{"id":12610,"date":"2018-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/logistics-supply-chain-recap-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:32:53","slug":"logistics-supply-chain-recap-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/logistics-supply-chain-recap-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14478 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/usps-796059_640-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UPS Opens New Hub in Atlanta<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychain247.com\/article\/ups_opens_up_new_atlanta_based_super_hub_operating_facility\/news\">UPS opens a new 1.2 million square foot warehouse<\/a> on 321 acres in west Atlanta. Based on high-tech design and systems. <em>Supply Chain 24\/7\u00a0<\/em>reported, &#8220;A UPS spokeswoman told <em>LM<\/em> that UPS continues to actively build out capacity in Georgia to efficiently accommodate the rapidly expanding e-commerce shipping needs of its commercial and residential customers in this fast-growing area.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peak Season Postal Increase<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just in time for peak season for eCommerce, the United States Postal Service is proposing amounts to a 2.5% increase that would take effect in January 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/nation-now\/2018\/10\/11\/usps-biggest-stamp-price-increase-since-1991-priority-mail\/1598301002\/\"><em>USA Today<\/em> noted<\/a> that the plan comes when USPS was already having issues, as mail has been replaced with electronic communication. USA<em> Today<\/em> reported, &#8220;While the service has been handling more package delivery, the loss in mail delivery has been more dramatic \u2013 and mail\u00a0is the service&#8217;s main source of revenue,\u00a0Postmaster General and CEO Megan Brennan said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/talkingtech\/2018\/03\/29\/president-trump-targets-amazon-twitter-shares-down-1\/468754002\/\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">earlier this year<\/a> of the financial loss.&#8221;\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"single-post-135115\" class=\"singlepost post-135115 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-agency-news tag-featured tag-postal-service\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div id=\"contentleft\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"single-post-135115\" class=\"singlepost post-135115 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-agency-news tag-featured tag-postal-service\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>While the letter prices have also been proposed, the rate increase that will impact our industry the most:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 247px;\" width=\"439\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Product<\/strong><br \/>\nSmall Flat Rate Box<br \/>\nMedium Flat Rate Box<br \/>\nLarge Flat Rate Box<br \/>\nAPO\/FPO Large Flat Rate Box<br \/>\nRegular Flat Rate Envelope<br \/>\nLegal Flat Rate Envelope<br \/>\nPadded Flat Rate Envelope<\/td>\n<td><strong>Current<\/strong><br \/>\n$7.20<br \/>\n$13.65<br \/>\n$18.90<br \/>\n$17.40<br \/>\n$6.70<br \/>\n$7.00<br \/>\n$7.25<\/td>\n<td><strong>Proposed<\/strong><br \/>\n$7.90<br \/>\n$14.35<br \/>\n$19.95<br \/>\n$18.45<br \/>\n$7.35<br \/>\n$7.65<br \/>\n$8.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What is Blockchain?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What about evaluating blockchain in supply chain? Last week we posted a white paper by our own\u00a0Jeff Calvert, Shalini Coutinho, and Steve Mulaik, titled, <a href=\"https:\/\/crimsonandco.info\/white-papers\/what-is-blockchain\/\">Blockchain Analysis: an analysis for companies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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":12614,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-12610","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 v27.8 - 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\/logistics-supply-chain-recap-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=\"UPS Opens New Hub in Atlanta UPS opens a new 1.2 million square foot warehouse on 321 acres in west Atlanta. 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