private industry supply chain management founded 1904 headquarters minneapolis minnesota key people richard t. murphy jr. president and ceo website http www.murphywarehouse.com murphy warehouse company is a family owned full service supply chain logistics company based in minneapolis minnesota . founded in 1915 murphy is one of the upper midwest s largest asset based logistics companies and serves more than 250 companies ranging from fortune 500 to startup companies . the company provides a wide range of services including warehousing distribution transportation cross docking fulfillment and administrative as well as international logistics through its midwest international logistics center . murphy is osha mnsharp certified 1 and iso 9001 2000 certified . contents 1 history 2 richard t. murphy jr. 3 logistics services 4 stormwater management system 5 external links 6 references history edit in 1904 founder edward l. murphy sr. purchased two horses and a wagon from his brother jack signifying the beginning of the murphy warehouse company . 2 today murphy operates 11 warehouse facilities many on or adjacent to rail yards . 3 richard t. murphy jr. edit richard t. murphy jr. president and ceo of murphy warehouse company is the fourth generation of the murphy family to lead the company . he is the immediate past board chair for the council of supply chain management professionals . 4 murphy also has a master of landscape architecture from the harvard graduate school of design . he currently is an adjunct assistant professor in the department of landscape architecture at the university of minnesota . 5 murphy credits his training in landscape architecture with helping him solve problems in the business world . 6 he often is quoted as an industry leader including in traffic world 7 market news international inbound logistics magazine 8 distribution center management 9 werc and cscmp publications . logistics services edit murphy provides warehousing distribution information management contract logistics consolidation transportation rail transloading pool distribution pick and pack fulfillment freight brokerage and international support services . murphy also provides other services such as labeling stretch wrapping product assembly packaging re pack and quality control testing sampling . 10 the company also offers international logistics through its midwest international logistics center which includes a designated u.s. customs exam station ces a container freight station cfs and a foreign trade zone ftz allowing for modifications to import products before they reach u.s. soil as well as export services . stormwater management system edit in 2008 murphy warehouse installed a stormwater management system at its headquarters . the system cost 580 000 to install captures 95 percent of stormwater on a 22 acre 89 000 m2 site that was more than 95 percent impervious recharges groundwater filters stormwater for quality and eliminates a 68 000 annual stormwater assessment from the city . 11 it is the first stormwater system of its kind to be voluntarily constructed on an existing heavy use commercial site in minneapolis minnesota . 12 murphy also installed native prairies around the stormwater system increasing its efficiency eliminating polluting fertilization and water waste from automatic sprinklers and saving additional money through reduced maintenance costs of a traditional lawn . for example at murphy s fridley campus a similar installation requires 2 240 per year for 6 acres 24 000 m2 of prairie upkeep instead of 21 650 per year for only four acres of lawn care . 13 in january 2009 the american council of engineering companies recognized murphy and wenck engineers which assisted in design and installation with the minnesota engineering excellence honor award for the stormwater system . 14 minneapolis mayor r.t. rybak proclaimed it the single best green value that i can see in minneapolis 15 on earth day april 22 2009 . 16 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support services . murphy warehouse . retrieved 2008 08 19 . in an industry known for asphalt murphy warehouse grows green . star tribune . retrieved 2009 10 19 . wenck update november 2008 pdf . wenck . retrieved 2009 10 19 . dead link murphy stormwater system backgrounder pdf . murphy warehouse . retrieved 2009 10 16 . awards . wenck . archived from the original on january 7 2009 . retrieved 2009 10 19 . green jobs on black pavement . the mayor blog . retrieved 2009 10 19 . youtube murphy earth day . youtube . retrieved 2009 10 19 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title murphy warehouse company & oldid 743567702 categories logistics companies of the united statessupply chain managementcompanies based in minneapolishidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces 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