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Open Sky Group Awarded 2018 JDA Selling Partner of the Year, North America

Open Sky Group awarded of 2018 JDA Selling Partner of the Year NA and also named finalist for JDA Top Consulting Partner in the APAC region, for the global work of its joint venture, Open Sky Group Pty Ltd, founded in partnership with FourPL.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Open Sky Group is pleased to announce its award of 2018 Selling Partner of the Year, North America from JDA Software. Open Sky Group, a gold implementation partner and reseller of JDA Warehouse Management, JDA Warehouse Labor Management, JDA Workforce Management and JDA Transportation Management has earned this distinction three times. Open Sky Group was further recognized by JDA as a finalist for 2018 Consulting Partner of the Year, APAC, based on the global work of its joint venture, Open Sky Group Pty. Ltd., founded in partnership with Australian-based FourPL.

"Open Sky Group has dedicated, responsible leadership focused on bringing the best possible solution to clients," said Alex Price, Global Alliances, Partnerships and Technology Ecosystem Strategy for JDA. "They are truly adept at working with complex operations and applying their proprietary rapid implementation methodology. Open Sky Group is a top partner and we're proud to work closely with them and their customers to bring JDA solutions to the marketplace."


Selling and Consulting Partner of the Year are part of JDA's Partner Leadership Awards where companies like Open Sky Group are recognized for their collaboration with JDA in transforming customers' businesses and positively impacting the bottom line with JDA's industry-leading supply chain solutions portfolio.

"We're excited to have won this award from JDA for top selling partner in North America for the third time," said Chad Kramlich, COO of Open Sky Group. "We're proud of our employees and how hard everyone has worked on behalf of our clients to bring deep product knowledge and experience in support of rapid implementations and upgrades using our disciplined agility methodology. JDA has been a strong partner; we're excited about their direction and the solutions they're bringing to the marketplace that will translate to greater returns and profitability for our clients."

"It's amazing to think that we were a finalist for Top Consulting Partner in APAC after only our first full year in business with our joint venture between FourPL and Open Sky Group," says Anthony Hawkins, CEO of Open Sky Group Pty Ltd. "We've got a fantastic, global team focused on bringing WMS, Labor and Transportation solutions to clients around the world, using the disciplined agility methodology developed by Open Sky Group."

ABOUT OPEN SKY GROUP
Open Sky Group, global specialists in WMS, Labor and TMS software upgrades and implementations, helps clients lower costs and risks and reduces time to implement with its proprietary methodology and no-modifications approach. A gold implementation partner and reseller of JDA Warehouse, Workforce, Warehouse Labor and Transportation Management software, Open Sky Group strives every day to be the best consulting partner on the planet for supply chain solutions.

ABOUT FOURPL
An Australian-owned supply chain provider, FourPL works alongside their customers to review, source and implement the best possible solutions for achieving key business objectives. From strategy and advisory to implementation, support and quality assurance, FourPL has earned a strong reputation helping clients resolve supply chain issues and obtain operational excellence within their supply chains.

Contact: Open Sky Group
Darcy Reeves
VP of Marketing
919.800.8250
www.openskygroup.com

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