Past Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

MercuryGate delivers solutions that allow shippers, carriers, freight forwarders and third party logistics providers to plan their transportation, execute their freight movements, and analyze the performance of all involved. Customers optimize loads, rate and route loads, spot quote through both private and public bid boards, tender freight, track movements, audit carrier freight invoices, and send customer invoices. Through a customizable workflow engine, MercuryGate customers are able to move the straightforward parcel, LTL (less than truckload), and truckload shipments as well as the more demanding multi-leg ocean, air, and rail movements. Customers may then analyze the information gathered as they move freight to provide key performance indicators on their internal business as well as on carriers, suppliers, and all parties in the supply chain. For more information, visit www.mercurygate.com.

Sterling Commerce, an IBM Company, helps companies optimize and extend their dynamic business networks with their customers, partners and suppliers so they can increase revenues, reduce costs and protect their brand.

Our integration solutions enable our customers to connect people, processes and information for seamless and secure integration with any partner, any system, anywhere.

And, our selling and fulfillment solutions streamline the commerce lifecycle to enhance the way our customers do business, so they can sell and fulfill any offer, across any channel, from any supplier.

Gold Sponsors

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. With more than 370,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100—in more than 145 countries around the globe, Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is engineered to work together as a single system. Oracle's industry-leading products give customers unmatched benefits including unbreakable security, high availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership. For more information, visit www.oracle.com

Silver Sponsors

Airclic provides software products that improve the performance of mobile supply chain management and logistics operations. The company’s scalable, reliable and device independent Software as a Service (SaaS) products drive efficiencies and productivity to measurably reduce costs and increase service. As a market leader, Airclic’s customer portfolio includes more than 300 global enterprises that are realizing improvements in their business operations.

For more information, please visit www.airclic.com or call 866-707-2542.

BNKe is a Business Process Outsourcing company focused on back-office operations in domains such as Logistics; Spare Parts, Field Service and Repair; Warranty; Sourcing and Procurement. Founded in 2001, BNKe has grown into a specialized Logistics and Supply Chain service provider with multiple delivery centers, 24/7 support capability and a 100% reference-able client base. BNKe enables logistics services companies to scale their back-office operations with its highly trained and experienced yet cost-effective analysts across dispatch, tracking, claims, freight auditing, document collections, command center and numerous analytical functions.

Dematic designs, builds, and lifecycle supports logistics solutions that optimize material and information flow. From receiving to shipping, within the four walls of the factory, warehouse or distribution center. Through a consultative holistic engineering approach we develop non-biased, data driven logistic solutions built around process improvements, material handling technology and software. Dematic is dedicated to improving logistics results. To that end, we guarantee successful system performance.

“HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company that focuses on ‘transformational outsourcing’, underlined by innovation and value creation. HCL offers an integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 31 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Travel, Transportation and Logistics, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of ‘Employees First’ which empowers its 79,000 transformers to create real value for customers.”

PINC Solutions is the leading supplier of real-time supply chain asset visibility and yard  management solutions, with Fortune-500 customers in the manufacturing, retail, and transportation and logistics sectors. PINC has pioneered the development of cost-effective Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) using passive RFID technologies that minimizes capital investment required in the infrastructure. Available as turnkey solutions with optional hosting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), these systems have proven their value through immediate efficiency improvements in customers’ daily operations, typically generating positive ROIs in less than 9 months.

Technicolor Supply Chain Solutions is one of the best kept secrets within the logistics industry.  Each day thousands of Technicolor team members efficiently pick, pack and ship over five million products.They also process over a million daily returns which makes them one of the world’s leading 3PL providers.  Known as the leading 3PL provider to the entertainment industry, Technicolor is now bringing its reputation for flawless delivery to other industries. Whether you're looking for a global distribution network, optimal retail delivery, an e-commerce home delivery solution, or just great rates, Technicolor is an organization you'd want to know more about.

TMW Systems offers a feature-rich and affordable platform for tailored TMS solutions to shippers and 3PLs that want to reduce their costs and improve visibility for domestic surface transportation execution. TMW Enterprise Transportation Software (ETS) and Optimization Software are designed to automate and manage complex planning, costing and logistics processes to move product over the road or by rail—even incorporating private fleet management—and are ideal for 3PLs managing commercial carriers along with assets of their own. Cost-effective transportation management software from TMW Systems now manages shipping activities across North America representing over $62 billion in freight spend annually.

