Chapter 360: 155, United States Logistics 2
Donnie took Walker's reminder seriously, indeed many American soldiers suffered from post-war trauma.
Before, Kritch had told him about someone named Pang Hawthorn in the transportation team who clearly had violent tendencies. Recently, he had caused quite a bit of trouble in Atlantic City and New York.
"I will keep this matter in mind, and when the time comes, these people will all be managed by Westglenn and Randy Powers. If there are any problems, they will report them immediately!"
With the addition of these three thousand people, the logistics company had become the one with the highest number of employees among Donnie's companies, and also the most difficult to manage.
Initially, Donnie had Kritch solely responsible for the logistics company, but under the current circumstances, Kritch's abilities were obviously insufficient. Therefore, Donnie had arranged for both Westglenn and Randy to assist Kritch.
Both Westglenn and Randy had military experience, and Randy had even achieved the rank of platoon leader. With their assistance, managing the company with Kritch would be somewhat easier!
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"Still, this is not enough. With their abilities, they might just prevent unrest among the employees, but to ensure stable development of the company, and coordinate the transportation, warehousing, and distribution of goods between the cities, we need professional talents," Walker continued with his opinion.
Just as Donnie was about to respond to Walker's comment, Nate walked in.
"Boss, two young men are here to see you, they said they had already made a phone call with you in advance!"
Donnie laughed and said to Walker, "The professional talents you mentioned are here!"
Soon, the two young men walked in, around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a hint of arrogance in their eyes but very polite when facing Donnie.
Through self-introductions, everyone in the office learned their identities; the curly-haired one was Cassie Carvalho.
The slightly overweight one was Eva Cowan.
Both were graduates from Columbia University. Previously, when Donnie and Cameron were discussing the logistics company, they talked about the need for professional individuals, and at that time, Donnie had asked Cameron to help look for suitable candidates at Columbia University.
Cassie Carvalho and Eva Cowan were the talents Cameron provided for Donnie.
After some conversation, Donnie stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the company first!"
With Cassie Carvalho and Eva Cowan included, the logistics company's original team was officially in place.
However, Donnie's office at the Block Tavern was no longer big enough to accommodate all of them for a meeting, so he had to take them to the logistics company—United States Logistics.
The headquarters of United States Logistics was the former entertainment dock owned by Leck Young, but after reconstruction, it had become a new port capable of handling 5,000 tons of cargo at a small wharf.
There was also a large warehouse here, used to store the bootleg whiskey shipped from Canada and Europe.
When Donnie arrived, Kritch, Westglenn, and Randy Powers were already waiting for him in the conference room.
"Let me introduce you to these two gentlemen..."
Donnie sat at the head of the table and introduced both sides to each other, also clarifying everyone's duties.
"Cassie will be responsible for the storage and distribution of bootleg whiskey between the cities, Eva will take care of all the logistics, Westglenn will handle land transportation, Randy will oversee sea transportation, and Kritch will be in charge of the company's overall affairs and financial situation, reporting directly to me!"
This was just the core management team of United States Logistics; below them, there would be a group of mid-level managers. However, those positions wouldn't be officially established until after the newly recruited employees arrived at the company.
Kritch, Westglenn, and Randy Powers naturally had no objections to Donnie's arrangements.
While Cassie Carvalho and Eva Cowan also didn't object, they had their own suggestions.
"Boss, I have some personal thoughts about the storage and distribution of the bootleg whiskey!" Cassie Carvalho was the first to speak up.
Donnie looked at the still somewhat youthful Cassie Carvalho and said, "Go ahead."
Cassie Carvalho confidently said, "If we were to centralize the situation with bootleg whiskey in all the cities and then have the company distribute it uniformly, I believe that would be a hugely time-consuming and wasteful endeavor. Therefore, I think we should calculate based on each state's situation separately and even develop distributors beneath us.
"I know you have connections with gang members in many cities, boss, and our bootleg whiskey is sold to them. So, I think we should establish a joint database with them. By analyzing their weekly sales, purchases, and our losses, we can generate statistics that would not only reduce manpower, material, and financial resources at the headquarters,
but also better manage the inventory from Europe and the production from Canada.
"I believe, if we handle all of this well, the company could save at least one million US dollars a year!"
Donnie nodded and said, "Good, make a detailed plan and submit it to me. I will arrange the necessary personnel and funds for you!"