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As CEO, Stitz will lead enVista in continued growth of global supply chain consulting, IT managed services, Microsoft, robotics and automation solutions

INDIANAPOLIS (September 1, 2022) – enVista, a global consulting, managed services and automation firm, today announces that Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of enVista, John Stitz, has been named CEO. Stitz will lead enVista in its continued mission to provide top-tier consulting services across the end-to-end supply chain.

Stitz co-founded enVista in 2002 to enable business leaders to improve efficiencies, profitability and customer service. During his tenure at enVista, he led the transportation solutions team in providing unmatched global freight audit and payment and consulting solutions to leading shippers as well as leading sales and business development to foster enVista’s growth.

Stitz has garnered more than 25 years of leadership in the supply chain, transportation and IT services fields. Prior to enVista, he held several leadership roles in the supply chain industry, gaining experience in marketing, sales and management. A few of Stitz’s roles included Vice President, Sales and Marketing at The Summit Group, Inc.; Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Intrepa, and Senior Director, Strategic Alliances at Manhattan Associates. Stitz has also earned recognition as an industry leader, including being selected as a Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive in 2015.

Stitz said, “After 20 years of building enVista to become a leading consulting firm, I am honored to step into the role of CEO at enVista. I am excited about the momentum I can already feel in the company and look forward to what we will accomplish as we laser-focus on providing the premier global supply chain consulting, IT managed services, Microsoft, robotics and automation solutions to our customers.”

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Over its 20-year history, enVista has become a fastest-growing global provider, delivering solutions for thousands of clients

INDIANAPOLIS (August 25, 2022) – enVista, a global software, consulting, managed services and automation firm optimizing and transforming physical and digital commerce, today announces the celebration of its 20^th anniversary.  

Since its founding in 2002, enVista has grown from a two-person organization to an established and trusted firm with more than 850 global associates, 2,600 global clients and 8,200 solutions delivered. enVista started with a strategic focus on supply chain systems selections and implementations and freight audit and payment solutions and has since grown to offer hundreds of solutions across supply chain and transportation consulting, systems selections and implementations, freight audit and payment, omnichannel commerce, automation, enterprise technology and managed services.

Upon enVista’s upcoming sale of its unified commerce platform and freight audit and payment services to Körber, the firm will be returning to its core offerings, remaining the industry’s most-trusted solutions provider in the market with a strategic focus on supply chain consulting, managed services, enterprise technology and automation.

enVista’s CEO, Jim Barnes, said, “When my co-founder, John Stitz, and I founded enVista 20 years ago, we had no idea just how far we would come with the help of our incredibly talented and dedicated team. It has been an honor to lead enVista in transforming global supply chains for the better.” Barnes continued, “As enVista evolves moving forward, I can’t wait to see how we can continue to grow and serve our customers with a laser focus on end-to-end supply chain consulting.”

enVista’s CRO and Co-founder, John Stitz, said, “The supply chain industry has seen its highs and lows over the last two decades, and it has been an honor to ride alongside our customers, helping them navigate the tides with world-class software solutions and consulting services. I look forward to seeing what more is to come, and how we, our associates and our customers will continue to grow together.”

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enVista uniquely positions its EMEA FAP practice to meet the growing demand for shippers outside of North America

INDIANAPOLIS (August 4, 2022) – enVista, a global software, consulting, managed services and automation firm optimizing and transforming physical and digital commerce, today announces that its EMEA-based Freight Audit and Payment practice saw a 48% YoY revenue increase from 2020 to 2021.

enVista established its North American FAP practice in 2002. Following more than a decade of success, it expanded its FAP practice, opening an office in Liverpool, United Kingdom in 2014 to meet customer demands in EMEA.

enVista Director of Global Implementation, Chas Kocks, said, “Our EMEA practice is growing because we’re focused on removing the traditional barriers to international FAP. We take care of our customers’ transportation partners by offering flexible, electronic invoice options and pursuing completely paperless solutions. We also eliminate resistance to the idea of a third-party partnership and outsourced models by sharing the compelling success stories from our North American partnerships. As a result, much of our business comes from existing relationships that want to share the value with their international affiliates, establish financial control and visibility, and ultimately have a best-in-class global business process for FAP.”

Kocks continued, “What separates enVista from our competition is our people – we sell global FAP and back it up with the network of global offices and experienced resources well-versed in the legal, regulatory and cultural requirements of an international audit and outsourced financial process. We work in the time zone, speak the language and provide dedicated FAP support for our customers and their carrier network anywhere in the world.”

enVista’s global FAP practice services more than 400 customers with a 98% client retention rate. The EMEA FAP operation supports over 225 individual fiscal sites across 27 customer partnerships.

enVista provides comprehensive solutions to help shippers solve complex global transportation challenges and reduce costs. Solutions include transportation consulting, strategic sourcing, contract optimization, transportation-specific business intelligence, global freight audit and payment services and enVista Pay^® to reduce the burden of paying freight bills on time. enVista’s proprietary myShipINFO^® the engine powering high-performance transportation teams delivers powerful BI capabilities, including large amounts of data attributes and options to visualize company spend in a variety of dashboards and customizable reports.

enVista’s FAP services have been acquired by Körber. Learn more about the sale and what it means for enVista and Körber in our recent press release.

