World Trade - November 2008 - (Page 48) LOGISTICS Logistics Resurrects the Rust Belt A s in recent presidential elections, much has been said by politicians about the tens of thousands of manufacturing job losses that have occurred in the region of the U.S. known as the Rust Belt—those states that have a long history in industrial manufacturing, particularly steel and auto production, as a driver for their economies. But politicians usually don’t tell the whole story, and such is the case with how the jobs were lost and, more importantly, what’s been occurring in recent years to turn the situation around. The “secret,” according to Bill LaFayette, Ph.D., and vice president, economic analysis, for the Columbus (Ohio) Chamber (www.columbus.org), is in large part due to logistics, and he and many others in the business, government, and academic sectors are pulling together to get that secret out in the open. For starters, “There’s an initiative at the state level, the Ohio Skills Bank, to align public colleges and universi2008 ties as well as secondary education providers with economic development priorities. The goal is to make sure the state’s workforce has the skills that employers really need now and in the future. And, transportation and logistics is one of the main focus sectors of this initiative, especially in the Columbus region,” says LaFayette. “Part of the plan includes making sure university classes and credits are on par around the state, so the workforce can be more mobile,” he adds. State lawmakers also recognize the role of logistics in the larger economic development picture. Ohio is in the midst of a major tax reform, which along with numerous other advantages, is helping the state become more competitive against others that it often goes head-to-head with, including Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, explains Matt McCollister, vice president, economic development, Columbus Chamber. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Ohio 48 WORLD TRADE NOVEMBER http://www.columbus.org
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