education institutions and technical schools.
The University of North Texas (UNT) Center
for Logistics Education, Texas Christian
University (TCU) Supply Chain and Value
Center within its Neeley School of Business,
and the University of Texas at Arlington
(UTA) Master of Science in Logistics
program each provide graduates with the
understanding needed to design and
manage logistics, supply chain systems, and
infrastructure from an operational, strategic
and competitive perspective.
These programs, according to Pohlen,
provide well-educated, highly skilled talent
with competitive labor rates. “It factors into
the new companies locating here into their
decision process because they can see where
they can get a trained workforce and a
well-educated workforce for management.
When you put education in part with the
logistics component, we are well situated.”
Cunningham agrees. “There is a large
quantity of universities and community
colleges that recognize the importance of
logistics and transportation,” he said. “There
are very good logistics programs at TCU,
UNT and Tarrant County Community
College, for instance. Because we control our
network out of this location [Alliance Global
Logistics Hub], a lot of what we do requires
very specialized training, which is provided
by these schools.”
Combine the intermodal hubs, trucking
and air cargo transportation capabilities,
and multiple Foreign-Trade Zones, and the
North Texas region becomes one of the
largest points of distribution and logistics
in the U.S., and the premier supply chain
and logistics center for the entire Western
Hemisphere. Couple all of that with the
area’s centralized location, mild climate and
highly skilled workforce, and businesses can
enjoy working within – and out of – one of
the most significant distribution centers in
the country. z
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The
C in Colleyville
stands for Corporate.
Colleyville welcomes the
headquarters of Automobile
Service Association – a trade
association founded in 1951 –
and Clarke Products, Inc.,
a designer of jetted bath and
shower products and the first
in the U.S. to manufacture
acrylic shower bases.
Come to Colleyville
For more information go to Colleyville.com
or call 817.503.1060
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