Bronze Sponsor

Houlihan Lokey is an international investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. According to Thomson Reuters, the firm is ranked globally as the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $1 billion, the No. 1 M&A fairness opinion advisor, and the No. 1 restructuring advisor.  Houlihan Lokey’s Transportation & Logistics Group is a leading provider of M&A advisory, capital raising and restructuring services to the logistics industry.  Our comprehensive understanding of the industry and market enables us to execute a full range of strategic and financial transactions for our clients — whether they are seeking an outright sale, a financial or strategic partner, equity and debt financing, or value enhancing acquisitions.

From humble beginnings in Korea in 1977 as an airfreight agent, Pantos Logistics has grown to a $3 Billion Global Logistics Provider with 2500 employees in 130 offices and 52 warehouses around the Globe. Pantos provides a wide range of value added and collaborative logistics solutions, managing global sea, air, truck and rail freight, as well inventory management solutions utilizing our Single Window Visibility System. Pantos ranks 4th in Global Ocean Volume and 10th in Air freight delivering a cost leadership position with over 2800 Customers in a variety of verticals from Hi-Tech, Electronics, Chemical, Industrial, Automotive, etc. Pantos creates and delivers world-class service to meet its customer’s needs on-time, every day.

Workshop Sponsor

Welcome Reception Sponsors

CenterPoint Properties is the nation’s leading industrial and transportation-related property company.  The company maintains a sizeable portfolio of industrial buildings owning more than 8,000 acres within its intermodal logistics centers that are strategically situated in major transportation markets around the country. CenterPoint is focused on the development, ownership and intensive management of individual real estate and related rail, road and port infrastructure.  We add value to our customers throughout forward-thinking solutions aimed at enhancing supply chain and operating efficiencies.  We seek long term relationships with customers, public and private business partners, internal colleagues and the communities where we invest and operate.

Jones Lang LaSalle's Logistics & Industrial Team is pleased to co-sponsor this event along with both CenterPoint, a leading U.S. industrial development firm, and Shipyard Creek Ocean Terminals, owner of strategic Charleston water-front terminal properties primed for private development. www.us.joneslanglasalle.com/industrial

Shipyard Creek Ocean Terminals is a privately-held owner of two water-front and rail-served industrial sites in the Charleston, SC harbor, located within two miles of the ocean buoy.  The properties, Macalloy and Laurel Island, combined total 320 acres and are available for private development for logistics operations.  Existing rail service is provided by CSX and both sites have immediate access to I-26.  The two sites can accommodate a variety of marine related usages including private container terminal operations, refrigerated warehouses, break-bulk terminal facilities, lay-down yard storage, intermodal rail and rail storage operations, chassis storage, Ro/Ro operations, manufacturing and more.  Existing water draft at Macalloy is 24’; and at Laurel Island is 39’.  Dredging at both locations can be permitted.

Platinum Exhibitors

AFMS is a logistics consulting firm that has helped thousands of America’s largest companies reduce their domestic and international shipping costs.  We specialize in providing carrier contract cost savings information.  Our support staff knows transportation inside and out.  Our RADAR program also provides excellent small package auditing.  We offer a “no-risk” evaluation of your shipment data and contracts to identify possible savings opportunities.  Additionally, we have a licensed customs broker on staff and are able to support you in a myriad of domestic and international projects. For further information please contact us at 800 246 3521 or www.afms.com

Get exactly the logistics services you need. Where and when you need them.

No matter what business you are in, chances are the core part of it doesn’t involve logistics – getting your goods and services where they need to go, when they need to be there, and in the most logical, efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

Meritor has a 100-year heritage of innovation in the transportation industry. We are a premier global supplier of integrated systems, modules and components to original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket – all backed by unsurpassed worldwide service and support with more than 11,000 employees in 70 countries, based in Troy, Mich.

As part of our commitment to be the supplier of choice for our customers, we have developed an integrated supply-chain management system that is second to none. Our customers demand – and deserve – nothing less. Because of them, not getting the right part at the right time means lost opportunity – and lost revenue.

That’s why we’re so dedicated to delivering the customized 3PL capabilities, the efficiencies, the reach and the scope of services our customers need.

Simply put, we live in a competitive world, and Meritor Aftermarket Services is here to give your global operation the edge it takes to stay ahead.

