Supply Chain and Logistics

Building for Productivity, Visibility, and Resiliency

We help organizations transform their workforce and navigate uncertainty. 


Supply chain and logistics have never been more challenging. Amid disruptions in the global supply chain, skyrocketing costs of freight and materials, and the extraordinarily high expectations of customers, logistics executives cite workforce challenges—specifically finding and retaining skilled labor—as the biggest issues they face.

 

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These shortages in key sectors place new levels of stress and uncertainty on supply chain networks, compounding the pressure already felt due to shipping disruptions, geopolitical instability, and material shortages. Skilled supply chain operators are in demand, while labor pools are shrinking.

At the same time, the race to digitalization is on. The same logistics executives are dramatically increasing their investment in cutting-edge new technologies, including AI/ML, Internet of Things, sensing, robotics, autonomous vehicles and drones, advanced analytics, and wearable/mobile computing. (Source)

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With these powerful new capabilities, supply chains and logistics organizations are dramatically increasing the complexity of their operations, requiring even more specialized knowledge.

How We Create Value

  • Productive, 
Trained Labor Pools

    Creating an ecosystem of full-time and contract employees is mandatory at this point. Powerful, intuitive supply chain management software allows for on-the-job reskilling and introduces digital capabilities that would otherwise require significant investment in learning and development. Automating highly repetitive tasks and those that are higher risk can enable the workforce, rather than replacing employees. Additionally robust labor planning software can ensure that scheduling is based on demand and inbound supply planning.

  • End-to-End Vision 
and Transparency

    A fully connected supply chain that features end-to-end (E2E) visibility empowers organizations to track and monitor every aspect of the supply chain. From the acquisition of raw materials to the delivery of the final product to customers, E2E allows businesses to make informed decisions, optimize operations, create truer demand forecasting models and respond quickly to changes in the marketplace. Building E2E visibility is not a light undertaking and very few organizations have implemented it well.

  • Resiliency 
and Planning

    An organization’s ability to prepare for and respond to unexpected events without impacting production or shipping depends on their investment in resiliency and planning. As we have seen in the last few years, operational risk and interruptions can impact several areas of the supply chain at the same time. Key to resiliency and planning is understanding and leveraging data. AI can curate insights from disparate data sources such as the news, competitive intelligence, sales, the markets and customer feedback to spot trends and opportunities.

The long-term vision around applications, design language, and hardware strategies that argo contributed will scale across the Sam’s Club organization, providing groundwork and tangible assets for our teams to move forward and advance across multiple initiatives.

Martin Granstrom

Vice President, Product Design & Research, Sam's Club

How argo can help transform your workforce


We’re a global team of design strategists and technologists with deep expertise in supply chain planning and logistics, working with organizations from Fortune 100 companies to startups. We believe that supply chains need to continuously improve and innovate at pace.

Our “Think by making” approach to design centers around the idea of realization; that making models and prototypes and visualizing possibilities will lead to better collaboration, better alignment, and ensured success.

We believe that supply chains need to continuously improve and innovate at pace. 

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  • Demand Planning

    We have built software that leverages AI/ML to respond to changes in demand, forecasting, supply planning, replenishment and inventory management

  • E2E visibility 

    We have created solutions like control towers for organizations and their partners to see the supply chain network in real time.

  • Inventory management 

    We have designed applications for ordering, identifying alternatives during times of supply shortages, monitoring and sensing.

  • Scheduling and planning

    We work with organizations to efficiently and effectively manage their supply chain operations. From yard management to scheduling distribution center workers, we understand the value of optimizing people, processes and technology and syncing them with business planning, ERP and manufacturing.

Real-world Impact

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