{"id":12854,"date":"2019-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-89-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:50:05","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-89-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-89-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

As of September 8, 2020, Crimson & Co (formerly The Progress Group\/TPG) has rebranded as Argon & Co following the successful merger with Argon Consulting in April 2018.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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More Robots<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We’ve been reading (and writing) about robots a lot lately. Partner Steve Mulaik recently wrote a white paper Getting Robots to Pay for Themselves, <\/a><\/em>which you can download here<\/a>. However, this story by Amazon is causing some buzz because an ExtremeTech article states that robots at Amazon<\/a> can pack more than 600 packages per hour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Former President & CEO of Walmart Discusses Their Growth<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here’s a WSJ article on the same topic<\/a>, but we wanted to share a video of a news segment on CNBC. They cover it as well as the impact of tariffs<\/a>. He talks about same-day and next-day shipping competitiveness (as well as “rising weights”) as well as price increases on things coming from China. He said, wages are strong and employment is strong.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Flow Management<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Have you seen our piece we published this week on Flow Management by Argon & Co Consultant Brad Grimsley? Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12858,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-12854","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supply-chain-recaps"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSupply chain and logistics recap - Argon & 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-89-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 & Co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As of September 8, 2020, Crimson & Co (formerly The Progress Group\/TPG) has rebranded as Argon & Co following the successful merger with Argon Consulting in April 2018.   More Robots We’ve been reading (and writing) about robots a lot lately. 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