Clean Energy (Nasdaq: CLNE) is the largest provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America and a global leader in the expanding natural gas vehicle market. It has operations in CNG and LNG vehicle fueling, construction and operation of CNG and LNG fueling stations, biomethane production, vehicle conversion and compressor technology. Clean Energy fuels over 19,900 vehicles at 211 strategic locations across the United States and Canada with a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, trucking, shuttle, taxi, airport and municipal fleet markets.

CMAC Technology Solutions:

CMAC, Inc. is a supply chain consulting and systems integration firm focused on delivering operational and technical solutions for the enterprise.  We are committed to improving our client’s competitive position by developing operational excellence strategies and implementing best-in-class supply chain planning, execution, and automated data collection solutions.  CMAC’s experienced team has provided cost effective solutions to over 300 organizations in various industries.

Solution Services Provided:

• Supply Chain Strategy
• Logistics Execution System Selection
• Warehouse Management Systems Integration
• Six Sigma Program Management
• Transportation Management Systems
• Warehouse Operational Analysis
• Staffing Solutions/Resource Augmentation
• Automated Data Collection Applications
• Wireless Network Design and Installation

Get on the Fast Lane to EDI. Liberate your IT staff from the time consuming task of establishing and maintaining EDI Partnerships. Re-direct the efforts of your IT Staff to focus on your internal business processes.

Corvedia offers EDI/XML/EDIFACT messaging with Secure Easy IM enabling businesses to exchange EDI messages over the Internet. We specialize in linking members of the Supply Chain. We are experts at mapping and translating supply chain related messages including messages associated with ordering, invoicing and transportation. Non-EDI capable companies can quickly and economically become EDI capable. Companies with robust EDI capabilities will find Corvedia's service exceptional and very cost competitive.

Elavon Freight Payment (formerly PowerTrack(r)), the world's leading freight payment solution, offers comprehensive invoice processing and payment in a global B2B payment network. Integrated supply chain finance allows carriers to get paid sooner, while shippers pay later. On-line, real-time, collaborative exception resolution and robust pre-pay audits on 100% of invoices reduces cost and waste, ensures accuracy, and provides unmatched visibility and control.
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Fischer & Company is a leading corporate real estate services firm with expertise in portfolio management, technology solutions, brokerage and consulting services. As a strategic advisor to our clients, we offer unique services and technology solutions, such as our industry specific dashboards. This enables our clients to aggressively reduce real estate costs, operational expenditures and transportation/logistics costs. Select clients include FedEx, Pioneer Hi-Bred (a DuPont Company), Alcoa, Saint-Gobain and Performance Food Group.

HighJump Software is a global provider of supply chain management software that streamlines the flow of inventory and information from supplier to store shelf. More than 4,500 customers worldwide have transformed their supply chains using HighJump Software. HighJump Software solutions for distribution and logistics, trading partner connectivity, direct store delivery (DSD), mobility and manufacturing include:

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
TrueCommerce EDI Platform
Route Accounting Systems (RAS)
Manufacturing Execution
Mobile Sales
ERP Data Collection

Information Builders enables agile information solutions with business intelligence (BI) and integration technologies. Our flagship WebFOCUS platform – the world’s most widely utilized BI solution – is flexible, scalable, and secure. It permeates every level of the extended enterprise and delivers actionable information through a simple user experience. iWay Software, an innovator of enterprise integration, solves complex integration problems quickly using pre-built components – enabling minimum custom programming with a flexible enterprise architecture that can adapt to long-term change.

With experience in global trade management and logistics since 1972, and over 600 employees worldwide, Kewill is a long-time innovator of solutions for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, freight forwarders, transport companies, customs brokers, 3PLs and 4PLs.

Kewill’s solutions are in daily use by more than 40,000 users worldwide and our global customer base which entrusts us with the management of their supply networks includes divisions of Bayer, Caterpillar, DHL, FedEx, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, H.J. Heinz, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, Levi Strauss, Mazda, Nestlé, Nike, Palm, Procter & Gamble, Smith & Nephew, Sony, TNT, Unilever, UPS, Vodafone, Yamaha, Xerox.  For more information visit www.kewill.com

Atlanta’s global access, innovation and talent create an unparalleled logistics network for companies that demand efficient, predictable and consistent global supply chain operations to accelerate growth.

Metro Atlanta has grown into a leading global logistics hub and center for supply chain management due to its strong cluster of headquarters that demand efficient services, vital Southeast geographic location, robust infrastructure -  in terms of highways, rail, frequency of flights to anywhere around the globe via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and  concentration of supply chain technology and talent. 

