Business View Magazine | February 2019
271 product out to customers. So, those are two sec- tors that we’re seeing opportunities for growth because you’re taking one step out of the supply chain–with the retail stores closing, you’re going fromwarehouse directly to consumer.We can play two parts in that.We can do the warehousing piece, as well as the final mile delivery piece.Amazon has revolutionized this, but everyone else is catching on to it,which starts to leave more opportunities for us.” In order to achieve that second goal–the final mile delivery–McGee understands that HNM is going to have to put more trucks on the road.“There is some risk to that, because you have more exposure when you have more assets on the road,”he admits. “So that’s something we’ll have to monitor.”Another item on the company’s agenda is finding a home of its own.“We’ve rented for several years, so we hope to own a 100,000-sq.-ft. building where we’re our own landlord.”Another company goal is to continue to develop its domestic offerings.“We have a lot of opportunities in the government space with the DoD (Department of Defense).We support a lot of the military contractors that do modeling and simu- lation here in Orlando out of Research Park, so we see that as an area that could grow tremendously for us. So,we see a lot of HNM trucks on the road; we see our own real estate offerings; and we also see a growth in the ecommerce section, picking up the warehousing, as well as the final mile,white glove type of deliveries.” McGee believes that HNM’s continued growth will also be based on its current and future use of technology.“The operating systemwe use allows us to compete with the billion-dollar companies, because everything is report-driven,”he states.“So,
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