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Albert Saphir is a consultant with over 25 years of management experience in international air and ocean freight forwarding, domestic and international transportation management, domestic and international parcel shipping, and benchmarking, logistics and supply chain analysis and customs security compliance.

He has worked in sales and operations management positions for multi-national logistics companies such as Danzas (now known as DHL Danzas Air & Ocean), Panalpina and Geologistics, and was Vice President and a partner for regional companies during his career in freight forwarding in Germany and the U.S.

He now is an independent logistics and supply chain security consultant for domestic and international manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters and global transportation companies.  His work focuses on transportation negotiations and procurement, value analysis, freight and audit/billing management for all modes of domestic or international transport.  In addition, he provides customs compliance reviews including NAFTA qualifications, supply chain security support including complete C-TPAT program development, validations and other aspects of the U.S. Customs And Border Protection (CBP) security initiatives.  Further areas of expertise include global transportation research, business development, training seminars and ISO 9000-2000 assistance.

He is a senior contract consultant with The Colography Group (www.colography.com) and Solertis Logistics Solutions (www.solertis.com) and senior advisory board member of Supply Chain Operations Preparedness Education (SCOPE) (www,scopedu.com) and the Trade Security Institute (www.tradesecinstitute.com).  He has done extensive work related to global trade security initiatives such as CBP C-TPAT, Advance Manifest Rules (AMS), ISPS and the FDA Bioterrorism Act (BTA) for clients that include small to multinational companies.

He holds the German equivalent of a BS in International Transportation, is fluent in German and is a licensed U.S. Customs Broker.  Active member in multiple industry associations including the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), German-American Chamber of Commerce and various local Atlanta transportation associations.  Additionally he is a full committee member of the NITL air, ocean and security committees.

Albert Saphir has been a frequent presenter, panelist and participant at multiple industry conference events, including NITL Security Seminars, EyeForTransport Cargo Security and 3PL Conferences, WBCF Transportation Security Symposium, JoC Breakbulk Conference and Atlanta Air Cargo & Maritime Associations workshops.

He is a regular attendee at the annual CBP Trade Symposium and BIS "Update" conferences in Washington, DC..

Albert W. Saphir
3635 Summerford Drive
Marietta, GA 30062-7015
Tel: (770) 565-2838
Email: info@abs-consulting.net

Last Updated: January 2, 2006