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Here's looking at new economic opportunities for Howard County.
The Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance has partnered with the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative (GSCMI), an educational center within the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, to help all of North Central Indiana take a competitive lead in several emerging industries.
Our joint initiative is called the Supply Chain Transformation Project. It was launched in late fall 2009 with generous funding from the Wal-Mart Foundation and Duke Energy. To achieve its objective, the project is ...
- assessing local manufacturing capability to determine how what has been tied traditionally to the faltering automotive industry can be adapted to such emerging industries. To identify companies specializing in this industry, please scroll to the Supply Chain Tool at the bottom of this page.
- drawing a new, more accurate and comprehensive picture of existing supply chain capabilities in our region
- developing a Supply Chain Transformation Web Tool that can help business leaders understand the many possible new supply chains that can be created in our community
The Supply Chain Transformation Web Tool lets business site selectors search for local business partners based on a variety of characteristics, including ...
- industry-specific supply chain profiles
- specific company characteristics such as …
- SIC Codes/Industries Served
- ownership
- regions served
- a virtually limitless number of key words that relate to their target capability interest
With the information provided by many local industrial partners, potential business relocaters can now look at opportunities in our region under the light of their potential, rather than solely through the dim haze of history. If you are a company that has previously supplied your data and would like to amend the data, click here. If you are a company that has not previously participated, but would like to do so now, click here. For further information, contact the Alliance.