Elogex Appoints Food and Retail Supply Chain Visionaries to Advisory Board.Business Editors CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002 Herb G. Johnson and Richard H. Thompson General Richard Horner Thompson was born on September 24, 1926 in New York City, New York. He entered in the Army in November 1944 and advanced to the grade of staff sergeant before being commissioned a second lieutenant. Add Industry Perspectives Elogex, a leading provider of collaborative logistics solutions, today announced the appointment of two highly respected food and retail supply chain executives to its Board of Advisors. Herb G. Johnson and Richard H. Thompson join a distinguished group of industry practitioners, technologists and supply chain academics. The immediate past President of the Council of Logistics Management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet (CLM CLM - Career Limiting Move ), Herb Johnson is presently Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Summit Concept, a leading supply chain consultancy firm. Herb was most recently Executive Vice President for Supply Chain Services of Premier, Inc. and the President of Premier Purchasing Partners, LP. Prior to Premier, Mr. Johnson was Senior Vice President of Logistics at CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. Corporation; responsible for global supply chain operations, and was General Manager, Worldwide Operations for Polaroid Corporation. "While president of CLM I saw lots of market hype regarding collaborative logistics, but I believe Elogex has actually built one of the most comprehensive collaborative logistics solutions on the market today," says Herb Johnson, Chairman and CEO Summit Concept. "Elogex understands the pain points of logistics in the food, grocery and consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and markets. I look forward to working with the team to expand their solutions for supply chain practitioners in these industries." As Vice President Supply Chain, Rich Thompson Rich Thompson can refer to:
Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. practice. "Elogex has an experienced team of industry veterans who have proven their solution with an impressive list of top-tier companies. While other technology providers are struggling, Elogex continues to grow by capitalizing on its ability to quickly add quantifiable value through its collaborative logistics solution," stated Rich Thompson, Vice President Supply Chain at Schreiber Foods. "Elogex provides the most robust platform I have seen for strengthening trading partner relationships and driving more efficient utilization of supply chain assets across the supplier base," added Thompson. "We are honored to have these two high profile supply chain executives join our Advisory Board. Their participation further extends the momentum we have gained from recent customer wins, new product releases and additional funding," said Travis Parsons, President and CEO of Elogex. Herb Johnson and Rich Thompson join other distinguished advisors which include: Dr. John "Gene" Tyworth, Chairman of the Department of Business Logistics, Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. ; Dr. Karl B. Manrodt, professor at Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University, established 1906, is a regional university located in Statesboro, Georgia, USA, and part of the University System of Georgia. It is the largest center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia and is the sixth largest institution in the (formerly with the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. ); Dr. Brian Gibson, leading researcher in supply chain management and professor of logistics at Auburn University, and Bill Barton, co-founder and COO of XS, Inc and operator of XSAg.com, an independent trading platform for agricultural products. This group offers a multi-faceted base of knowledge and supply chain expertise to guide Elogex's product development and growth strategies. About Elogex, Inc. Elogex serves an exclusive client roster in the food, grocery and consumer good industries that has grown frustrated with the limitations of traditional transportation management solutions. By providing the only complete platform available for collaborative logistics, Elogex enables organizations to finally benefit from enterprise-wide logistics synergy. Elogex customers can optimize and execute inbound and outbound transportation across all divisions within their organization and beyond, while simultaneously monitoring logistics events. Passionate about helping clients avoid lengthy and expensive implementations, Elogex delivers its solution via an ASP model. For more information please visit our website at www.elogex.com or call 1-866-302-1936. |
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