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Recognizing Excellence in Transportation - 2011 Winners announced at Sylectus Conference

Here are the companies / people who won at our recent awards gala  at the
9th Annual Sylectus Conference in Orlando, Florida.
 
This is the seventh year we have handed out these "Excellence in Transportation" awards. 

Award Winners


 
back row, from left:
Paul Georges  - Metro Parcel and Freight, Warren, MI Mike Said – Continental Expedited Services, Clarkesville, TN Jeff Laforet - TST Expedited Services, Windsor, ON Guy Sanderson - Bolt Express, Toledo, OH Mike Pettrey - C&M Transport, Painesville, OH Steve Barrett - Barrett Directline Delivery Services Inc., Bentonville, AR John Elliott - Load One, Taylor MI  
front row, from left:
Ed De Leon, Sylectus Mike Fitzharris - Fitzharris Enterprises, Indianapolis, IN James Goad - T & K Nationwide Trucking Inc., New Lenox, IL Stuart Sutton, Sylectus Bryan Tumbleson - Express-1, Buchanan, MI Cal Pettrey - C&M Transport, Painesville, OH Harry Zoccoli - OBX Logistics (The Outbound Group), Romulus, MI Boris Iovanovici - VIP Logistics, Macomb, MI
On-Time Performance:
Barrett Directline Delivery Services Inc., Bentonville, AR

Fastest Billing Cycle:
T & K Nationwide Trucking Inc., New Lenox, IL
 
Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – large company (2011 vs. 2010):
Metro Parcel and Freight, Warren, MI
 
Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – small company (2011 vs. 2010):
Continental Expedited Services, Clarkesville, TN
 
Most Loads Brokered to Alliance carriers as a % of total Brokered Loads:
VIP Logistics, Macomb, MI
 
Most Loads Brokered from other companies to Alliance Pro
C&M Transport, Painesville, OH

Most Loads Brokered from other companies to Alliance Connect
TST Expedited Services, Windsor, ON
 
Wireless Vehicle Automation Efficiency
Fitzharris Enterprises, Indianapolis, IN
 
E-mail Automation Efficiency
Bolt Express, Toledo, OH
 
Virtual Fleet Utilization
Express-1, Buchanan, MI
 
Builders Awards
John Elliott, Load One, Taylor, MI
LeAnn Shapter, Bolt Express, Toledo, OH
Harry Zoccoli III, OBX, Romulus, MI
 
 
This year we recognized some of the original Alliance members by awarding them the coveted “Sylectus Jersey”.

Cal Pettrey has attended all of the 33 official events hosted by Sylectus and TEANA since our very first event on April 10, 2002.

Scott Klever was instrumental in getting the Alliance “off the ground” by hosting our second meeting in Dayton, Ohio in June 2002 to ensure this “great idea” did not die on the vine.

Chip Miller has been a staunch supporter and steward of the Alliance from inception.

This was the 4th year we have handed out the coveted Sylectus (GPSNet) Jersey.  Past winners were Harry Zoccoli (2009) and Mike Welch (2010) and John Elliott (2011). 



Left to right:
Scott Klever (2012 Inductee)
Cal Pettrey (2012 Inductee)
Mike Welch (2010 Inductee – “Original six”)
Stuart Sutton
Chip Miller (2012 Inductee)
John Elliott (2011 Inductee)
Harry Zoccoli (2009 Inductee – “Original six”)
 
Thanks to our sponsors!!!
We want to thank all our sponsors for helping make this event so successful!


 
Since handing out the awards over the past several years, we have noticed that companies have "stepped up" their game and improved on prior years numbers.  Now that they can measure key performance indicators, they can start to manage their business better.
 
