{"id":11912,"date":"2016-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-15-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T19:11:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:11:02","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-15-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-15-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our links today all fall under the umbrella of the word: growth. Some of the growth is exciting, as is the case with the a new build happening in Seattle. Some, like the TPP, is a growth many people still question. We also spotlight the growth of a startup and share some insights from a distribution center survey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I.<\/strong> Prologis has everyone in the states talking about the construction of their new warehouse in Seattle. What makes the build so special? It&#8217;s a multi-level warehouse. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturing.net\/news\/2016\/11\/coming-soon-seattle-countrys-first-multi-story-warehouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manufacturing<\/a> points out, &#8220;Rents at Prologis\u2019 Seattle facility could cost up to 50 percent more than space at a conventional warehouses, but tenants could make up that cost by cutting down the distance between their operations and their delivery destinations, analysts said.&#8221; These warehouses are very common overseas in places like Japan and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II.<\/strong> The food delivery business is not one that was on an upswing, which is why many are congratulating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-10-31\/postmates-secures-141-million-in-a-super-super-difficult-fundraising-effort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Postmates Inc.<\/a> for raising $141 million in a financing round led by Founders Fund. co-founder and chief executive officer, Bastian Lehmann, shares: &#8220;Nobody ever promised me a billion-dollar valuation, so I feel good. It kind of reflects where the market is right now. It is not as disappointing as some people try to draw the picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>III.<\/strong> According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pacific-trade-deals-failure-would-hand-u-s-business-in-japan-to-china-white-house-says-1478209355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the Obama administration is making a new push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership by arguing that failure to approve the multi-nation pact could leave U.S. exporters losing critical business to China. White House economist Jason Furman told the WSJ, &#8220;China and other countries would move forward, would conclude agreements, and it would be easier for them to export with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV. <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supplychain247.com\/article\/warehouse_dc_operations_survey_ready_to_confront_complexity\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supply Chain 247<\/a> has the results of their 2016 Warehouse &amp; Distribution Center (DC) Operations Survey. Contributing editor Roberto Michel offers, &#8220;It\u2019s encouraging news across the board. From tweaking operational processes, to tapping labor as a means of flexing capacity, to incrementally applying more technology, the survey clearly indicates that respondents have taken action and are confronting the complexities of omni-channel fulfillment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prologis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prologis<\/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":11913,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-11912","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-15-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 all fall under the umbrella of the word: growth. 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