The Council’s Director of Logistics Industry Initiatives Suzanne Dickerson will chair a panel discussion on tech and logistics on Thursday, Oct. 12 at the inaugural Automotive Packaging Summit (AutoPack) in Greenville. Additional speakers engaging in the conversation with Dickerson include: Klaus Lysdal of I-Containers; Tanner Fogle of Clemson Transport Package Testing Lab; Ben Nguku from […]
The Council’s Director of Logistics Initiatives Suzanne Dickerson will moderate a panel discussion at this year’s South Carolina Automotive Council and Automotive Industry Action Group Supply Chain & Quality Conference. The panel will focus on data-driven automotive supply chain management and will take place at 1:50 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24 in Charleston. Joining Suzanne for […]
SC Logistics will host its inaugural Tech Talk event on Sept. 13 at the historic Charleston Music Hall. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m., immediately following the South Carolina International Trade Conference. The program is designed for thought leaders and decision makers from the transportation, distribution and logistics economies. We’ll discuss the cutting-edge technologies […]
The Charleston Regional Development Alliance and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce have announced the launch of One Region, an initiative aimed at making the Charleston region a globally competitive location. The strategy is designed to guide the region’s economic, workforce and community development efforts over the course of five years to encourage collaboration and […]
Workforce development and external and internal promotion have been identified as two major areas where South Carolina can help advance its innovation economy in the South Carolina Innovation Plan, recently released by the South Carolina Department of Commerce. The plan concludes that aggressively marketing the state’s technological and innovation successes will help bolster South Carolina’s […]
The Council’s Director of Logistics Initiatives Suzanne Dickerson will moderate a panel discussion titled “Fast Growing Logistics Models” at the 2017 SC Auto Summit in Greenville. Panelists include: Tim Kirschbaum, General Manager – Senator International Alfred Haas, Manager of Material Control & Supply Assurance – BMW Manufacturing David Edwards, President & CEO – GSP International […]
Notable Midlands activist and philanthropist Judy Davis passed away on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, following an extended illness. Davis joined the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness’ Executive Committee in September and was voted Education and Workforce Task Force co-chair. “Judy was a mentor, confidante, and role model to many of us in the Midlands and […]
Suzanne Dickerson, the Council’s director of logistics industry initiatives, presented at the South Carolina Automotive Council’s Supply Chain Visibility meeting on Nov. 10, 2016, at Trident Technical College in North Charleston. Dickerson spoke about South Carolina’s logistics industry’s impact on economic growth, the importance of investing in infrastructure and transportation, and the opportunities and challenges […]
The Transportation Distribution Logistics Council (TDL Council) hosted a tour of the Intermodal Facility at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on June 24. The group boarded a charter bus in Baxter Town Center in Fort Mill and,while en route to Charlotte, heard from Jason Flora with York County Economic Development. Flora provided an overview of […]
