{"id":12895,"date":"2019-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-91-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:47:20","slug":"supply-chain-logistics-recap-91-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/supply-chain-logistics-recap-91-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain and logistics recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Second Half of 2019 Looking Good<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies are feeling good looking ahead to the end of 2019 because hiring has been going well. WSJ reports, &#8220;Shipping-focused businesses added nearly 15,000 jobs from May to June, the WSJ Logistics Report\u2019s Jennifer Smith writes,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/logistics.cmail19.com\/t\/d-l-pkyuuit-yktlhluyc-t\/\">boosting payrolls in trucking, warehousing and parcel operations despite<\/a>\u00a0signals of a softening freight market earlier in the year. The hiring surge was part of a strong national jobs report that shows a decadelong expansion in U.S. payrolls is powering ahead despite global headwinds.&#8221; As we&#8217;ve reported recently, organizations relying on manufacturing, trucking, delivery, and fulfillment are only worried about filling open jobs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grocery Self Service<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retail-systems.com\/rs\/Tesco_Trials_Automated_Cashierless_Technology.php\">Tesco has begun a trial for &#8220;cashierless&#8221; technology<\/a>. The system, with Trigo Vision, was presented at a Tesco Express store earlier this month, although no further details were given on roll-out plans. An artificial intelligence-powered camera network and sensors on shelves detect what people are picking up and putting in their baskets, before automatically charging them for their shopping as they leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/moneymaven.io\/mishtalk\/economics\/pick-and-go-scanning-no-longer-required-supermarkets-swap-cashiers-for-cameras-NMZuMtVpvkCDCyUsYk85cg\/\">Here is the visual of the process<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blockchain Technology in Shipping<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shipping-blockchain-initiative-gathers-steam-11562061601?mod=djemlogistics_h\">Blockchain technology is getting more traction in the shipping world<\/a>. WSJ reported, &#8220;That complicated global distribution system provides a big hurdle to tracking shipments as they move around the world, and it\u2019s the strongest reason that a blockchain system that allows participants to share information makes sense in maritime-focused supply chains.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\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.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12896,"template":"","categories":[146],"class_list":["post-12895","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 v28.4 - 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-91-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=\"Second Half of 2019 Looking Good Companies are feeling good looking ahead to the end of 2019 because hiring has been going well. 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