our vision

Economic Expansion Through Supply Chain Leadership

Leadership Team

Chair:
Mark Holifield, Senior Vice President Supply Chain, The Home Depot

Co-Chairs:
Jeff Cashman, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Manhattan Associates
Michael Miller, General Manager, Modalgistics, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Our Position  - Atlanta’s global access, innovation and talent create an unparalleled logistics network for companies that demand efficient, predictable and consistent global supply chain operations to accelerate growth.

Metro Atlanta has grown into a leading global logistics hub and center for supply chain management due to its strong cluster of headquarters that demand efficient services, vital southeast geographic location, robust infrastructure - in terms of highways, rail, frequency of flights to anywhere around the globe via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and concentration of supply chain technology and talent . Through and with the members of the Supply Chain Leadership Council and multiple supply chain organizations the Metro Atlanta Chamber seeks to:

Vision - Position Atlanta as the world’s premier center for supply chain management, operations, talent and innovation; and further establish the region as the global gateway of choice.

Mission  - Mobilize and connect the business community to maximize the region’s competitive supply chain advantages to create quality jobs and promote sustainable growth for metro Atlanta and the State of Georgia.

Background - In 2003, the Metro Atlanta Chamber established a logistics cluster economic development initiative and the Atlanta Logistics Innovation Council to leverage and grow this industry. Since 2003, the Chamber recruited companies that created more than 6,900 supply chain and logistics jobs and established direct air cargo service with China. The initiative won an international best-practice award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) in 2006 for its strategy to grow this sector. In 2009, as part of our continued evolution, we adopted the new vision and mission above and the council’s new name - The Supply Chain Leadership Council.