Manhattan Associates® continues to deliver on its 17-year heritage of providing global supply chain excellence to more than 1,200 customers worldwide that consider supply chain optimization core to their strategic market leadership. The company's supply chain innovations include: Manhattan SCOPE™, a portfolio of software solutions and technology that leverages a Supply Chain Process Platform to help organizations optimize their supply chains from planning through execution; Manhattan ILS™, a portfolio of distribution management and transportation management solutions built on Microsoft® .NET technology; and Manhattan Carrier™, a suite of supply chain solutions specifically addressing the needs of the motor carrier industry. For more information, please visit www.manh.com.

Get exactly the logistics services you need. Where and when you need them.

No matter what business you are in, chances are the core part of it doesn’t involve logistics – getting your goods and services where they need to go, when they need to be there, and in the most logical, efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

Meritor has a 100-year heritage of innovation in the transportation industry.  We are a premier global supplier of integrated systems, modules and components to original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket – all backed by unsurpassed worldwide service and support with more than 11,000 employees in 70 countries, based in Troy, Mich.

As part of our commitment to be the supplier of choice for our customers, we have developed an integrated supply-chain management system that is second to none.  Our customers demand – and deserve – nothing less.  Because of them, not getting the right part at the right time means lost opportunity – and lost revenue.

That’s why we’re so dedicated to delivering the customized 3PL capabilities, the efficiencies, the reach and the scope of services our customers need.

Simply put, we live in a competitive world, and Meritor Aftermarket Services is here to give your global operation the edge it takes to stay ahead.

Achieving higher productivity, cost-savings and risk protection are now essentials to most U.S. operations.  As an Operations Process Outsourcing (OPO) provider, nGroup designs, engineers, consults, and executes client specific solutions that operate in high labor content environments.  Manufacturers and distributors outsource portions of their operations to us while keeping the outsourced functions within their facilities in order to mitigate risk, focus on their core business, and improve their bottom line.  Since 2001, nGroup has been achieving breakthrough results for top tier clients in Retail, Food Processing, Apparel, Consumer Electronics, Printing, and Automotive.

NORDOCK Inc. is a premium manufacturer of loading dock, safety, dock seal & shelter and lift equipment.  NORDOCK offers products with the "Lifetime Cost of Ownership" in mind by designing with more steel, more weld and more cost saving features.  By reducing the cost to "Own" equipment, the customer enjoys a lifetime of savings on maintenance, adjustments, lubrication and parts replacement. NORDOCK AirDock™, Flex-Lip™, and Telescoping Lip™ Docklevelers offer long term solutions to equipment and safety problems for high capacity, high use users of loading dock equipment such as factories, warehouses, distribution centers and cold storage facilities.

Founded in 1988, Oracular is an IT consulting firm focused on strategy and development of ERP and supply chain solutions. Oracular’s consultants serve as subject matter experts, offering customers a total solution. As you prepare to scale your infrastructure or enhance efficiencies, leave the strategic changes and delivery to our knowledgeable, customer-focused consultants. Oracular provides a full range of services, from design and delivery to follow-up support and documentation. Our specialties include: Warehouse Management Systems, Web Visibility Products, Event Management Systems, Productivity Management Systems, Mobile Resource Management and RFID, Voice Solutions, Parcel Integration, and Integration with leading ERP solutions.

Q-Sales designs, engineers and manufactures products used for temperature sensitive shipments. Our products cover all aspects of transportation for every environmental condition. Whether shipping a full truck, container, pallet, drum, or sample size packages, our products help prevent damage to freight by protecting against excessive heat, cold and condensation.

Real Time Freight.
Where freight meets capacity.

Founded in 2003, Real Time Freight provides businesses with an on-demand, cloud-based Freight Management System. Companies use Real Time Freight to centralize and streamline internal and external communication in a closed-loop environment with their current transportation partners, increasing efficiency and profitability. Companies can also connect with the RTF Community of over 75,000 pre-approved transportation companies for spot-market loads, strategic benchmarking, and scalable capacity. Brokers and distributors of all sizes are realizing the tremendous benefits of managing freight transportation through Real Time Freight.

RedPrairie delivers productivity solutions to help companies around the world in three categories – workforce, inventory and transportation. RedPrairie provides these solutions to manufacturers, distributors and retailers looking to support business strategies that increase revenue, reduce costs and create competitive advantage.

