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John
David Higgins
Founder
and Managing Partner
Bluegrass Logistics
John
is a founder and the Managing Partner of Bluegrass
Logistics. Over the last 17 years John has helped
leading organizations improve their financial
and operational performance by streamlining their
supply chains and leveraging leading technologies.
John’s functional and technical supply
chain experience spans the entire supply chain,
including demand forecasting/planning, procurement,
sales and customer support, distribution, transportation,
and asset management. John’s industry experience
includes automotive, printing/publishing, fulfillment,
pharmaceuticals, consumer and packaged goods,
agriculture products, and government.
Bluegrass Logistics is a leading provider of
Third Party Logistics (3PL) and Supply Chain
Consulting services. At Bluegrass, John is responsible
for business development, operational management,
solution development and delivery, technology
strategy and deployment, and development of strategic
partnerships/alliances.
Prior to founding Bluegrass, John has held senior
management positions at Accenture (formerly Andersen
Consulting) and United Parcel Service. At Accenture,
John worked within the Global Supply Chain Practice.
John led multiple programs and project teams
in the creation and implementation of supply
chain strategies and solutions aimed at delivering
tangible client value. John also developed the
Supply Chain Management Operations Group within
the Federal Government Market Unit focusing on
clients such as the Defense Logistics Agency,
USPS, and US Department of State.
While at UPS, John led a regional client solutions
group in developing and delivering innovative
logistics management solutions geared toward
reducing overall logistics costs. In addition,
John led an internal operations improvement team
and was responsible for quality initiatives within
multiple small package sorting operations.
John holds a Master of Business Administration
and a BS in Finance from the Gordon Ford College
of Business, at Western Kentucky University.
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