LLamasoft opens new offices, plans for more hires

Llamas aren’t known as animals with clothing, but Ann Arbor-based LLamasoft has a few tricks hidden up its sleeves when it comes to business this year.

 

“We’re doing well,” says Gary Bobalik, director of marketing for LLamasoft. “We have several things in the works.”

 

And more than a couple of laurels to rest on. The supply-chain network designer was named by the Edward Lowe Foundation as one of the “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch” and is working on the USAID/DELIVER PROJECT to increase the availability of essential health supplies around the world.

 

The 20-person company has also added three more people to its workforce within the last year and hopes to do that again this year. It also recently opened an office in Asia and is looking to open yet another in Europe.

 

“There is a strong interest in our product,” Bobalik says. “We can provide strong information that allows out customers to shrink their carbon footprint.”

 

That last tidbit is expected to be a key factor in attracting more business from Europe where a higher premium is placed on environmental consciousness.

 

LLamasoft provides software to design and modify supply chain network operations, allowing companies to optimize their supply chain operations for profit and shrinking carbon footprints. The privately-held company was founded in 1998. Its clients include big name corporations, such as ConocoPhillips, Dell and J. C. Penney.

 

Source: Gary Bobalik, director of marketing for LLamasoft

Writer: Jon Zemke