SmartCore Business Solutions, LLC and Tompkins Associates Announce Strategic Alliance

Leading Provider of Global Supply Chain Services Joins Emerging Consulting and Executive Interim Services Firm to Provide Comprehensive Corporate Solutions

RALEIGH, NC, October 6, 2009 -- Tompkins Associates and SmartCore Business Solutions, LLC announced a strategic alliance today that will allow them to leverage complementary offerings in order to provide broader and even more comprehensive solutions to their corporate clients.

"Combining the superior global supply chain services and distribution operations expertise of Tompkins with our consortium of proven C-level executives means that our clients will be able to benefit from a true end-to-end solutions offering," said Victor Watts, SmartCore's CEO.

Recognized as a global leader in the supply chain space, Tompkins Associates has aggressively pursued a number of mergers, acquisitions and alliances during the past several years enabling the company to provide more complete business solutions. "Entering into a strategic partnership with SmartCore Business Solutions allows Tompkins to fuse sales, marketing and human capital resources with our practical solutions and expand our focus on improving supply chain performance on a global scale," added Jim Tompkins, CEO of Tompkins Associates.

The strategic alliance of these two companies allows clients served by both to access an unprecedented degree of synergy, flexibility and brainpower that can now be applied to solve nearly any business challenge with highly focused, applied expertise, efficiency and cost effectiveness.

"We're very excited about this partnership," said Watts. "We believe each of our customer bases will greatly benefit from this powerful combination of expertise that is now being brought to the table. It's truly a win, win, win for all concerned."

Contact Information 
Myra Schwartz
Tompkins Associates
919-855-5533
mschwartz@tompkinsinc.com

About SmartCore Business Solutions, LLC
SmartCore Business Solutions is a consortium of successful C-Level business people and partners who have "carried the bag," worked in the trenches and built successful companies. With an average of 20+ years of successful individual experience, SmartCore offers executive interim services and strategic consulting to the small-to-medium size market at affordable rates. For more information, visit www.smartcoresolutions.com.

About Tompkins Associates
Tompkins Associates designs and integrates global end-to-end solutions for companies that embrace supply chain excellence. For more than 30 years, Tompkins has evolved with the marketplace to become the leading provider of global supply chain services, distribution operations consulting, technology implementation, material handling integration, and benchmarking and best practices. Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, the company is known for innovative, practical solutions that improve supply chain performance and produce value-based results. For more information, visit www.tompkinsinc.com. Subscribe to Tompkins Associates' RSS feed for up-to-date information.