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Sylectus Celebrates their 10th Annual User Group Conference

Scottsdale, AZ.— February 10, 2013 — During its recent Annual Conference, Sylectus, a strategic business unit of Qualcomm Enterprise Services, announced the winners of their annual transportation awards.  Their annual awards gala was the highlight event of the two-day user group conference which included industry seminars, training sessions and lots of networking opportunities for all attendees.

According to attendee and Sylectus customer Anna Davenport from East Coast Air Charter:  “Attending this conference is a rich source for networking and getting to know the people you are doing business with and the ones you should be doing business with.”  Attendees had many opportunities to strengthen existing business relationships and build strong, new business relationships.
 
Through close collaboration, the network of Sylectus subscribers grow their business by leveraging each others assets.  They share their excess capacity and freight in a tightly integrated online, web-based, real-time network.

About Sylectus
Sylectus, provides web-based transportation management software (TMS) that allows competing companies to collaborate and share resources in order to take on bigger jobs, streamline operations and increase profitability.
 
As trucking’s most powerful network, Sylectus offers flexible options to meet exact customer needs, ranging from a simple community load board for sharing trucks and loads to a comprehensive TMS solution, including dispatch, rating, billing, driver settlements and reporting. Integrated with many leading technologies, Sylectus also provides a TMS for private fleets and private fleet networks.
 
Award winners included:
 
On-Time Performance: Barrett Directline Delivery Services Inc., Bentonville, AR
Fastest Billing Cycle: On-Dekk Transportation, Woodhaven, MI
Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – small company (2012 vs. 2011): The Codysur Group, Woodhaven, MI
Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – large company (2012 vs. 2011): Premium Transportation Logistics, LLC, Toledo, OH
Most Loads Brokered to Alliance carriers as a % of total Brokered Loads: Barrett Directline Delivery Services Inc., Bentonville, AR
Most Loads Brokered from other companies to Alliance Pro: C&M Transport, Painesville, OH
Most Loads Brokered from other companies to Alliance Connect: Millhouse Logistics, Asheville, NC
Wireless Vehicle Automation Efficiency:  Fitzharris Enterprises, Indianapolis, IN
E-mail Automation Efficiency: Cowboy USA, Waterboro, SC
Virtual Fleet Utilization, Load One, Taylor, MI


SUMMARY of AWARDS:
Here are the companies / people who won at our recent awards gala  
This is the eighth year we have handed out these "Excellence in Transportation" awards.  
 

 
 















Back row:
Stuart Sutton, Sylectus; Mike Fitzharris, Fitzharris Transportation; Rick Voytek, Barrett DirectLine; Leahann Dale, Premium Transportation; Dan Boaz, Airfreight.com; Michael Johnston, Load One; Steve Barrett, Barrett DirectLine; Tony Radchishin, Millhouse; Rob Bonello, On-Dekk; Cal Pettrey, C&M Transport
Front row:
Ed De Leon, Sylectus; Alberto Pompeyo, Codysur; Jose Medez, Codysur; Bryan Douville, Premium Transportation; David Swartz, Premium Transportation; Eric Shoup, Premium Transportation; Mike Pettrey, C&M Transport; Melody Pettrey, C&M Transport
 
 
Builders Awards























Dale Prax (award accepted by Robert McGrady), Mode Transportation, Hudson, WI; Mike Salas, Action Express, Milwaukee, WI; Dan Boaz, Airfreight.com, Long Beach, CA; Dave Swartz, PTL, Toledo, OH; (Not pictured) Shawn Leonard, AB Expedited, Cedar Rapids, IA
 
 


This was the 5th year we have handed out the coveted Sylectus (GPSNet) Jersey.  Past winners were Harry Zoccoli (2009) and Mike Welch (2010), John Elliott (2011),  Cal Pettrey (2012),  Scott Klever (2012) and Chip Miller  (2012).
 























Back row:
Ed DeLeon, Sylectus; Ben Bauman, Bolt Express – 2013 inductee; John Garrie, Line Drive – 2013 inductee; Chris Fisher, Diamond Delivery – 2013 inductee; Spencer Squire (accepted by Randy Barr) – All State Express – 2013 inductee; Stuart Sutton - Sylectus
Front row:
Harry Zoccoli (Jason Overaitis), OBX 2009 inductee; Cal Pettrey, C&M Express – 2012 inductee; Mike Welch, Express-1 – 2010 inductee; Chip Miller, Express Transport – 2012 inductee; John Elliott – Load One – 2011 inductee; Scott Klever – Load One – 2012 inductee
 
 

Thanks to our sponsors!!!
We want to thank all our sponsors for helping make this event so successful!
 

















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:
 
Sylectus Builders Awards – Promoting the Technology to other companies
The “Sylectus Builders Awards” 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 (2012 vs. 2011)
This award goes to the AlliancePro company with more than $7 million in sales who has the highest percentage increase in sales revenue between 2011 and 2012 for the first 11 months (January to November) of both years.  These were AlliancePro companies that were active on the system for both 2011 and 2012 years.
 
AlliancePro Company of the Year - Highest Year-over-Year sales growth – small companies (2012 vs. 2011)
This award goes to the AlliancePro company with less than $7 million in sales who has the highest percentage increase in sales revenue between 2011 and 2011 for the first 11 months (January to November) of both years.  These were AlliancePro companies that were active on the system for both 2011 and 2012 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 customers.
 
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, MacroPoint, Trimble, Teletrac) 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 finalists and 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.
 
Together, it just keeps getting better ... but the best is yet to come!
 
 
Stuart Sutton, President
Sylectus

About Sylectus
 
Sylectus is trucking’s most powerful network.  Born in the new, cloud-based economy, it’s built on one simple idea … leverage the resources of your competitors to achieve extraordinary results for your customers and for your company.   Sylectus is more than Transportation Management Software.  It’s a web-based, protected, wealth creation network for managing in the New Trucking Economy.  Designed exclusively for progressive trucking companies, Sylectus enables them to bypass the investment and time continuum to grow fast NOW.