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Atlanta, GA | Posted: December 14, 2008
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - December 14, 2008
. . .Atlanta was founded as a "Terminus" for a southeastern railroad and has been building on that heritage ever since. Railroad engineers may not have used the word "logistics" or even heard of "supply chain" when they built the railroad here in the 1830s and 1840s. But they would have understood what it meant: Engineering the crucial movement of goods, efficiently and cheaply, from one place to another. They also knew that it was the backbone of business. Companies such as PETCO and Averitt want to be near Atlanta's massive highway system, the world's busiest passenger airport, the Savannah and Brunswick ports, and Georgia Tech, which produces highly qualified industrial engineers for logistics companies. There's also strong consumer demand from the population of metro Atlanta, not to mention companies such as UPS and Home Depot that are supply-chain-centered. Read more>>
