by
Tim Feemster CEO & Managing Principal Foremost Quality Logistics Honored as a Top 500 CEOs in Dallas, 2019 & 2020, by D CEO Magazine
You may wonder why there is an article about global supply chains in this quarterly magazine from the Greater Waco Chamber. After the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone knows the words logistics and supply chain as they have been very widely discussed in the press over the past six months, mostly because the supply chains for personal protective equipment (PPE), toilet paper, sanitizers, etc. have been broken by the pandemic and impacted every person reading this article. Your Greater Waco Chamber recognizes the importance of understanding global supply chains to the future growth of Waco. Almost every manufacturing or distribution firm that opens or expands an existing site in this area will likely be connected to a global supply chain. Every item you purchase in a store or online has a supply chain attached to it and most of them have a global element. Currently, the Greater Waco region has manufacturing facilities in the following industries: aerospace, food and beverage, health care, auto parts, meat processing, construction materials, construction equipment, packaging materials, HVAC, steel, recycling, lawn and garden, furniture, electric motors, chemical storage devices, and housing materials. Around 12,000 people
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