Northeast Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition  Author Biographies and Presentations

Michael Zimmerman
 

Michael Zimmerman has over 15 years of experience in Operations management and logistics. After a BA from Amherst college in 1988, Michael worked for three years at US Surgical Corporation (now a division of Tyco) where he designed and implemented IT applications in manufacturing. An MBA from Darden (University of Virginia) then led to seven years of supply chain roles at Carrier (a division of United Technologies) including manufacturing outsourcing in the USA, logistics management in Mexico and Argentina, forecast implementation in Europe, lean production in Italy and acquisitions integration for logistics in Sweden.

Michael left UTC in 2001 to join Freemarkets where he worked with Fortune 500 companies to help them design and execute large strategic sourcing projects. Michael left Freemarkets in 2004 to co-found Atlas Supply Chain Ltd. (http://www.atlas-supply-chain.com) where he has been working with global companies in their efforts to improve performance and lower costs in their supply chains
 

2007 Conference Abstract
Deriving Value from 3PL Outsourcing – the Key Role of Transportation Sourcing