{"id":11842,"date":"2016-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-6-2-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:19:00","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-6-2-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-6-2-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Chain and Logistics Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How has your week been? We hope you have been enjoying some downtime with your family and keeping cool. Take a quick break with us and check out some links we think you will enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I.<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DHL, Airbus, and Astrobotic to deliver supply chain on the moon &#8212; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supplychaindigital.com\/logistics\/4317\/DHL-Airbus-and-Astrobotic-to-deliver-supply-chain-on-the-moon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES! The moon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DHL will provide logistics services for Astrobotic\u2019s spacecraft and its customer payloads, and will make sure that all materials for the new lunar lander as well as the \u2018space freight\u2019 will arrive safe and on time to begin their journey to the Moon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>II.<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great update on the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/business\/aroundregion\/story\/2016\/jul\/12\/dynamo-accelerator-program-transportation-log\/375514\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynamo accelerator program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Chattanooga. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It took several rounds of cuts to establish the final list of participants. Among the 10 accepted into the program are representatives from the United Kingdom, Ireland and Mexico.For the next 12 weeks, the 10 carefully-selected teams will try to solve the world&#8217;s transportation and logistics problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>III.<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us know what you think of this <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ttnews.com\/articles\/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=42481\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opinion piece on Mexico transportation and logistics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. From the article, \u201clogistics in Mexico currently costs 20% more than in the United States. Although Mexico has improved its highway infrastructure in the last 10 years, many of these roads have tolls, driving up the cost of transportation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>IV<\/strong>.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Progistics Distribution, a third-party logistics firm based in Oakland, California, has <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ttnews.com\/articles\/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=42527\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">launched a web app<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to assist businesses with last-mile delivery. The product, called eDEMAND, is designed to make the management of drivers, vehicles and destinations easier for retail, e-commerce, small-package and bulk-shipment companies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/progisticsdistribution.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Progistics Distribution<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"intro--medium\"><strong>As of September 8, 2020, Crimson &amp; Co (formerly The Progress Group\/TPG) has rebranded as Argon &amp; Co following the successful merger with Argon Consulting in April 2018.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11843,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-11842","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supply-chain-recaps"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supply Chain and Logistics Recap - Argon &amp; Co<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-6-2-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supply Chain and Logistics Recap - Argon &amp; Co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How has your week been? 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