CHERRY HILL, NJ September 23, 2003: AmeriQuest Transportation
and Logistics Resources will hold their inaugural
Transportation Industry Convention, November 5-9,
2003 at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort, St. Thomas US
Virgin Islands. The theme of the event will be NEW
DIRECTIONS "Uniting the Truck Transportation
Industry".
The event will bring together for the first time
participating AmeriQuest partners in the Truck Load
Carrier, Private Fleet, Truck Rental and Leasing Company
sectors of the transportation business, along with
premier suppliers servicing the industry.
"We are planning this conference to provide
attendees with fresh insight into the current state
of the truck transportation industry, and to show
how to best take advantage of the myriad of opportunities
now present," said Doug Clark, president &
CEO of AmeriQuest. "Attendees ill hear from
a wide variety of industry leaders covering general
issues impacting us all and specific issues that impact
our industry."
The business agenda will include leading national
authorities on the economy, the current political
climate, the supplier world and truck transportation
best business practices. Keynote speakers will include
the Honorable John Block, Executive Vice President
of the Food Marketing Institute; President of FMI's
Wholesaler Division and former Secretary of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture; John Brandt, CEO of
Manufacturing Performance Institute and Editor-at-Large
of Chief Executive Magazine, and Larry Steinmetz,
President of High Yield Industries, a recognized Author
and authority on "selling at a higher price than
your competitors". There will also be a series
of industry-specific breakout sessions.
Additional information is available from AmeriQuest
by calling 856.773.0600.
About AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources
AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources provides procurement services, outsourced transportation management services, asset services, and logistics consulting to the commercial trucking industry. AmeriQuest dramatically cuts costs and optimizes operations for their powerful network of more than 525,000 transportation vehicles. AmeriQuest offers significant discounts with commercial trucking suppliers' fleet-related products, and provides technology driven back office process efficiencies. AmeriQuest enables customers to realize immediate bottom-line savings while adding economic and performance value to industry supply chains.