With over 25 global offices and solutions that are installed at more than 60,000 customer sites in over 50 countries, companies trust RedPrairie workforce, inventory and transportation solutions to deliver an increase in productivity – with the flexibility to adapt as business needs change.

At RedPrairie, we understand today’s operational demands and we’re committed to delivering solutions that work.

SAP for Transportation & Logistics allows your 3PL/LSP to run better, expand services and drive efficiency for improved margins.   Extended Warehouse Management, Event Management,  and Business Analytics by themselves or part of a larger business platform allows 3PL’s to adapt better, operate better and collaborate better with your customers and your business network.

SLH Transport Inc. Is an award winning transportation and Logistics provider servicing Canada , USA and Mexico.

Gold Exhibitors

The Marine Highways Cooperative consists of public, private and academic organizations committed to improving the utilization of America’s Marine Highways.  The cooperative works closely with the Maritime Administration in the U.S Department of Transportation, to support America’s Marine Highway Program and advocate the use of coastal, intracoastal and inland commercial waterways.  It promotes research to understand: (1) planners’ awareness of marine highways as an alternative to the freight transportation system, and (2) public benefits such as emissions and infrastructure savings.  The cooperative also seeks partnerships with shippers and carriers to provide an alternative to moving cargo by road or rail.

Nexinfo Solutions is a consulting firm specializing in the deployment of leading edge supply chain solutions and planning, forecast, demand and S&OP using Demantra Software. Nexinfo also provides large scale strategic program and project management services, improving customers supply chain efficiencies starting from demand management all the way through supply planning.

OnTrac is the regional leader in overnight package delivery.  We provide next-day and time-critical service to California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Utah.  With a delivery coverage area of 50 million people, our service area is comprised of nearly 20% of the U.S. economy. OnTrac can increase your productivity by saving time in transit.  With pickups as late as 9:00 pm in some areas, OnTrac understands the importance of flexibility and operating in time-sensitive environments.  For more information, please go to our website at ontrac.com or call 1-800-334-5000.

Port Manatee Commerce Center sets the standard for multi-modal, near dock warehousing

Port Manatee Commerce Center (PMCC) is a 23-acre, seven-building, 360,000 square-foot near dock, rail served, multi-modal transloading facility just outside the security gates of Port Manatee and 30 minutes from the Port of Tampa. The warehouses are accessible 24/7 with no TWIC card and are clear span (no interior columns) have skylights, grade and dock level loading, 60-foot wide cargo doors, 26-foot wide bifold doors and rail docks. Cargo transits from dockside to warehouse, less than 1 mile, on private roads. PMCC warehouse facilities can accommodate both container and break-bulk shipments.

Anchored at the entrance to Tampa Bay, Port Manatee is the closest deep-water seaport to the Panama Canal. It is located at the nexus of two interstate highways and the CSX railroad system. Trucks reach Interstate 275 and Interstate 75 in 5 minutes without encountering a single stoplight, making all of North America readily accessible for your business.

Transite Technology is a high-growth, innovative, independent provider of transportation management products and services to shippers, 3PLs, brokers, and carriers.  Hosted or purchased, our products are cost-effective, highly scalable, and ready to adapt to the needs of a changing and growing business. Transite’s JaguarTMS is the most flexible, cost-effective transportation management system on today’s market.  With Jaguar TMS, companies can easily integrate the transportation process with their internal systems. This includes ERP, order management, warehousing, and other transportation systems. Jaguar TMS evolves as needs change—initially can be used as standalone system, and then integrated in a deliberate manner component-by-component.

UPS provides true carrier-neutral 3PL services that enable shippers and consignees to manage their domestic transportation with a trusted partner.  We love logistics and have been providing superlative freight, distribution and logistics services for years.  Our state of the art technology will drive efficiencies built on detailed data analysis.  We take a tactical approach to everyday tasks to maintain the strategic goal of reducing costs and complexities, while maximizing the value of your transportation solution.  UPS 3PL services allows us to go beyond the breadth of UPS assets to manage and optimize your network, leaving you free to focus on your core business.

Research & Media Partners

For more than two decades, Aberdeen has been connecting enterprises and solution providers through the power of fact-based research, demonstrating the value of technology in achieving Best-in-Class results for the enterprise. 

As our research is relied on by more than 2.5 million readers in over 40 countries, 90% of the Fortune 1,000, and 93% of the Technology 500, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to provide your organization access to an educated, influential, and qualified audience through demand generation, sales enablement, and thought leadership programs.

