{"id":11886,"date":"2016-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-17-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T19:13:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:13:23","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-17-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-17-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have several interesting links focused on the future of logistics. We muse on what a giant corporation&#8217;s next movie might be, spotlight results from the 21st Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, and fill you in on why the Marines recently visited a UPS distribution center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could you be who Amazon is looking for? Or are they even looking? According to <em>Forbes<\/em>, the retail giant may be in the market for a logistics partner. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paulmartyn\/2016\/09\/29\/no-bluffing-amazon-is-shopping-for-a-logistics-partner\/#8276ab7e8b87\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Martyn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been examining the recent behavior of the company and believes the building out of its logistics capacities is a signal to a play. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if Amazon actually wants to rid itself of the pretense and make a win\/win logistics deal with a trusted partner?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>II.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you heard the rumor about Detroit? <\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcvelocity.com\/articles\/20161003-detroit-the-next-big-logistics-center\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DC Velocit<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>y<\/em> says they have heard through the grapevine that many are looking to turn the Michigan city into a logistics hub. Mark Solomon does an outstanding job of evaluating the pros and cons of appointing Detroit the next great epi-center for transportation and logistics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detroit sits at the nexus of U.S.-Canada trade, with its proximity to Toronto, considered the gateway to Canadian commerce. It is located near four of the five Great Lakes as well as the U.S. transcontinental railroad system that connects with Great Lakes port traffic.\u201d Solomon also takes a look at how the city\u2019s history with the auto industry could be a huge asset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>III.<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltrademag.com\/global-logistics\/study-reveals-evolving-role-shippers-logistics-providers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Trade Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is dissecting the results of the \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2017 21st Annual Third-Party Logistics Study\u201d by Capgemini Consulting, Penn State University, and Penske Logistics. Technology and data-driven technology were big elements of the study. Tom McKenna, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology for Penske Logistics shares, \u201cAmong the biggest challenges that come with increased visibility and more data is determining how to best use that information to drive improvements that benefit the customer.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>IV.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marines are in need of advice and they are turning to companies like UPS and FedEx for it. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deputy commandant of installations and logistics took his team to the UPS Global Logistics Distribution Center in Kentucky. \u201cThey and FedEx both are extremely efficient in how they package, move, and take care of their workforce,\u201d Lt. Gen. Michael Dana said in an interview with <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/articles\/the-marines-want-to-get-better-at-logistics-and-theyre-looking-to-corporate-america-for-help\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marine Corps Times<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>.<\/em> Find out what else what other logistic elements the Marines made note of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: by Shawn Wilson using a Canon PowerShot A70 Copied from <a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Image:DetroitSkyline.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:DetroitSkyline.jpg\">English Wikipedia<\/a>., <a title=\"Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 1.0\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/1.0\">CC BY-SA 1.0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=37921\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=37921<\/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":11887,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-11886","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-17-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=\"This week we have several interesting links focused on the future of logistics. 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