Successful Outsourcing
- Over the years Argon & Co has assisted many clients in various stages of logistics outsourcing. Recently we completed the 3PL selection and transition phases for a large scale, multi-site eCommerce fulfillment operation. Last week we published a series of two posts on successful outsourcing. To revisit a previous series on the 3PL selection process, see Logistics Outsourcing, Is it right for your business?
- The first in the series is Successful Outsourcing: Building the transition team
- The second post in the series is Successful Outsourcing: A sound transition plan
Self-driving cars for grocery delivery?
- In an effort to get competitive with big eCommerce companies like Amazon and Walmart, Kroger is testing self-driving cars (with person in vehicle) for their app deliveries. Phoenix consumers are testing the service for $6 a trip, and so may be a test market for driverless cars.
UPS announces new platform to match warehouse space and eCommerce merchants
- Global giant UPS release information about their new technology company Entitled Ware2Go and plans to use a new platform to connect warehouse space to merchants who require fulfillment space with a focus on companies in eCommmerce for both small- and medium-sized shippers.“Ware2Go uses innovative online technology to match excess warehouse and fulfillment capacity with merchant demand to provide transparent inventory, order fulfillment and final delivery,” said Scott Price, Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer, in a statement. “We’re solving for two major problems: speed to market and efficient warehousing. ”Logistics Management reported Tuesday, that UPS first rolled out Ware2Go early in the year. The types of merchants using Ware2Go are mostly eCommerce businesses who, according to UPS, are those selling online mainly to other businesses and need fast, consistent, time-in-transit for shipments, and have few distribution centers and could benefit from additional warehouse space for rent in different parts of the United States.
As of September 8, 2020, Crimson & Co (formerly The Progress Group/TPG) has rebranded as Argon & Co following the successful merger with Argon Consulting in April 2018.
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