2017
New England Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition

Brooks A. Bentz
President, Transplace Supply Chain Consulting

Mr. Bentz is President of Transplace Supply Chain Consulting. His expertise is in transportation strategy and operations, outsourcing, 3rd-party logistics, and private fleet management, as well as strategic transportation procurement and network optimization. Mr. Bentz has extensive expertise in the transportation industry during a career spanning 40 years.

Prior to joining Transplace his experience included:

     • 21 years with Andersen Consulting/Accenture, where he was a Managing Director in Supply Chain Management, responsible for Supply Chain Transportation globally.
     • He also served as a Vice President of Intermodal for Burlington Northern Railroad, where he developed BN America, the company's domestic container operation.
     • He was President and CEO of Ameritrans Corporation, the 3PL subsidiary of IU International.
     • He was also CEO of Trans-Star Trucking, a regional LTL/TL motor carrier.
     • Prior to that he was General Manager-Intermodal, for Boston & Maine Railroad, and
     • Founder, as well as COO of BMX, B&M's motor carrier subsidiary.
     • He is an Adjunct Professor of Supply Chain in the graduate transportation program at the University of Denver, and a member of the board of directors.

EXPERIENCE

Mr. Bentz works with shippers and carriers in the areas of:

     • Transportation strategy,
     • Processes and execution,
     • 3rd-party logistics,
     • Outsourcing,
     • Building stronger and better collaboration and relationships between supply chain partners,
     • Standardizing and simplifying supply chain processes,
     • Fleet management,
     • Transportation operations,
     • Best Practices, and
     • Enabling technologies.

EDUCATION

     • BA, U.S. History and Economics, University of Connecticut
     • MBA, Transportation, University of Connecticut
     • Adjunct Professor, Supply Chain Management, University of Denver
     • Board Member, University of Denver, Graduate Transportation Program

Projects completed for the following companies:

     • Rite Aid
     • Exel Global Logistics
     • Nestle USA
     • Kohl's
     • H. J. Heinz
     • Grupo Modelo
     • Ross Stores
     • U. S. Dept. of State
     • U. S. Postal Service
     • J. Crew
     • Saks
     • BASF
     • Johnson & Johnson
     • Union Pacific Railroad
 

Presentation:
Supply Chain of the Future: Mastering e-2-e Logistics