{"id":12330,"date":"2018-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-56-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T16:53:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:53:44","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-56-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-56-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13833 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-01-at-10.57.33-AM-4-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is spring break for many is conference ready time for others. If you&#8217;re on break, we hope it&#8217;s a relaxing and safe one. We will be at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationssummit.com\/\">Operations Summit 201<\/a>8\u00a0in Columbus, Ohio starting on Monday and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modexshow.com\/\">MODEX 2018 here in Atlanta.\u00a0<\/a>We hope to meet you if you will be attending either of these shows. Feel free to reach out to<a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"bruce.strahan@argonandco.com\"> Bruce Strahan<\/a> to set up a brief time to connect. We would love to introduce ourselves to you &#8211; or say hello to old friends.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Ops Summit we will be at booth #123 and MODEX at booth #B3614. At the Ops Summit, partner Steve Mulaik will be presenting in two sessions. At Ops Summit, \u00a0you will have a chance to win a pair of Apple AirPods and at MODEX you&#8217;ll have a chance to win the new iPad, just being released. Come by the booth, sessions and especially schedule a brief introduction at either show for an extra entry into the giveaway.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, April 4, 8am-8:50am<\/strong><br \/>\nBreakfast Roundtable: WMS, WCS, WES: Sorting It All Out \u2013 Join Argon &amp; Co partner Steve Mulaik for a casual and open discussion about WMS, WCS and WES. \u00a0This popular roundtable session is being returned from last year because of popularity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, April 4, 11:30am-12:20pm<\/strong><br \/>\nSession: WMS 3.0: Benefit from the Biggest Changes in 20 Years.<br \/>\nSteve Mulaik, Partner, Crimson &amp; Co<br \/>\nDayna Johnson, Vice President, Fulfillment Operations, Uniform Advantage<br \/>\nAaron Wilcox, Vice President of Operations, Stella &amp; Dot<br \/>\nWMS 2.0 to 3.0: Comparing Legacy with the Latest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/truck-driver-salaries-rising-on-surging-freight-demand-1522253864?mod=djemlogistics\">WSJ reported<\/a> that Truck driver salaries on the rise, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trucking.org\">as reported by the American Truckers Associations<\/a>. Salaries rose between 15-18% reportedly. Good news for truckers across the board, as &#8220;private-fleet drivers earned as much as $86,000 annually in 2017, up from $73,000&#8221; in the group\u2019s 2013 survey. The survey says the median salary for a driver working a national, irregular route (basically entry-level driving) is $53,000, up $7,000 or 15% from 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Supply Chain 24\/7 has an interesting piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychain247.com\/article\/building_a_digital_supply_chain_ready_for_the_future\">Building a Digital Supply Chain Ready for the Future<\/a>. It&#8217;s a good look at what companies are looking at or what they must look at to increase their digital tools to obtain data, shorten cycle times and in the end, increase delivery options and decrease delivery time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Photo Credit: Supply Chain 24\/7 Website\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Apple, AirPods and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":12334,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-12330","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 v27.6 - 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-56-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=\"What is spring break for many is conference ready time for others. 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