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Blue Sky Logistics Forms Strategic Partnership with Tompkins Associates.


Tompkins Will Be Certified See certification.  Implementers of Blue Sky Logistics' Supply Chain Visibility Applications and Services

COPPELL, Texas Coppell is a city in Dallas County, Texas, a suburb and bedroom community of the DFW Metroplex. The population was 35,958 at the 2000 census. A small area in the far northern portion of the city extends into neighboring Denton County.  -- Blue Sky Logistics, Inc., a real-time supply chain visibility software provider, has formed a strategic partnership with Tompkins Associates. Under the terms of the agreement, Tompkins will be certified by Blue Sky Logistics as implementers of its Insight[TM] supply chain visibility suite of applications and services.

"Tompkins Associates will be authorized au·thor·ize  
tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es
1. To grant authority or power to.

2. To give permission for; sanction:
 to provide Blue Sky Logistics' dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard.

(2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard.
 technology and end-to-end implementation expertise to supply chain executives," said Steve Hensley, President of Blue Sky Logistics. "They have an outstanding reputation in the supply chain domain and will add tremendous value to any organization seeking continuous improvement in their supply chain and visibility processes."

Tompkins Associates brings more than 30 years experience to the partnership in providing strategic and tactical solutions for supply chain operations. This includes a recognized leadership in supply chain management across many industries, an established framework and methodology for assessment and improvements to the supply chain in terms of material/product flow and information flow, benchmarking and best practices for supply chain excellence, and an expanded capability to address global supply chain concerns such as international sourcing, transportation and import/export handling.

These capabilities complement those of Blue Sky Logistics, making the partnership a good fit for many of the technology provider's prospective customers.

Tompkins Associates and its customers benefit as well because Blue Sky Logistics offers more than 20 years expertise in supply chain exceptions and planning systems See spreadsheet and financial planning system.  integration and visibility. It's products bring highly scalable supply chain visibility applications in multi-enterprise inventory visibility, perfect order service levels, labor management, and executive-level KPI KPI Key Performance Indicator
KPI Kuwait Petroleum International
KPI Kiev Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine)
KPI Kernel Programming Interface
KPI King Pin Inclination (vehicle steering geometry angle) 
 metric tracking and benchmarking.

"We see this as a great opportunity to leverage our strengths in supply chain excellence with a well thought-out and flexible technology offering for visibility and management," added Matt Wilkerson, Principal at Tompkins Associates. "This alliance will provide our consultants with a toolset for streamlined execution of the technology-related recommendations we frequently provide to shippers for shoring up Noun 1. shoring up - the act of propping up with shores
propping up, shoring

supporting, support - the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support"
 gaps in overall supply chain synthesis."

About Blue Sky Logistics

Blue Sky Logistics, Inc. is a supply chain visibility software company that provides customers with targeted executive decision dashboards, such as its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Insight[TM]. The company's solutions are web-based and configurable to serve the needs of multiple individuals within a company's various levels of supply chain responsibilities. Blue Sky Logistics offers integrated, prepackaged pre·pack·age  
tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es
To wrap or package (a product) before marketing.

Adj. 1.
 supply-chain software and quality service offerings to clients to enhance their customers' competitive advantage in the marketplace. For more information, visit www.blueskylogistics.com.

About Tompkins Associates

Tompkins Associates designs and integrates premier, global end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved.

Compare: turn-key solution.
 for companies that embrace supply chain excellence. For more than 30 years, Tompkins has evolved with the marketplace to become the leading provider of global supply chain solutions, distribution operations consulting, technology implementation, material handling integration, and benchmarking and best practices. Tompkins works closely with companies to ensure that their supply chains fully support their mission and business plans, as well as future growth. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. For more information, visit www.tompkinsinc.com.
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