8th Annual Sylectus Conference Award Winners
Here are the companies / people who won at our recent awards gala 8th Annual Sylectus Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This is the sixth year we have handed out these "Excellence in Expediting" awards.
SUMMARY of AWARDS:
Group picture of Award Winners
Pictured above – back row:
- Ed De Leon, Sylectus
- Steve Barrett, Barrett Directline Delivery Services, Inc.
- Mike Pettrey, C&M Transport
- Sharon Harding, Active On-Demand
- Ben Bauman, Bolt Express
- Daryl Paxton, Macton Express
- Bryan Tumbleson, Express-1
- Jennifer Mead, S2 International
- Dan Metro, ProEx Express
- Peter Baerenklau, MP Logistics
- Cal Pettrey, C&M Transport
- Melody Pettrey, C&M Transport
Pictured above – kneeling in front row:
- Stuart Sutton, Sylectus
Group picture of Alliance Founders
The Sylectus Alliance was founded when a small group of individuals from a group of trucking companies came together to share the vision of working together to grow their respective businesses. The first meeting was held in April 2002 and those 15 companies formed the nucleus of the Alliance. Almost all founding companies still subscribe to the Sylectus Alliance and many were present at our conference this past weekend. We honored their vision and commitment to making this alliance so successful!
Pictured above – back row:
- Chip Miller, Taylor Made Express
- Spencer Squier, All State Express
- John Garrie, Line Drive Transportation
- Jeff Curry, Express-1
- Chris Fisher, Diamond Delivery Service
- Rob Bonello, J.D. Clark
- Cal Pettrey, C&M Transport
- Sandy Stewart, Bolt Express
- Ed DeLeon, Sylectus
- Harry Zoccoli, OBX (accepting on behalf of Steve Roy)
- Scott Klever, The Expediting Company
- Ronnie Whitefield, Zipp Express (accepting on behalf of Jessie Hauskins)
Pictured above – kneeling in front row:
- Stuart Sutton, Sylectus (a division of GPSNet Technologies Inc)
Unable to attend:
- Wes Wesley, Frate Inc.
- Mark Bergeron, Expedite Plus
- John Cummings, ASAP Express
- Steve Hipsky, Redline
- Brent Groh, Elite Expedite
Below are the individual award winners
On-Time Performance:
Barrett Directline Delivery Services Inc., Bentonville, AR
Accepted by Steve Barrett
Fastest Billing Cycle:
ProEx Logistics LLC, Brook Park, OH
Accepted by Dan Metro
Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – large company (2010 vs. 2009):
Bolt Express, Toledo, OH
Accepted by Ben Bauman
Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – small company (2010 vs. 2009):
Active On Demand, Belleville, MI
Accepted by Jim Phalen
Most Loads Brokered to Alliance carriers as a % of total Brokered Loads:
S2 International, McDonough, GA
Accepted by Jennifer Mead
Most Loads Brokered from other companies to Alliance Pro
C&M Transport, Painesville, OH
Accepted by Mike Pettrey
Most Loads Brokered from other companies to Alliance Connect
MP Logistics, Saint Charles, IL
Accepted by Peter Baerenklau
Wireless Vehicle Automation Efficiency
Macton Express, Trenton, ON
Accepted by Darryl Paxton
E-mail Automation Efficiency
C&M Transport, Painesville, OH
Accepted by Mike Pettrey
Virtual Fleet Utilization
Express-1, Buchanan, MI
Accepted by Bryan Tumbleson
Builders Awards
Jim Fletcher, FF Express, Ancaster, ON (absent)
John Elliott, Load One, Taylor, MI
Mike Welch, Express-1, Buchanan, MI
This was the 3rd year in a row that John Elliott from Load One has won a “Builders Award”. As a result, we have officially recognized John as one of our “team members” and presented him with one of our team Sylectus Jerseys. Here is a picture of John with Stuart Sutton … proudly displaying his Sylectus jersey.
This was the 3rd year we have handed out the coveted Jersey, but the first Sylectus Jersey. Past winners were Harry Zoccoli (2009) and Mike Welch (2010). They are shown here with 2011 winner John Elliott and Ed and Stu.
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:
GPSNet Builders Awards – Promoting the Technology to other companies.
The “GPSNet Builders Awards” are 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 Alliance Pro 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(2010 vs. 2009)
This award goes to the AlliancePro company with more than $5 million in sales who has the highest percentage increase in sales revenue between 2009 and 2010 for the first 11 months (January to November) of both years. These were AlliancePro companies that were active on the system for both 2009 and 2010 years.
AlliancePro Company of the Year - Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – small companies(2010 vs. 2009)
This award goes to the AlliancePro company with less than $5 million in sales who has the highest percentage increase in sales revenue between 2009 and 2010 for the first 11 months (January to November) of both years. These were AlliancePro companies that were active on the system for both 2009 and 2010 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 cust0omers.
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) 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, I want to congratulate all the winners (as well as all the companies on our Alliance technology) that continue to make this organization of transportation companies a premier group.
A word of a caution to the winners ... I heard several people say they were going to be on the podium next year to receive your award. This friendly competition to be recognized as "the best" of "the best" can only work to make us all stronger.
Thanks for being part of our vision.