APICS Savannah Chapter
CHAPTER LEADERSHIP
APICS Savannah Chapter leadership includes a collection of business experts with more than 50 years of prior APICS BOD experience and three (3) past APICS Chapter presidents
SAVANNAH AREA
Savannah’s growth prospects are among the best in the nation.
Nearly 30 Fortune 500 companies are located in Chatham County (Savannah area)
Georgia is the nation’s seventh largest importing state and 11th largest exporting state due to the ports
The Savannah area’s manufacturing sector - - with a local economic impact of $2.3 Billion - - produces a variety of consumer goods that range from corporate jets to baked goods to dental equipment
LABOR & EDUCATION
With close to 416,000 in a strong 16-county labor draw within 60 miles, Savannah’s talent pipeline is diverse, young, highly skilled and plentiful
Among those contributing to Savannah’s workforce are graduates of the area’s 19 area colleges and universities, which enroll 60,000 students, and the more than 4,000 servicemen and women who transition out of the local military each year
The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System is ranked No. 1 in Georgia and third in the nation for innovative technology use
PORT OF SAVANNAH
The Port of Savannah is the fastest-growing and fourth-largest port in the nation
It is the LARGEST single-terminal container facility of its kind in North America
Savannah Harbor Expansion Project positions the port for long-term growth with the first of eight Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and rubber-tired gantry cranes operational starting in 2016
PORT FEATURES
- Nine deep-water berths with 9,693 feet of continuous berthing
- Two Class 1 Railroads on terminal with on-dock rail and line haul services
- Immediate access to major interstates I-16 and I-95 with 150-plus trucking options
- An average single move time of 33.8 minutes and double move time of 55.8 minutes
- 116 rubber-tired gantry cranes, 27 ship-to-shore cranes
- More than 4 million square feet of warehouse space available within 30 miles
- 1.4 million square feet of covered storage
- 2,016 Reefer Rack Slots
- Dedicated RoRo facility of 19 paved acres
- Largest concentration of import distribution centers on the East Coast
- Balanced trade with 52 percent in exports and 48 percent in imports
Marine cargo handling
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Education/Government/Public Service
APICS Mission
Fostering the advancement of end-to-end supply chain management through a body of knowledge, innovative research, systems, and methods to create value for customers, members, and organizations
APICS is the premier professional association for supply chain management and the leading provider of research, education and certification programs that elevate supply chain excellence, innovation and resilience.
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