AFFLINK, a global leader in supply chain optimization for more than 35 years, provides innovative process and procurement solutions to help drive efficiencies throughout your business operations.

1. AFFLINK Title Slide
A Smarter Way of Doing Business

2. Reputation Built on a Solid Foundation
Celebrating 35 years as
2012 a global leader in supply
chain optimization
2008 Acquired by
The Blackstone
Group
2000 Name
changed
to AFFLINK
Purchased by
1998 Performance
Food Group
1977 Founded as
Affiliated Paper
Company
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
A Smarter Way of Doing Business

3. The Company We Keep
• Envied member of The Blackstone Group –
̶ Provides capital to acquire new businesses
̶ Family companies open doors for new Global Accounts
A Smarter Way of Doing Business

4. Driven by Our Vision
To be the preeminent provider
of business solutions,
delivering quantifiable results,
so that connectivity with AFFLINK
is essential to the long-term success
of its stakeholders.
A Smarter Way of Doing Business

5. Guided by our Core Values
Accountability Commitment Innovation
►Record growth ►Advisory Board ►Technology
Accountability
►Sales Team
Commitment
►Steering Committee
Innovation
►Business Services
►Dashboards ►Industry Shows
Sincerity Fun
►Charity Involvement ►New Latitudes
Sincerity
►Community Support
Fun
►Summit
►Associate Fun
A Smarter Way of Doing Business

6. We Are Where You Are
C A N A D A
J A P A N
A L A S K A
M E X I C O
H A W A I I
P R
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7. Focused on Two Key Components
• Member driven organization focused on facilitating…
Growth
• In addition to increasing top-line revenue, AFFLINK is
committed to improving the overall health of your business
• Maximize profits through complete Membership optimization
Differentiation
• Providing the programs and tools you need to reign superior
to your competition
• Comprehensive offering of business solutions to give you
the ultimate competitive advantage in your marketplace
A Smarter Way of Doing Business

8. What to Take Away
• AFFLINK is more than a buying group; we are a sales
and marketing organization focused on driving quantifiable
growth and delivering differentiation to our Membership.
A Smarter Way of Doing Business

9. Companies Around the World Agree
“
We save more money in administrative costs than top down, be
Taking time to understand its customers from the could ever
saved in product costs achieved bymore than $100,000 in the
AFFLINK saved Zodiac Aerospace buying offline from multiple
vendors. Why would we place upwards of $125,000 in year two.
first year of our contract, and orders over the phone, create
purchase orders, and go backis indeed a way of purchasing,
It’s easy to see why AFFLINK to the old smarter way of doing
””
business.
when AFFLINK's online process saves us 75% on administrative
—Mike Hollinger, Zodiac Aerospace
costs alone? —Warren Doty, Lanier Health Products
A Smarter Way of Doing Business