Chainalytics Awarded Supply Chain Company of the Year
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Chainalytics LLC, a supply chain consulting firm focused on enabling fact-based supply chain decisions, announced today that the Metro Atlanta Chamber has awarded them the Supply Chain Company of the Year for 2009. The award was announced during a luncheon at the 2009 Supply Chain Forum on November 17.
Metro Atlanta has the fifth-largest concentration of supply chain companies and employment in the country, with more than 139,000 jobs. More than 90 percent of the top 25 service providers have operations in Atlanta.
“The supply chain industry drives metro Atlanta’s economy,” said Hans Gant, senior vice president of economic development for the Metro Atlanta Chamber. “We are home to some of the world’s best supply chain talent and fastest-growing companies, and our finalists and winners are a testament to our supply chain strengths.”
Metro Atlanta continues to be a source for supply chain talent and innovation that helps attract and grow companies. This is the third year for the awards, which were created to recognize outstanding individuals and companies in metro Atlanta whose actions have advanced the state of the supply chain industry and promoted its continued growth. This year’s theme was “Demand Driven Supply Chains and What it Takes to be the Best.”
“Atlanta has been a great environment to launch and grow our company,” said Mike Kilgore, President and CEO, Chainalytics. “As a knowledge-based company, the access to such a strong community of supply chain professionals has been pivotal to our success.”
The Fourth Annual Supply Chain Forum is hosted by the Supply Chain Leadership Council of the Metro Atlanta Chamber in partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Atlanta Roundtable. For more information visit supplychain.metroatlantachamber.com.
About Chainalytics
Chainalytics is a professional services firm that enhances competitive advantage and shareholder value through optimized supply chain strategies. Chainalytics’ fact-based decision making approach improves and innovates our clients’ strategies and tactics with particular emphasis on supply chain design, transportation strategies, inventory strategies, and product and customer portfolio planning. Offered as both project-based and managed services, this approach is achieved via a unique combination of domain expertise, resilient methodologies, and exclusive research and content – all supported by the world’s most advanced decision sciences tools and techniques. Chainalytics targets enterprises with a high degree of complexity created by their unique combinations of scale, change and geography. With offices in North America and Asia, Chainalytics serves companies globally in a borderless fashion. Learn more at www.chainalytics.com.
About Metro Atlanta Chamber
The Metro Atlanta Chamber brings the best together to help Atlanta thrive. We mobilize and connect the business community to drive economic development and public policies that promote sustainable growth. Our board draws from Atlanta’s top business leaders. We have a professional staff of 90 and serve 4,000 member companies who employ nearly a million workers. In Economic Development, our project managers attract the best companies and the best jobs. In Public Policy, we tackle crisis issues and critical quality-of-life challenges such as transportation, water and education. In 2009, the Chamber celebrates 150 years of bringing Atlanta leaders together.