American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)

The mission of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)  is to engage the supply chain community to support humanitarian relief efforts. ALAN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit volunteer organization that connects relief agency needs to business resources and is unique in its combination of:

• Actively marketing specific relief needs to businesses with capacity and interest, creating opportunity vs. obligation.
• An extensive network based on existing association structures, encouraging collaboration vs. competition.
• Engaging in and supporting business relationship building with relief and government agencies to create company and employee participation opportunities.

ALAN can be found online at www.ALANaid.org, www.facebook.com/ALANaid, and www.twitter.com/ALANaid.

Howard Publications was founded by David A. Howard in 1951 and has published magazines covering international logistics and transportation since that time. American Shipper magazine was first published under that name in May 1974 and is designed to serve the information needs of shippers, carriers and third parties involved in international transportation and for executives managing international logistics and supply chains.

The American Society of Transportation and Logistics is the premier society for transportation and logistics professionals. Founded 65 years ago, ASTL members are individuals from the 3PL, Shipping, Carrier, and Academic sectors. ASTL provides certification for the complete career pathway, entry level - Global Logistics Associate (GLA), mid level - Professional Designation in Logistics and Supply Chain Strategy (PLS), and senior level - Certified in Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

ASTL Benefits

• Global network of transportation and logistics professionals
• The Transportation Journal 
• Globally recognized transportation and logistics certification programs

For more information go to www.astl.org, contact ASTL info@astl.org or 202-580-7270

In business since 1980, Armstrong & Associates, Inc. has become a recognized leader in supply chain market research and consulting. Armstrong's "Who's Who" guides are distributed worldwide and are a significant resource for companies selecting third-party logistics providers (3PLs). Straight-forward detailed research reports provide unsurpassed information on the rapidly growing domestic and global logistics marketplace.  In addition to research, A&A's consulting expertise has fostered the profitable growth of many supply chain participants from small transportation providers to Fortune 500 companies.

BGSA is the advisor of choice for a large, growing number of supply chain CEOs. Due to our unique approach to strategy-led investment banking, BGSA has become the leading advisor on premium sell-side deals; the first call for buy-side acquisition strategy and execution; and a true thought leader in the supply chain.

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, we are the valuable partner to 60,000 clients in 11,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, we work with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 4,400 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries.

IDC Manufacturing Insights is based in Framingham, MA and operates throughout the world utilizing IDC's network of global facilities. Our focus is to provide strategic business technology and application advice for the manufacturing industry. IDC is the foremost global market intelligence and advisory firm with more than 1,000 analysts in 110+ countries. IDC forecasts worldwide markets and trends to deliver dependable service and client advice. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research, and exposition company.

Client aligned, integrated solutions, driving value and efficiency through vested collaboration

At Kontane Logistics, we have the assets, certification, experience and flexibility to develop client aligned supply chain solutions. Via vested collaboration with our partner customers, we create value in new ways. We integrate all of our services - utilizing sub-assembly, physical fulfillment, and cloud based technology to build logical, customer attuned logistics' platforms.

Established in 1962, Logistics Management magazine is published monthly. Special reports, like the Logistics Outlook in January and the Buyers Guide in December, are provided on an annual basis.

Logistics Management reaches the largest number of logistics professionals in the industry. Additionally, no other industry publication reaches nearly as many audited buying influencers of logistics services, technology, and equipment. 

Logistics professionals need to stay informed of what is happening in the industry, and how emerging trends in technology, outsourcing, regulations, and business practices can impact their jobs and companies.  There is plenty of information out there; the challenge is filtering through all the noise to zero in on what is truly important and why.

And that is the mission statement of Logistics Viewpoints: To provide logistics professionals with clear and concise analyses of logistics trends, technologies, and services.

Lead contributors Adrian Gonzalez and Steve Banker bring more than 25 years of logistics research experience to their writing and analysis, working closely with leading manufacturers, retailers, logistics service providers, and technology companies.  Their insightful postings address clearly and concisely the basic questions logistics professionals are asking: What are the most important trends and news in the industry today?  Why are these developments important?  What actions should I take in response?

LQ's mandate is to provide ideas for leadership in logistics and transportation for logisticians, supply chain management practitioners, transportation management and other senior-level executives in the United States and Canada who are engaged in leading and transforming their businesses. Since its founding in 1995, LQ has upheld a tradition to be logistics and transportation publication written by professionals for professionals in the field - affording authoritative thinking on the complex and fast-changing work of the logistics and transportation business in Canada and the United States.

