Supply & Demand Chain Executive names INTTRA to its 2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100
July 30, 2008
Leading Business Magazine Presents Annual Listing of Innovative Supply and Demand Chain Vendors
Parsippany, NJ – July 30, 2008 – INTTRA, the leading e-commerce portal for the ocean freight industry, today announced that the company has been named to the 2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100. Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine, the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, focused the criteria for this year’s “100” feature on supply chain innovation. The seventh-annual listing of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 is featured in Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s June/July 2008 issue.
As both reliance on ocean shipping increases and cost and competitive pressures in the industry intensify, freight forwarders, shippers and ocean carriers constantly seek innovations to boost communication effectiveness, documentation accuracy and information transparency throughout the trade process. INTTRA consistently seeks and implements the next wave innovations that provide access to a visible, efficient and secure ocean container supply chain.
“It is an honor for INTTRA to be recognized as one of 2008’s top supply chain innovators,” said Ken Bloom, President and CEO of INTTRA. “INTTRA strives to consistently push technological boundaries and being named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 is a testament to our organizational commitment to offering leading edge solutions to the ocean container industry.”
Supply & Demand Chain Executive has identified leading providers of supply chain services and technologies who are at the forefront of innovation. Based on submissions to the "100" from end users and solution providers, the judging committee for the "100," including the editorial staff of the magazine, in conjunction with the editorial advisory board, has compiled a list of leading supply and demand chain innovators.
"Our readers turn to Supply & Demand Chain Executive to learn about new solutions and best practices for enabling the supply chain, to understand trends in supply chain technology, and to benchmark their own companies' enablement initiatives with those of other enterprises across industry verticals," explained Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "The corporate executives and line-of-business leaders who rely on the magazine want to know what the different supply chain solution and service providers are doing to help them meet the challenges of the 21st century supply chain."
Final recipients are featured in the cover story of the June/July 2008 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well as online at www.SDCExec.com.
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About INTTRA
INTTRA, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., is a leading global provider of e-commerce solutions to ocean carriers and their customers. INTTRA professionals work with customers to streamline and standardize their shipping processes, applying their e-commerce knowledge of the shipping industry for customers in markets worldwide.
More than 260,000 container orders are initiated on the INTTRA platform each week, representing more than 10 percent of global ocean container trade.
INTTRA's e-commerce platform offers a comprehensive range of e-commerce tools, including: Tender, Sailing Schedules, Booking, Shipping Instructions, Bill of Lading, Track & Trace, and Reports. Accessing the INTTRA platform is simple, using any combination of their channel solutions: INTTRA-Link (EDI-based, system-to-system connection), INTTRA-Desktop (off-line PC application), or INTTRA-Act (web-based application).
INTTRA's carrier network includes, Alianca, ANL, CCL, CMA CGM, CSAV, CSAV NORASIA, Deutsche Afrika-Linien, Emirates Shipping Line, Hamburg Sud, Hanjin Shipping Co., Hapag-Lloyd, "K" Line, Libra, Maersk Line, MCC Transport Pte Ltd., MISC, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., NYK Line, Safmarine, Senator Lines, United Arab Shipping Company.
For further information visit www.inttra.com. Or contact Andy Barrons, INTTRA Vice President of Marketing, at +1.973.263.5100 or email him at: andy.barrons@inttra.com.
INTTRA, the INTTRA logo, INTTRA-LINK, INTTRA-Desktop, INTTRA-ACT are trademarks or registered trademarks, service marks or registered service marks of INTTRA, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective holders