Tracey Gatlin's Blog

Tracey Gatlin, CRP
Director, Client Supply Chain & Global Business Process

Tracey Gatlin joined SIRVA in 2001, and has since held various positions within sales and marketing, operations, risk and global supply chain. These roles have provided her with extensive knowledge of supply chain management and the relocation process. In her current role, Gatlin provides supply chain management consultation for both current and prospective clients, ultimately ensuring clients receive the services needed to create a positive relocation experience for employees. She is also a process improvement specialist ensuring SIRVA is working with suppliers around the world with efficiency and in an effective manner. Gatlin holds her Certified Relocation Professional designation (CRP), is a member of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and has earned her Six Sigma Green Belt.

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During the holidays, my sisters and I would do the same thing that my own children do today – count the presents under the Christmas tree (and of course make sure that the number of gifts is equal amongst the siblings!). I reflect on how my concern was the quantity of the gifts then, not really giving much thought to the quality.

But today, concerning myself with the quality of mobility services coupled with suitable cost is what I do every day in supply chain. Cost of mobility services is...

The Olympics remind us that successful assimilation can lead to assignment victory!

Every four years, we experience a sense of ethnocentrism rarely demonstrated at other times. This sense of pride causes us to do unusual things like buy swim trunks flanked in red, white and blue stripes, zone out in front of the television on a 90 degree day or even belt out the national anthem like we were Celine Dion (without the pitch accuracy, unfortunately).

What the Olympics remind us of, besides the...

Does the word “procurement” conjure fears of a slap on the wrist for paying too much for something, or feelings of uncertainty that you may be working with the “lowest bidder?”

While the perception of procurement may still be that of a tactical and administrative process that causes road blocks, there is a great deal that mobility specialists can learn from the world of procurement.

Historically, mobility was not an area in which procurement became heavily involved. But, given the attention that...

2010 PAN and PBN Awards presented at National Employee Relocation Conference

During the 2011 National Employee Relocation Conference, SIRVA’s Global Supply Chain Management Team hosted an event to recognize its Preferred Appraisers and Brokers who made significant contributions to SIRVA in 2010.  SIRVA had record attendance and although it is impossible to capture the atmosphere in words, the excitement was abound as the appraisers and brokers waited with anticipation to see who would capture...