Sponsors
We would like to thank the sponsors of our conference for their generous support. If you are interested in sponsoring the 2016 conference, please contact the organizers using our online contact form.
Premier
UPS® (NYSE:UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions for the transportation of packages and freight, including innovative delivery options for the global consumer market; the facilitation of international trade, and the deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. The company can be found on the Web at UPS.com and its corporate blog can be found at blog.ups.com. To get UPS news direct, visit pressroom.ups.com/RSS
Gold
Imperial Health Sciences is Africa’s leading partner in healthcare supply chain with the proud purpose of ensuring the secure and sustainable supply of quality medicines to the people of Africa. Imperial Health Sciences is thus not a logistics company - it is an extension of the healthcare continuum. Our dedicated and skilled people are conscious of the responsibility that they carry in ensuring effective care of patients through the reliable supply of quality assured product and work tirelessly to support our state-of-the-art management information and quality systems, and deliver innovative business solutions. Imperial Health Sciences has operations in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Malawi with downstream distribution partners providing reach into 26 countries.
Silver
Founded in 1975, Chemonics is an international development consulting firm. In more than 70 countries around the globe, our network of 4,100 local professionals share a simple belief: those who have the least deserve our best. So we pursue a higher standard every day to help clients, partners, and beneficiaries achieve results.
Established at the University of Michigan in 1992, the William Davidson Institute (WDI) is an independent, non-profit research and educational organization dedicated to providing private-sector solutions in emerging markets. Through a unique structure that integrates research, field-based collaborations, education/training, publishing, and University of Michigan student opportunities, WDI creates long-term value for academic institutions, partner organizations, and donor agencies active in emerging markets. Our mission is to improve the effectiveness of firms and social welfare in these markets. Through its Healthcare Research Initiative, WDI provides solutions to strengthen supply chains, improve access to essential medicines and other products, and advance healthcare delivery services.
Supporter
Established originally as a Program at Georgia Tech in 1924, becoming a School in 1945, the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) is the largest academic program of its kind in the United States. With nearly 60 tenure-track faculty, ISyE is able to support not only a broad spectrum of academic concentrations but, importantly, several that have achieved world-class rank.
The Partnership for Supply Chain Management is a nonprofit organization established in 2005 by two of the leading international health consultancy organizations in the U.S.—JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) and Management Sciences for Health (MSH), both also nonprofits. To deliver its services PFSCM draws on the capabilities and experience of 13 organizations that are among the most trusted names in international public health and development, with each offering unique capabilities, including procurement, freight forwarding and technical assistance.
The Waffle House Foundation desires to return to the community a portion of the goodwill it has received through a program of corporate giving. Our goal is to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve though the allocation of financial and human resources. Health and human service organizations, youth and educational programs, the disadvantaged and other civic causes are all considered by the Waffle House Foundation.
