The pedigree of the AFMS senior management team is unparalleled in our consulting space, averaging more than 25 years of senior pricing and sales experience for various transportation carriers like UPS, FedEx and DHL, the important foundation upon which our 30+ years of business success has been built.
AFMS inside pricing knowledge is why the largest shippers in the US and Europe use our benchmarking and pricing expertise. Companies like GE, Sony, Disney, Under Armour, StockX, Dell, Honda, Toyota, DSW, Trek, Johnson & Johnson, Bose and over 3,000 more shippers have all negotiated best-in-class shipping rates with the help of AFMS.
Our fact-based negotiation strategies, advice, and management solutions are the key strengths providing AFMS clients with the best shipping rates among various peer companies. On average our clients typically save 15-25%. Our senior managers are actively involved in every aspect of our client’s contract negotiation strategies and discussions..
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Kyndryl works at the core of businesses that move the world. With a global network of experts serving customers in over 60 countries, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. We are committed to the health and continuous improvement of the vital systems at the heart of the digital economy. With our partners and thousands of customers, we co-create solutions to help enterprises reach their peak digital performance. Our world has never been more alive with opportunities. Together, we can seize them.
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Established in 2012 and headquartered in Alabama, CRC Transport LLC is a leading vehicle transportation company.
With 245 trucks as of May 2024, our fleet's average age is just 2 years, reflecting our commitment to modernization and reliability.
At CRC Transport LLC, we recognize that each partnership is unique. That's why we offer customizable solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Whether it's local deliveries, nationwide or cross border distribution to Canada, our dedicated team ensure operations at maximum efficiency.
Our success stems from both our fleet size and our dedication to core values such as safety, integrity, and quality service.
As demonstrated by our impressive strides in the transportation industry, CRC Transport LLC is poised to continue leading the way in vehicle transportation, offering professional and speedy services to a diverse range of customers including including OEMs, auctions, dealerships, and rental companies.
Reliable, safe, and meticulous – CRC Transport LLC is YOUR FINISHED VEHICLE LOGISTICS EXPERT
TrueAuto—a division of TrueCommerce— is a scalable and bidirectional cloud-based iPaaS B2B solution designed for automotive OEMs, 3PLs and tier suppliers of all sizes. It helps businesses proactively manage their automotive supply chain, helping them reshape processes to achieve resiliency and compliance with the industry’s latest standards.
CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth. Its pallets, crates and containers form the invisible backbone of the global supply chain and the world’s biggest brands trust CHEP to help them transport their goods more efficiently, sustainably, and safely. As pioneers of the sharing economy, CHEP created one of the world’s most sustainable logistics businesses through the share and reuse of its platforms under a model known as ‘pooling’.
CHEP has been at the heart of thousands of automotive and industrial supply chains since 1975, providing our pooling solutions to some of the top Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Tier 1 brands all over the world. Its plastic crates (KLTs) and containers (FLCs & Intercontinental) are designed to increase performance and lower risk while improving environmental sustainability.
CHEP is part of the Brambles Group and operates in 60 countries with its largest operations in North America and Western Europe.
At NTG Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), we understand that each customer has unique supply chain needs. With our industry expertise and comprehensive approach, we aim to help you overcome supply chain challenges and meet your organization’s goals. NTG SCS works alongside organizations to reduce logistics spend and optimize supply chain efficiency. Catering to sectors like automotive, industrial, and other manufacturers, our comprehensive services encompass a wide range of offerings, from supply chain engineering and PO management to supply chain optimization and inbound production logistics. From analyzing and optimizing your supply chain to implementation and ongoing support, we work as an extension of your team every step of the way.
NTG Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) is a subsidiary of Nordic Transport Group (NTG), headquartered in Denmark. Our goal is supply chain optimization supporting all modes of transportation globally. We work as an extension of your team to improve the overall supply chain performance by reducing spend and optimizing efficiency. The majority of our business supports the automotive industry, industrial goods and other manufacturing industries. Our knowledge of the needs in these segments is key to everyone’s success. Our core business model promotes the use of regional consolidation programs, maximizing container utilization and reducing spend for all. The solutions design team at NTG SCS evaluates your actual data to help develop the best solution for you. We have the credentials to back up our experience; licensed freight forwarder, licensed customs broker, CTPAT certified, ISO 9001 Certified, and ISO 14001 certified.
