Panalpina Ranked Among Inbound Logistics' 2011 Top 100 3PL Providers

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year, Inbound Logistics editors select the best logistics solutions providers by carefully evaluating submitted information from over 300 companies, conducting personal interviews and online research, and comparing that data to Inbound Logistics readers' rapidly increasing global supply chain and logistics challenges.  Panalpina was chosen among this year's class of Top 100 3PL providers as a result of this selection process.

According to the Inbound Logistics Editor Felecia Stratton, "One key driver in our selection process was how a logistics solutions provider enables scalability for its customers.  In today's economic climate, it is required that a 3PL produce direct savings for customers by optimizing a transport network, reducing an inventory-to-sales ratio, or advancing the order-to-cash cycle.  But it is just as important -- in some cases more important -- for a logistics partner to act as a business change agent, driving their customers' ability to match demand for their products more closely to supply, aligning enterprise operational performance to the larger economic trend. That is what Panalpina does, and why we are happy to recognize it as a 2011 Top 100 3PL."

Rick Jordon, Senior Vice President Head of Supply Chain Management and Logistics for Panalpina USA states, "At Panalpina, we are excited and honored to be selected by Inbound Logistics as a top 3PL Provider.  This is yet another great step in demonstrating to the marketplace, backed by our strong customers statements- how we impact businesses' bottom-line everyday by providing Significant Supply Chain Management and Logistics services."

The true value Panalpina provides its customer base is at the heart of why Panalpina remains one of the leading solutions providers in a challenging global environment.  Panalpina understands the value in providing its customer base with solutions that reduce indirect supply chain costs and optimizing its customers' supply chain network.  Thereby, Panalpina continues enhancing its portfolio of Value Added Supply Chain Management Services which includes a strong global network of multimodal forwarding services with in-house brokerage capabilities, a premier own controlled airfreight service that surpasses any other provider and enhanced customer specific supply chain applications.

The Panalpina Group

The Panalpina Group is one of the world's leading providers of supply chain solutions, combining intercontinental Air and Ocean Freight with comprehensive Value-Added Logistics Services and Supply Chain Services. Thanks to its in-depth industry know-how and customized IT systems, Panalpina provides globally integrated end-to-end solutions tailored to its customers' supply chain management needs. The Panalpina Group operates a global network with some 500 branches in more than 80 countries. In a further 80 countries, it cooperates closely with partner companies. Panalpina employs approximately 15,000 people worldwide. www.panalpina.com

Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics the leading trade magazine targeted toward business logistics and supply chain managers. The magazine's editorial mission is to help companies of all sizes better manage corporate resources by speeding and reducing inventory and supporting infrastructure, and better matching demand signals to supply lines. www.inboundlogistics.com

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