Appointments/promotions: Phil Pryor is promoted to manager of the retail and distribution division and elected senior vice president of Carter & Burgess…Mike Kasperski is named president of Automotion Systems Group, a division of Automotion Inc…. The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) selects the following board officers for 2003-2004: William Gates, chief executive officer, Standard Corporation, as president; Susan Rider, warehouse management business unit leader, RedPrairie, as vice president; Leslie Ajlouny, vice president of business development, Evans Distribution, as secretary and treasurer; as well as Kenneth Meisemer, director of distribution operations, Hershey Foods Corporation, as director of WERC's 2005 conference…Daniel Mayleben is named chief financial officer and Jay Coughlan is appointed to the board of directors at HighJump Software…Tim Conroy joins RedPrairie to lead its western sales team… V3 Systems appoints Scott Vanselous as executive vice president of worldwide marketing and alliances…Dennis Shay is named as Radio Beacon's director of channel sales for the western region…Jerome Varvaro is appointed director of service for the weighting division of Sartorius Corporation… International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) elects new officers: Gary Owen, senior advisor, Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, as chairman; Tony Becker, president, Port Jersey Logistics, as vice chairman; Bob Auray, president and chief executive officer, USCO Logistics, as secretary and treasurer; and Bob Ness, president and chief executive officer, ODW Logistics, as immediate past chairman.

Alliances/construction: APICS announces the affiliation of SCM Consultant Ltd. of Thailand…Landoll acquires Drexel Industries …Ozburn-Hessey and National Distribution and Contracting partner to open a warehouse in LaVergne, Tennessee…Rack Enterprises Inc. acquires Kardex Systems Inc …. SJF Material Handling Inc . forms a systems integration division in East Hanover, New Jersey…Cascade Corporation acquires FEMA Forks …Kom International opens office in the Netherlands…CCL Label teams up with to SATO America Inc. to manufacture RFID tags and labels and resell SATO RFID-enabled printers.