{"id":11874,"date":"2016-09-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-14-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T19:14:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:14:45","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-14-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-14-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our links today remind us just how much this industry is in motion. New apps and startups are born every week and yet we still hear of giant companies merging or collapsing. It&#8217;s perfect timing for a yearly review of management and logistics news (which is why we have included it).<\/p>\n<p><strong>I. <\/strong>Logistics Management is celebrating their 25th year of studying logistics and management. Their detailed and informative report has some key insights into current and future trends within the industry and is a must read. \u201cThe findings from the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logisticsmgmt.com\/article\/25th_annual_masters_of_logistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25th Annual Trends and Issues in Transportation and Logistics<\/a><\/em> suggest that three complex, interrelated supply chain elements\u2014transportation, technology, and organizational structure\u2014are major contributors to the indecision of committing to a direction. However, waiting too long at the crossroads will only result in a competitive disadvantage that will be difficult to overcome in a global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>II.<\/strong> What does the future of Europe\u2019s transportation industry look like? Good question. The <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/maritime-news\/europe%E2%80%99s-transportation-market-undergoing-transformation_20160911.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal of Commerce<\/a><\/em> believes they are about to have a major transformation this month. What to watch? A review from Danish conglomerate Maersk Group could seriously shake things up. The JOC says this shake-up could be brutal, especially after a \u201cseries of events that have decimated European transportation interests struggling with a mix of overcapacity and sluggish demand at sea, in the air, and on the road that is squeezing freight rates and savaging balance sheets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>III.<\/strong> Project44, a startup up from Chicago, is making news after securing $10.5 million in Series A funding. Project44 is a cloud-based platform for tracking and optimizing freight operations. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.builtinchicago.org\/2016\/09\/09\/project44-raises-105m-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jett McCandless, the CEO and co-founder<\/a>, says, \u201cWe\u2019re building out the team to make sure we have the culture and foundation that we need. Now that we have proof of concept and extremely strong demand for the product, it\u2019s just about scaling the infrastructure and onboarding thousands of clients a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV.<\/strong> Truckstop.com has just released LoadPay, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20160912005947\/en\/MercuryGate-Launches-LoadPay-Secured-Freight-Payment-Solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a secure payment platform<\/a>. This app \u201cenables third-party logistics providers (3PLs), brokers and shippers to schedule automated payments to carriers while offering the option of PayMeNow&#x2122;, a quick payment solution for carriers who elect to receive funds more rapidly.\u201d Quick payment is certainly one way to make things easier and less harried in the logistics game!<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.p-44.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project44 Blog<\/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":11875,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-11874","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 v27.7 - 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-14-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=\"Our links today remind us just how much this industry is in motion. 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