{"id":12696,"date":"2018-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-82-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:29:00","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-82-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-82-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14609 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logistics-852936_1280-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about eCommerce right now, isn&#8217;t it? Here we are in <a href=\"https:\/\/crimsonandco.info\/blog\/ecommerce-peak-season-planning-2\/\">peak season<\/a> and we&#8217;re discussing increases and changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postal rate increases could impact eCommerce<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In October we shared that the USPS was raising postal rates. While stamps for letters doesn&#8217;t necessarily impact us, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/10\/business\/us-postal-service-stamp-price-hike\/index.html\">almost 6% increase in Priority certainly would<\/a>. The USPS raising their rates recently got the President to jump in on the conversation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/postal-service-review-proposes-sweeping-changes-likely-to-lead-to-higher-delivery-prices-1543953783?mod=djemlogistics_h\">Here, <em>Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Logistics Report<\/em> shares what happened<\/a>\u00a0(including visual of the President&#8217;s Tweet) and gives a run down how that could impact Amazon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speaking of Amazon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you read about the robot problem? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/dec\/06\/24-us-amazon-workers-hospitalised-after-robot-sets-off-bear-repellent\">Yesterday, <em>The Guardian<\/em> reports about the bear repellant accident<\/a> that sent 24 workers in New Jersey to the hospital. It was surprising to learn that back in 2015 they had another incident with bear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/amazon-first-bear-repellent-accident\/\">repellant as reported here by <em>Wired<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/business\/2018\/12\/05\/amazon-warehouse-nj-accident-shines-light-companys-safety-record\/2216715002\/\"><em>USA Today<\/em> has a quick article on Amazon&#8217;s safety record<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Shipping alerts delivered to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here, you can sign up for alerts above deliveries in general, in your area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ups.com\/us\/en\/service-alerts.page?id=alert1\">Service Aerts UPS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/newsroom\/service-alerts\/welcome.htm\">USPS Service Alerts (Newsroom)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedex.com\/en-us\/service-alerts.html\">FEDEX Service Alerts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12700,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-12696","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 v27.4 - 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-82-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=\"It&#8217;s all about eCommerce right now, isn&#8217;t it? 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