Supply Chain Development and Management focuses on strengthening supply and distribution channels for existing firms in manufacturing, wholesale trade, and related sectors, and leveraging trade opportunities that can be derived from Dell's international markets.

Due to the presence of Dell, Inc., Round Rock has become a national player in the Supply Chain Development and Management sector. Other companies that validate the strength of Round Rock in that sector are Sysco, Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods, ModusLink, and Trifusion to name just a few.

Supply Chain Development and Management (also often referred to as a broader term, "logistics") is the science of providing consumers with the goods they want at a competitive price in the shortest amoung of time possible. Supply-chain management includes technology services that coordinate and optimize the entire product life-cycle from the moment an order is placed, to the time the customer receives it. Logistics support activities now include scheduling, fleet management, network optimization, and other supply-chain management-related processes.

Round Rock's Supply Chain Development and Management target includes transportation and warehousing sub-sectors, in addition to related support activities. In order to develop a true "vertical" cluster, Round Rock's target also includes wholesale trade activities.

Round Rock, Texas boasts a competitive advantage for Supply Chain Development & Management sector:

» Close proximity to customers, suppliers, and markets and strong existing cluster of Supply Chain Development & Management firms

» Available workforce with truck driving and technical skills, and close proximity to training resources

» Close proximity to transportation infrastructure

» Land and buildings available suitable for Supply Chain Dev. and Management firms

» Affordable labor costs

» Close proximity to existing hospitals and healthcare facilities