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enVista’s project is spotlighted among transformational supply chain projects delivering bottom-line value

INDIANAPOLIS (July 26, 2022) – enVista, a global software, consulting, managed services and automation firm optimizing and transforming physical and digital commerce, today announces Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, selected enVista as a recipient of the 2022 Top Supply Chain Projects Award for its warehouse management system (WMS) implementation project for Big Rock Sports with Körber.

enVista’s WMS Implementation team partnered with Körber’s development team to provide client-side testing, training, operational planning and project management services to upgrade Big Rock’s legacy WMS, improving inventory and picking accuracy and reducing fines and chargebacks while lowering overall labor costs.

enVista’s Sr. Director, Technology, Amit Kirpalani, said, “It was an honor working with Big Rock to rapidly deliver a top-tier WMS to facilitate success in meeting current and future customer and business objectives. Leveraging our unique enABLE methodology, we guided the project through the implementation lifecycle in four distinct phases – assess, build, learn and execute. This allowed our team to take the necessary time and steps to learn Big Rock’s most important business objectives and enable those objectives with maximum efficiency and profitability.”

Shannon Adams, Big Rock Sports’ VP of information technology, said, “After more than two years of planning and COVID-19 interruptions, we went live on our new WMS software and are thrilled with the results. I cannot recommend enVista enough as a valued partner for helping us get this project through the first checkpoint.”

Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics, said, “The past 18 months have been a tumultuous time for U.S. supply chains, but the solutions providers on this list have partnered diligently with customers and clients to streamline processes, implement emerging technology and deliver results, ultimately improving bottom lines and keeping supply chains afloat. For many of these collaborations, it’s about achieving full visibility, complete forecasting, end-to-end leverage and sustainability.”

Visit Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s website to view the full list of this year’s Top Supply Chain Project winners.

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About Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more. Supply & Demand Chain Executive and sister publication Food Logistics are also home to L.I.N.K. and L.I.N.K. Educate podcast channels, L.I.N.K. Live, SCN Summit, SupplyChainLearningCenter.com and more. Go to www.SDCExec.com to learn more.

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Acquisition enables enVista to focus on dominating the market for supply chain, enterprise business and automation solutions while giving enVista’s omnichannel and FAP offerings a broader software platform and ecosystem for growth at Körber

INDIANAPOLIS (July 21, 2022) – enVista, a leading global provider of consulting, technology, managed services and automation solutions that optimize and transform physical and digital commerce, announces today that it is selling its global freight audit and payment (FAP) services and its Enspire Commerce platform of omnichannel software solutions, including its market-leading order management system (OMS), to Körber. Targeted to close September 1, 2022, the sale will allow enVista to strategically focus on fast-tracking growth plans for its global supply chain consulting, IT managed services, Microsoft, robotics and automation solutions, while giving enVista’s commerce and transportation offerings a broader software platform and ecosystem for accelerated growth at Körber.

As part of the acquisition, approximately 400 of enVista’s 850 global associates will transition to Körber, including enVista CEO Jim Barnes, who will help lead Körber’s strategic direction and Unified Commerce and FAP practices, reporting to Chad Collins CEO Software, Körber Business Area Supply Chain. Barnes will continue to be part of enVista’s strategic leadership as a remaining owner and member of a board of directors that will be put into place. enVista partner and co-founder, John Stitz, will become enVista’s CEO at the time of closing.

Barnes said, “It has been one of the biggest joys and privileges of my life to grow enVista alongside some of the most talented and innovative associates and clients in the industry. I am immensely proud of the global software and consulting enterprise we have built and the exceptional results we have consistently delivered together over the last 20 years.”

Barnes continued, “I look forward to joining enVista’s long-time partner, Körber, to deliver next-generation supply chain and omnichannel solutions that solve complex challenges for today’s leaders. I am confident our clients will be in good hands at Körber and also at enVista with my partner and co-founder, John Stitz, at the helm.”

Stitz said, “I look forward to leading enVista in its next chapter and evolution. The future of enVista is bright. We are excited to focus on growing enVista as the leading supply chain consulting, enterprise business applications and robotics and automation firm in the market. We have an incredible team, recognized clients and a portfolio of global solutions in place to support our growth trajectory.”

Körber will acquire enVista’s offices in India, Canada, the UK, Singapore and Australia and a portion of enVista’s Carmel, Indiana headquarters. enVista will retain a development and operations presence in India.

J.P. Morgan acted as exclusive financial advisor to enVista. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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About Körber Business Area Supply Chain

Supply chains are growing more complex by the day. Körber uniquely provides a broad range of proven, end-to-end supply chain solutions fitting any business size, strategy or appetite for growth. Our customers conquer the complexity of the supply chain thanks to our portfolio that includes software, automation, mail and parcel solutions, voice solutions, robotics and material handling – plus the expertise to tie it all together. Körber helps to manage the supply chain as a competitive advantage. Conquer supply chain complexity – with Körber. The Business Area Supply Chain is part of the global technology group Körber, an international technology group with about 12,000 employees and more than 100 locations worldwide. Find out more on www.koerber-supplychain.com