Partners

Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. NPTA partnered with Accenture to provide NPTA members with access to the Supply Chain Academy.

Association Education Alliance

NPTA Alliance is a current active member of the Association Education Alliance, LLC. Formed in 1991, AEA now represents 43 industrial trade associations who work to identify, evaluate and develop educational products and programs for use by member associations as well as to facilitate networking and idea sharing among AEA members.

Boxwood Online Career Centers

NPTA and Boxwood partnered to provide NPTA members with access to the Distribution Career Center. Boxwood is the number one provider of online career centers for associations, providing hundreds of career centers to associations world wide.

iLumen Financial Information Network

NPTA has partnered with the iLumen Financial Information Network to bring NPTA members a phenomenal new tool: Financial Analysis and Industry Benchmarking. This service provides you with online access to analysis of the building materials industry's trends and peer group comparisons on a monthly basis.

Evergreen Consulting LLC

Evergreen Consulting is a specialized consulting firm advising the wholesale distribution channel. Through a partnership with NPTA, Evergreen Consulting provides members with comprehensive and innovative solutions focused on strategic pricing, profitability improvement, strategic planning and execution, sales effectiveness and acquisition facilitation services.

Institute for Trend Research

NPTA partnered with the Institute for Trend Research (ITR) to develop a series of customized economic reports produced exclusively for NPTA members. Produced four times per year by ITR Senior Economists, the NPTA Economic Outlook Report correlates macroeconomic data to specific product categories directly related to the paper and packaging industry.

Modern Distribution Management

NPTA and MDM have partnered to deliver online news feeds and discounts on educational offerings to NPTA members. MDM is an independent newsletter reporting on trends and events in the industrial supply channel for maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products. MDM delivers timely and insightful news coverage of the people, companies and trends that shape this industry.

Multiview

NPTA partnered with MultiView Inc., the leading publisher of Online Supplier Directories (OLSD) for associations, to deliver the NPTA Supplier Search tool. MultiView offers state-of-the-art technology solutions that allow NPTA members to avoid easily find the goods, services and information they need using  the individually tailored Online Supplier Search provided as a no cost, value added benefit to membership.

National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors

Through its affiliation with the Washington DC-based National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), NPTA members are kept informed of all government legislation, which could potentially impact their business.

SmithBucklin

As a client of the nation's largest professional association management firm, SmithBucklin, NPTA members receive access to an extensive pool of knowledge and expertise in all areas of organizational management. SmithBucklin's Distributor Association Alliance brings NPTA members closer to other distributor associations in order to share ideas and reduce expenses.