{"id":12116,"date":"2017-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-33-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T17:27:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T17:27:59","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-33-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-33-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re working on expanding our blog series about <a href=\"http:\/\/crimsonandco.info\/blog\/lean-supply-chain-operations\/\">Lean Operations&#8230; posting our first recently, here.\u00a0<\/a>We also want to make sure you didn&#8217;t miss our popular post about <a href=\"http:\/\/crimsonandco.info\/blog\/scale-fail-5-ways-run-ecommerce-warehouse\/\">Scaling or Failing&#8230; a piece about how to expand<\/a> &#8211; and more importantly &#8211; when to expand, your eCommerce business. Dozens of companies have downloaded the piece to see what it reveals for their organization.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walmart and Amazon rivalry in forklifts?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/features\/2017\/07\/21\/wal-mart-amazon-rivalry-spreads-to-forklifts.html\"> It was reported, that in April, Amazon had spent $70 million<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/plugpower.com\">Plug Power&#8217;s<\/a> vehicles and reached an agreement to buy as many as 55.3 million shares in the company, a 19% stake. Now, Walmart will receive warrants to purchase the exact same number of shares, though the starting price will be higher than Amazon&#8217;s because of rising stock prices.<\/li>\n<li>DHL has commissioned a report that is said they are facing a global labor crisis. To show a labor gap that has move to the crisis stage, citing &#8220;changing skill set requirements, an aging workforce, lack of future development and a perception that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aircargonews.net\/news\/business\/single-view\/news\/dhl-warns-of-supply-chain-talent-crisis.html\"> supply chain jobs lack excitement,&#8221; says Air Cargo News. <\/a>Lisa Harrington, who authored the report said,\u00a0&#8220;Unfortunately, recruiting the right talent &#8211; especially at the critical mid-level and senior management levels &#8211; is proving very difficult in today\u2019s environment.\u201d\u00a0To attract new workforce, emphasis needs to be up on &#8220;robotic management, artificial intelligence and audio-visual control \u2013 job aspects that would be attractive to the younger demographic and help combat the negative perception of the sector.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of jobs&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/amazon-hosting-job-fair-for-50000-positions-amid-logistics-hiring-squeeze-2017-07-26\">on August 2, Amazon is hosting a huge job fair<\/a>, appearing to make good on their promise to hire 50,000 people in the United States. It will take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/help-wanted-amazon-to-host-job-fair-for-50-000-positions-amid-hiring-squeeze-1501059843\">place at several locations across the country<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Even though these use our old name, the information isn&#8217;t old. <a href=\"http:\/\/crimsonandco.info\/category\/white-papers\/\">Our whitepapers have always been available <\/a>to help clients and prospects. Please take a look and let us know if you have questions about anything. 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