chain Renaissance. A period of time in which people, technologies, cultural demands and amenability, and motivation will all conspire to launch a long period of rebirth in Supply Chain.
While we discuss what this means in our article “The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun“, we thought we would conduct a poll amongst our readers to understand their readiness for this period of renewal.
Here we present, and interpret, the results of our polling.
Continue reading “The Supply Chain Renaissance Readiness Poll!”Pain points are a part of business. They create opportunities to innovate, diversify and grow. Without customer pain points, there is no reason to be in business. Trading goods and services is as old as mankind itself.
Continue reading “Pain Points – An Opportunity to Innovate and Expand!”For busy executives, being active on social media and leveraging social media tips is kind of like networking. It’s one of those things that everyone says you absolutely have to do to benefit your career, but it’s hard to make it part of your daily routine.
Let’s be honest: it’s even harder for those who came of age before social media became ubiquitous. It can be tough to pin down what channels you should be on, what you should be posting, and the specific ways that a strong social media presence will bolster your career.
Continue reading “Social Media Tips for Supply Chain Leaders!”We were tremendously excited!
We had just completed the acquisition of a company that had great, complementary technical capabilities, a broader geographic footprint, new customers, and accretive profitability.
The CFO and I took over day to day management of the acquired company. A few weeks after the excitement of the acquisition had died down the CFO called me into his office.
“We are out of cash. Next week we have to decide to either pay the employees or pay our suppliers. We don’t have enough cash to do both.” How could we be missing cash?
We were in trouble.
What happened to the cash? How were we going to become solvent again and keep the business afloat for the long term?
It was another case for the Supply Chain Detective™!
Continue reading “The Supply Chain Detective™ and The Case of the Missing Cash!”Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction.
Supplier chain collaboration itself isn’t new. What’s new is that it’s taken on a much greater urgency and importance.
Continue reading “Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!”The company I had just joined was only a few months away from completing a multi-year project to revamp their primary Distribution Centre. The project would cost a total of $25 million, which seemed like highway robbery.
Part of my job was to see the implementation of the project brought to a successful conclusion, reaping all of the anticipated benefits.
But as I worked through the pains of a new system implementation, and gained more first hand knowledge, it occurred to me that the system design was completely lacking in strategic value.
Had the company just had a robbery of $25 million? This was a case for the Supply Chain Detective™.
Continue reading “The Supply Chain Detective™ and the $25M Robbery!”Today manufacturers must continually look for waste reduction, process improvement and supply chain efficiency to meet competitive pressures and their customers’ cost reduction requirements for the future of energy. Programs such as Lean have become a popular means to develop a culture of simplification and constant improvement.
Although Lean principles provide an excellent basis for managing energy costs, such costs are often left out of an efficiency drive…
Why is that?
Continue reading “Future of Energy for Manufacturing!”
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