Kentucky to bolster supply chains between suppliers, manufacturers

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has launched a program to connect businesses to supply chains, entitled, "Supply Kentucky," that will bring together the state's manufacturers and suppliers, with the aim of creating a more interconnected state economy.

Manufacturing accounts for 12.5 percent of Kentucky's workforce, compared to 8.1 percent in the US.

Beshear stressed that the goal of t