The Metro Atlanta Chamber this week awarded the Supply Chain Professional of the Year to John J. Mascaritolo, assistant professor of supply chain management at Clayton State University and a 35-year veteran of global logistics and supply chain management industries. The chamber also named Insight Sourcing Group. a fast-growing private company, the "Supply Chain Company of the Year."

Metro Atlanta has the nation's fifth-largest concentration of supply chain companies, according to the chamber. Atlanta has more than 130,000 supply chain jobs.

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