DETAILS of AWARDS:
 
Sylectus Builders Awards – Promoting the Technology to other companies.
The “Sylectus Builders Awards” recognize the effort our customers take to promote our software to other companies (and even their competitors!).  They are directly responsible for building the AlliancePro subscriber base by inviting other companies into their operation to see our technology work.  
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year - On-Time Performance
This award goes to the AlliancePro company who had the best "On Time" performance for the first 11 months (January to November) of the year.  The company must be on AlliancePro for the entire calendar year of the year and performed at least 1,200 trips during the year.   On Time measurement is calculated as the “Difference between the scheduled delivery and the actual delivery with a 15 minute grace period”.   In the calculation, there is no penalty for being early, only for being late.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year – Fastest Billing Cycle
This award goes to the AlliancePro company who had the fastest Billing turnaround for the first 11 months (January to November) of the year.  The company must be on AlliancePro for the entire calendar year and performed at least 1,200 trips during the year.  This is defined as the average difference (measured in days) between when the trip was COMPLETED to when the Invoice was PRINTED.    The faster invoicing is completed, the sooner a company can collect their money and better manage their cash flow.  This award truly recognizes excellence in the billing department.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year - Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – large companies (2011 vs. 2010)
This award goes to the AlliancePro company with more than $7 million in sales who has the highest percentage increase in sales revenue between 2010 and 2011 for the first 11 months (January to November) of both years.  These were AlliancePro companies that were active on the system for both 2010 and 2011 years.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year - Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – small companies (2011 vs. 2010)
This award goes to the AlliancePro company with less than $7 million in sales who has the highest percentage increase in sales revenue between 2010 and 2011 for the first 11 months (January to November) of both years.  These were AlliancePro companies that were active on the system for both 2010 and 2011 years. 
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year - Most Loads Brokered to Alliance carriers as a Percentage of total Brokered Loads
This award goes to the AlliancePro company who brokered the most loads to other Alliance carriers (as a percentage of their total brokered loads) for the first 11 months (January to November) of the year.  The company must be on AlliancePro for the entire calendar year and broker at least 500 trips during the year.  This award truly recognizes companies that "share" their business with other companies rather than saying "no" to their customers.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year - Most Loads Brokered from other companies
This award goes to the AlliancePro company who received the most brokered loads from the AlliancePro companies for the first 11 months (January to November) of the year.  This award truly recognizes AlliancePro companies that are trusted and well-respected to do a great job every time.
 
AllianceConnect Company of the Year - Most Loads Brokered from other companies
This award goes to the Alliance Connect company who received the most brokered loads from the AlliancePro companies for the first 11 months (January to November) of the year.  This award truly recognizes Alliance Connect companies that are trusted and well-respected to do a great job every time.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year – E-mail Automation Efficiency
This award goes to the Alliance Pro company who had the highest number (percentage) of automatic email “trip event” notifications to their customers for the months of May to November of the year.  The winning company must be on AlliancePro for since May and performed at least 1,200 trips during the year.    We calculate this by the number of automatic Arrive Shipper, LOADED, Arrive Consignee and EMPTY messages emailed to customers divided by the total number of these “trip events”.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year – Wireless Vehicle Automation Efficiency
This award goes to the AlliancePro company who had the highest number (percentage) of automatic event updates from their vehicles (QUALCOMM, GPSPhones, Blackberry, MacroPoint, Trimble, Teletrac) per load for the months of June to November of the year.  The winning company must be on AlliancePro for since May of the year and performed at least 1,200 trips during the year.    We calculate this by the number of automatic Arrive Shipper, LOADED, Arrive Consignee and EMPTY messages sent to dispatch divided by the total number of transaction log records created for the same trip events.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year – Virtual Fleet Utilization:
This award goes to the AlliancePro company who does the most Virtual Fleet loads (either brokering loads to other Virtual Fleet members or having loads brokered to them from other Virtual Fleet members).    This shows the companies who are respected for both brokering out freight AND getting freight brokered to them.
 
On behalf of Sylectus, we want to congratulate all the finalists and winners (as well as all the companies on our Alliance technology) that continue to make this organization of transportation companies a premier group.