About Us
We are a Professional Sales and Marketing, Logistics, and International Management organization based in Grand Rapids, MI, working with Michigan and Indiana manufacturing, distribution, assembly, farming, and process companies who are looking to maximize their competitive PRODUCT edge in a FLAT WORLD GLOBAL ECONOMY thru leveraging resources, skills, intellectual property and labor with production savvy to impact and sell to global markets.
Two-Fold Business Strategy
Our two-fold business strategy is exporting Michigan goods and products to China and the Asian Pacific Rim with a focus on their rapidly upcoming middle class. Secondly, we import Asian components, products and resources that will add financial benefits to Michigan manufacturing firms, helping them gain cost leverage and market advantages in their competitive (now global) marketplace.
Global Resourcing Model (GRM)
Continental Connect, Inc. has developed a highly effective Global Resourcing Model (GRM) and outsourcing model utilizing and integrating economies of scale with supply chain efficiencies and inventory and logistics strategies rivaled in the industry. Our model gives you the absolute best end-to-end processes with visibility from your selling or purchasing point all the way to your final customer overseas. We are your Asian Connection…across the street!
Senior Management Team
President/CEO 
Bringing over 25 years of experience in leadership and project management skills, we have built a solid team with multi-industry knowledge and strategic management experience to work with executive and leadership teams in manufacturing, distribution, medical, and processing businesses.
During the years working with IBM, multiple awards for customer satisfaction were received - even the highest honors in Product Certifications and Performance Recognition. Specializing in team building for project management results and working extensively with multiple Fortune 500 companies in the Michigan Area, CCI's team is World Class.
Marketing Specialists & Strategists
Marketing Skills 
CCI offers over 25 years’ experience in marketing management with proven ability to develop sales process solutions, strategic marketing, and brand penetration plans. Our specialization is in international and domestic sales and marketing management.
We have designed sales and marketing initiative and processes for manufacturing companies to deliver measurable value beyond just Michigan and Indiana.
As a Marketing and Sales Specialist for your organization, we design analysis in product potential, market demand, demographic activity studies, and product penetration potential, for annual budgets large or small. We are an experienced negotiator of contracts for complex global contracting, distribution, and supply chains - including transportation, distribution, systems and supporting services. Our teams responsibilities consistently included accountability for international trade, including import, export and trade services.
In project management, CCI leads initiatives to implement enterprise systems solutions that improve sales and brand-name-recognition (where required), work to reduce cost and improve compliance in the global supply chain requirements.
Supply Chain Strategy Experts
Logistics & Supply Chain Strategy Skills 
Our team has 19 years experience in supply chain consulting, material handling systems, transportation engineering, and distribution management.
The project work includes design and installation of automated order filling equipment, conveyor case handling, and shipping sort systems. Their work includes a new facility design, installation, and start-up, which has been noted for doubling the companies mechanized fulfilment capacity.
Our members have worked extensively with CSX Logistics, Yellow Freight Systems, and GATX (APL) Logistics in management roles in operations, distribution logistics, and research engineering for multi-location facilities in world-wide operations. These functions involved project based roles in re-designing transportation networks, simulating mechanized hub operations, and re-engineering LTL network processes. With extensive knowledge and experience with freight bar code piece tracking, YMS systems, and mechanized freight hubs, our systems contributed to receiving multiple patents for new material handling and systems design.
Additional skills include automated systems design for large scale retail distribution operations. This included mechanized systems for each pick/pack, case pick, and pallet handling operations. Designing and development of multiple systems for retail, mail order/catalogue, postal, and manufacturing clients where multiple projects involved converting clients from completely manual to full mechanization in rapidly expanding, quick growth sales markets. Additional skills include teaching distribution design courses to client engineering staff, operational audits, and implementing best practices in distribution environments.