Vinturas is a global supply chain Interoperability Network with a proven track record helping multinational organizations run their supply chains faster and more efficiently. Vinturas’ technology plugs deep into enterprise supply chain ecosystems to deliver interoperability, enabling secure collaboration and data sharing between all parties to improve transparency, traceability and security of goods being transported.
Founded in 2019 by experts with first-hand experience managing global supply chains, Vinturas’ team understands the pain points that both supply chain managers and the IT professionals that operate within those supply chains face.
Going far beyond providing supply chain visibility, Vinturas connects all systems and networks within a supply chain so that all partners in the ecosystem can have access to the logistics data in a safe and secure way. This means that actionable supply chain information and data can be used for better and faster decision making at scale. But clients always have full control over their data and who it is shared with, meaning the platform is fully secure and customizable to every organization’s business needs.
Cognosos is paving the way for the next generation of real-time location systems (RTLS). Supporting the biggest brands in industries like healthcare, automotive, logistics and manufacturing, Cognosos technology has been used to track over 5 million assets. Cognosos' cloud-based software, and ultra-lightweight footprint delivers an unparalleled combination of price and performance, reducing time-to-value, increasing ROI and eliminating the traditional deployment barriers of legacy systems. For more information, visit our website or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
TransmetriQ – A Railinc Brand is the only comprehensive, single-source view of the North American freight rail network. Powered by Railinc, the industry’s trusted data steward, TransmetriQ has direct data integration to all six Class I Railroads and 600+ short lines.
TransmetriQ works with several OEMs to provide insight into inbound auto racks, empty car allocation, and the movement of loaded railcars (including finished vehicles and parts).
As the only company with the complete North American rail network view and insights informed by decades of data, TransmetriQ helps shippers gain more accurate ETAs and achieve more efficient supply chains.
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The Catena-X Automotive Network is an international alliance and a globally operated network that is building the first operating system for a data-driven global automotive value chain. The primary objective of the Catena-X Association is to create a common foundation for digital exchange by offering the most user-friendly environment for building, operating and collaborating using end-to-end data chains along the entire value creation process. As such, the Catena-X Network sees itself as the ultimate gateway to a digital economy in which automotive manufacturers and suppliers, dealer associations and equipment suppliers, including the providers of applications, platforms and infrastructure, can all participate equally.
GAMA is a non-profit trade association which passionately promotes growth, profitability, and workforce development in Georgia’s and the region's automotive and ground transportation industry. GAMA is a community of businesses, both domestic and international, with common interests and goals, which provides a highly interactive forum to help members achieve the following:
• higher levels of innovation, quality, and profitability;
• professional success through unique educational opportunities;
• successful networking among customers and peers; and
• solutions to workforce development issues.
The Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association (MAMA) was formed in 2006 with a goal of providing a forum for interaction among automotive manufacturing companies and their suppliers. The 501(c) association serves its members by promoting the growth, development, and improvement of the automotive industry through networking and value-added events throughout the year. MAMA also contributes to the future of the automotive industry in Mississippi by awarding scholarships to university and community college students within our state who are pursuing careers in the automotive industry. MAMA has awarded over $407,0000 in scholarships since 2006 and will soon increase that amount with the announcement of the 2024-2025 MAMA Scholarship recipients.
The Southern Automotive Women’s Forum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to the personal and professional advancement of women in the automotive industry. SAWF achieves this mission by collaborating with industry partners to create educational, mentoring, and networking opportunities for its members. Our members serve as strong role models for one another and for young women of all ages who are interested in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) with the hope that they will apply these skills to the automotive industry of the future. Established in 2010, SAWF has also awarded over $443,500 in scholarship funds to young women beginning their careers in STEM and to women seeking to enhance their opportunities.
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Auto Business Outlook provides a peer-to-peer learning platform, which results in bylined contributed content from industry leaders regularly. These bylined articles are from a large pool of 89,000 qualified subscribers, comprising senior automotive executives like the CEO, COO, CSO, Director of Aftermarket Services, VPs, and other senior-level professionals.
The world of enterprise technology is soaring high. Every minute, new technological innovations are cropping up in different corners of the world. Every technologist out there wants to stay abreast of all the latest trends in enterprise technology and innovation. CIOInsights works to bring to all tech enthusiasts the latest information from the world of innovative enterprise solutions. This new world belongs to tech start-ups. We amalgamate all aspects of technology to give an unparalleled digital experience to our ambitious entrepreneurs striving to reach the top. We at CIOInsights magazine give our readers every thorough detail from every arena in technology.
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