Multimodal Meets Manufacturing in Southeast

摘要

The Southeast region is putting together a manufacturing expansion, using multimodal logistics networks to reach the country and the world. In recent decades, the Southeast United States has experienced an expansion - you might even say a boom - that has helped transform the regional economy. High-tech and service industries have both grown in the region, as has the manufacturing sector, led by foreign automakers that operate in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. At the same time, the Southeast is in the middle of a population boom. The region contains nearly 45 percent of the U.S. population, and that number is expected to increase in the coming decades. A growing population base means a growing consumer base. The majority of the nation's customer base, roughly 70 percent, is located east of a line that stretches from Dallas to Chicago, and much of it in the Southeast. These are facts that help drive supply chain and logistics decisions.