CTSI-Global

CTSI-Global

Type	Privately held company
Industry	Supply chain management
Founded	1955
Headquarters	Memphis, TN, USA
Number of locations	USA, India, Ireland, Singapore
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	J. Kenneth Hazen President & CEO
Products	Transportation management system Freight payment service Business intelligence
Revenue	$12 million USD (2007)
Website	www.ctsi-global.com

CTSI-Global, formally Continental Traffic Service, Inc. and previously CTSI, is an international corporation that provides supply chain management solutions for all aspects of the supply chain: physical, informational, and financial. CTSI-Global has been accredited with the Better Business Bureau since 1981.^[1]

History

CTSI-Global is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. It also has offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Chennai, India; Limerick, Ireland; and Singapore.

J. Kenneth Hazen acquired the company in 1982. Since that time, CTSI-Global has developed from a manual freight bill audit and payment operation into a global supply chain technology and services company. CTSI-Global supports over 7,000 carriers and over 100 clients from many industries. The company processes over 250 million transactions and over $5 billion dollars in freight annually. The company boasts over 50 terabytes of online data storage, which is equivalent to 500 million shipments.^[2][3] CTSI-Global also boasts that it can save its clients 10-30% of their transportation costs.^[4]

Publications

Books

CTSI-Global has released two books written by J. Kenneth Hazen and Clifford F. Lynch for an audience of professionals and students. The Role of Transportation in the Supply Chain was released in 2008, and The Role of Freight Bill Payment and Transportation Management in the Supply Chain Industry, was released in 2006.^[5]

In 1997, CSTI-Global (via Continental Traffic Publishing Company) published Transportation and Logistics Basics: A handbook for Transportation and Logistics Professionals and Students, written by R. Neil Southern, Ph.D. of the University of Memphis.

Webinars

CTSI-Global offers free Webinars to inform companies of supply chain news and to demonstrate current technologies.^[6]

Services

Freight payment

• Audit and analysis
• Contract management
• Cost allocation
• Data capture
• Exception management
• Freight payment processing

Information management

• Benchmarking
• Carrier report card
• Dashboard
• Graph and map
• Modeling
• Online reporting

Transportation Management System (TMS)

• Carrier selection
• Claims management
• Event management
• Load optimization
• Order management
• Shipment execution
• Tender and ship

Awards

• Top 100 Logistics Information Technology Company, Inbound Logistics Magazine, 2006, 2007, 2008^{[7][8][9][10]}
• Top 100 3PL Provider, Inbound Logistics Magazine, 2007, 2008^[11][12]
• Company of the Year (large business category), Memphis Business Journal, 2006^[13]
• Inc. 500: America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies (placed 420), Inc., 1988^[14]

See also

• Electronic Data Interchange
• Freight audit

References

1. ^ "BBB Review of Continental Traffic Service in Memphis, TN". Better Business Bureau in West Tennessee, North Mississippi & East Arkansas. http://www.bbb.org/memphis/business-reviews/transportation-software/continental-traffic-service-in-memphis-tn-10728. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
2. ^ "About CTSI". CTSI. http://www.ctsi-global.com/about/index.asp. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
3. ^ "CTSI". Inbound Logistics. http://www.inboundlogistics.com/planner/profiles/2007/041.php. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
4. ^ Inbound Logistics Planner 2010. "CTSI: Your Link to Supply Chain Solutions". Thomas Publishing Company. http://www.inboundlogistics.com/planner/profiles/2010/349.php. 
5. ^ "Books from the Best in the Industry!". CTSI. http://www.ctsi-global.com/books.asp. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
6. ^ "CTSI Events". CTSI. http://www.ctsi-global.com/events/index.asp. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
7. ^ "CTSI named to Top 100 Logistics Information Technology Company List". CTSI. 2006-08-15. http://www.ctsi-global.com/news/newsdetail.asp?id=14. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
8. ^ "CTSI Named to Top 100 Logistics Information Technology Company List". CTSI. 2007-04-01. http://www.ctsi-global.com/news/newsdetail.asp?id=18. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
9. ^ "Top 100 Logistics IT Providers". CTSI. http://www.inboundlogistics.com/lit/top100.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
10. ^ "CTSI Named to Top 100 Logistics Information Technology Company List". Forbes.com. 2009-04-23. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2009/04/23/prnewswire200904231326PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL04333.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "CTSI Named to Top 100 3PL Company List". CTSI. 2007-07-01. http://www.ctsi-global.com/news/newsdetail.asp?id=19. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
12. ^ "CTSI Selected As Inbound Logistics Top 3PL". CTSI. 2008-07-01. http://www.ctsi-global.com/news/newsdetail.asp?id=23. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
13. ^ "CTSI Wins Memphis Business of the Year Recognition for the 2nd Time". CTSI. 2006-06-27. http://www.ctsi-global.com/news/newsdetail.asp?id=12. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
14. ^ "No. 420: Continental Traffic Service". Inc.. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2008/company-profile.html?id=1988420. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 

External links

• CTSI-Global official website