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Supply
& Demand Chain Executive Recognizes FORTE Through 2006 Supply & Demand Chain
Executive 100
Leading Business
Magazine Names FORTE an Innovative Supply and Demand Chain Vendor
July 18, 2006—-Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine
this week announced FORTE, a distribution supply chain consulting
engineering firm, was elected to the fifth-annual listing of the “Supply & Demand
Chain Executive 100” in its June/July 2006 issue.
The Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 is an annual list
of supply chain solution providers, consultants and other organizations
that are leading the way in transforming companies' supply and
demand chains. This year the magazine focused the criteria for
its "100" feature on innovation.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive has identified FORTE
as a leading provider of supply chain services and technologies
who is at the forefront of innovation. "The corporate executives
and line-of-business leaders who rely on the magazine want to know
not only what the state of the art is today, but what will be the
cutting edge of supply chain transformation and enablement tomorrow,” explained
Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
FORTE has a history of innovation, accelerating the supply chain
by empowering the distribution segment through providing best practices
and technology. “FORTE embraces progress,” says Gene
Forte, FORTE’s founder and CEO. “The judges recognized
how we identify and implement proven and cutting-edge opportunities
companies must adopt in order to be competitive and meet their
goals.”
FORTE’s warehouse control system (WCS), Automation Director
was the first standardized WCS to run on the common Microsoft Windows
platform. The company is also advancing the industry through developing
a new category of distribution software—a Distribution Intelligence
System (DIS)—which turns hard data into working intelligence,
enabling a thorough analysis and evaluation of a distribution operation.
Based on submissions from end users and solution providers, the judging
committee compiled the list of leading supply and demand chain innovators.
Final recipients are featured in the cover story of the June/July
2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well
as online at www.SDCExec.com.
About FORTE
FORTE is a distribution supply chain consulting engineering firm
that empowers both large and small companies’ supply chains
through distribution best practices and leading technology integration.
Strengthening companies since 1980, FORTE’s in-house expertise
and services include distribution consulting, material handling
system design and implementation, WMS selection and integration,
network analysis and optimization, and RFID planning and deployment.
On the Web at www.forte-industries.com.
About Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's
user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation,
utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies
to steer executives and supply management professionals through
the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain
enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.
Press Contact
William Taylor, associate director of marketing
FORTE
(513) 398-2800
www.forte-industries.com
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