People, Process and Technology (But Mostly People)
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
Over the past 15 years, Sunland Logistics Solutions has grown from a small, local company with 75 total employees—most of them temporary—to a national third-party logistics provider serving Fortune 500 organizations in warehousing and transportation. We now have 14 sites and a high-performance team of about 1,000.
Wondering how that happened? I’m a pretty simple guy: I boil it down to people, process and technology, with people at the top of that list. Having the right people, in the right roles, at the right time has been key to our success. It’s true whether it’s workers driving forklifts, or the global 3PL leaders who took a chance and joined us in Greenville, SC, as we set a path toward growth.
Back in 2008, I’d been in business development with Sunland for more than a decade. It was a challenging time, and we were losing money. I decided to put all of my chips on the table to buy the company. But I wasn’t prepared to lead. I didn’t have any real experience as a CEO. It was a big risk.
