Gould & Associate

Company Description

Gould & Associates offers a variety of advisory, training and value added services in the areas of Global Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Logistics, Transportation, Distribution, Customs and Trade Compliance and International Operations/International Trade. These include short term advisory and project management services, seminar and training services, and longer term on-going services such as contract purchasing (i. E. Third party), supplier management or customs analysis services, or as a provider of temporary senior level supply chain or project managers. Gould & Associate emphasis is on international or global operations, including regional operations in Asia and Latin America. Our main product is the industry experience and intellectual capital of Mr. Gould and our affiliated group of professionals in these areas of expertise.Mr. Has over 17 years of international trade, transportation and supply chain management experience. He spent a large portion of his career working for Ford Motor Company and Visteon Automotive Systems, including assignments as Visteons Asia Pacific Supply Chain Manager and Global Aftermarket Distribution Operations Manager. He has worked in or with more than 25 countries in Asia, North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe, and has negotiated with the governments of 13 different countries. He is currently president of Gould & Associates Global Supply Chain and Procurement Services, and an independent writer. He is also adjunct faculty at Case Western Reserve University, where he teaches Supply Chain, Logistics and Purchasing Management courses in the Weatherhead School of Managements full-time MBA and Masters of Operations Management programs.