LQ’s team is upholding this tradition today with more vigor and conviction than ever, providing logisticians and transportation executives with articles written to provoke both thought and action.

SupplyChainBrain is the world’s most comprehensive supply chain management information resource. In addition to providing complete coverage of all fundamental supply chain principles, SupplyChainBrain identifies emerging trends, strategies and best practices, forward-thinking ideas, cutting-edge solutions and the latest innovations - and continues to write and report on these as they evolve and mature.

SupplyChainBrain is for the high-level executive concerned with managing risk, aligning the supply chain with corporate planning, achieving competitive advantage, balancing customer demands with the need to control cost, and improving the bottom line. The industry’s most experienced staff and many well respected content partners offer executive decision-makers a synthesis of many minds, singularly focused and delivered in the medium they choose.

Supply Chain Council (SCC) is a global nonprofit organization whose framework, improvement methodology, training, certification and benchmarking tools help member organizations make dramatic, rapid, and sustainable improvements in supply chain performance.

The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) is the world standard for supply chain management, a model that provides a unique framework for defining and linking performance metrics, processes, best practices, and people into a unified structure.

Supply Chain Digest is the industry's most valuable supply chain management and logistics publication. Supply Chain Digest is a weekly, on-line newsletter with lively information, news and commentary that summarizes and synthesizes important information for busy supply chain and logistics professionals. Editor Dan Gilmore's weekly "First Thoughts" column is cited by other supply chain practitioners and commentators across the globe.

Following a similar model to the Harvard Business Review, SCMR primarily publishes columns and features contributed by business school professors, supply chain management practitioners and industry analysts. Topics including sourcing and procurement, software and technology, transportation and logistics, supply chain education, and other topics relating to the supply chain. SCMR also publishes numerous case studies featuring companies such as Wal-Mart, Motorola, IBM and Pfizer.

SDCE is the only magazine in our industry covering the entire global supply chain that focuses on ROI, professional development and change management, all in a solutions-based format. Our 54,643* C-level and line-of-business executive subscribers rely on our mission-critical editorial to solve their supply chain challenges.

The Journal of Commerce
Through its publications, Web sites, and data services, UBM Global Trade is the leading supplier of business information for people involved in transporting goods and commodities in the United States and internationally. Its publications and online services include The Journal of Commerce, PIERS, Directory of U.S. Exporters/Importers, Official Export Guide, U.S. Custom House Guide, and Transportation Telephone Tickler.

For more than 35 years, Tompkins has evolved with the marketplace to become the leading provider of growth and business strategy, global supply chain services, distribution operations consulting, information technology implementation, material handling integration, and benchmarking and best practices.

Our clients count on our innovative, practical solutions that improve their supply chain performance and produce value-based results.

Tompkins works closely with companies to ensure that their supply chains fully support their mission and business plans, as well as future growth.

World Trade 100 - The Benchmark for Global Supply Chain Business.
World Trade 100 is the vital source of news and information for U.S. senior executive manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers active in domestic and international trade. With cutting-edge coverage of every aspect of logistics and the integrated supply chain, World Trade 100 reflects the priorities and diverse interests of its senior level and management subscribers to help them navigate today's rapidly changing and highly competitive global marketplace. Each month in print and online, World Trade 100 examines various sectors of global trade, including transportation, logistics, trade finance, technology, and economic development, to assist our readers in making their businesses profitable.

Official Event Charity

Getting relief resources into the hands of those who need them . . . Such a simple concept can often be a significant challenge to implement during national disasters. Coordinated logistices expertise and services are needed to get the right product to the right place at the right time.

The team at American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) brings the supply chain community together to address this challenge. The volunteer, non-profit organization was formed to provide a primary point of contact for those in the logistics profession who are willing to provide disaster relief support in the United States. We work in tandem with National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOADs) such as the Red Cross, Feeding America and the Salvation Army to provide much-needed support.

ALAN's relief needs web portal serves as a clearinghouse for supply chain expertise, products, equipment, and services such as transportation, warehousing and material handling. Needs for these resources are posted on the portal in times of crisis. Whether a company can provide industry expertise, supplies, vehicles to haul them or local warehouse space to store them, it can match its resources with regional needs through the ALAN web portal.

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