FORTE recognized as one of GL&SCS’s 100 Great Supply Chains Partners

September 6, 2004 — The August issue of Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies (GL&SCS) magazine lists FORTE as one of its 100 Great Supply Chain Partners. The magazine received more than 2,000 nominations from five continents for more than 500 vendors of every conceivable type of supply-chain activity—from enterprise-wide planning systems, to global third-party logistics providers and highly specialized transportation services.

The GL&SCS 100 Great Supply Chain Partners program is the result of a six-month poll of readers. The magazine and sister Web site, SupplyChainBrain.com, asked logistics and supply-chain professionals to nominate vendors and service providers whose technology, logistics, transportation or consulting solutions have made a significant impact on their company’s efficiency, customer service and overall supply-chain performance. The purpose of the list is to recognize the vendors that have so impressed readers that they deserve to be singled out and to be held up as examples for others in the industry.

FORTE’s Work with Southern Living At HOME also Highlighted

FORTE partners, Southern Living At HOME and its 3PL, Custom Marketing Services were highlighted as part of the 100 Great Supply Chain Partners special issue.

From the article: “Southern Living At HOME is the fastest-growing party-plan company in the history of direct selling. Sales have more than doubled every year since its business operations began in 2001. The company credits much of its success to working with outside experts, including third-party logistics provider Custom Marketing Services and the warehouse automation company, FORTE.”

About FORTE

FORTE (www.forte-industries.com), a distribution operations improvement firm, provides turnkey planning, design, and implementation services for automated distribution centers. The scope of FORTE’s projects range from reconfiguration, optimization, expansion, and consolidation of current distribution facilities, to the development of new, fully automated facilities. Clients include: Lenox, Leviton, Beiersdorf, Candle-Lite, totes>>Isotoner, IBM, Augusta Sportswear, Delta Faucet Company, Vera Bradley, REEF, Red Envelope, Sanford, Cintas, and many others. For more information, please call 513-398-2800, visit www.forte-industries.com.

Press Contact

William Taylor, associate director of marketing
FORTE
(513) 398-2800
www.forte-industries.com