AAPNetwork Member Benefits Include:

• Get introduced to and enjoy direct access to top US retail, brand, manufacturing and supply chain leaders
• Build personal relationships with the best, most highly networked executives in the industry
• Have all of your business questions sent instantly to other members for timely answers
• We insure your confidentiality is maintained when requested in research or sourcing
• Automatically receive daily email broadcasts of current industry events
• Benefit from on-going research of China, logistics, retail, Wal-Mart, branding, marketing, technology and much more
• Gain strategic insights – learn from peers what information they use to shape their strategies and success
• See first hand leading edge supply chain business models and collaborative technologies
• Research case studies written on members and broadcast to select, non-competitive members
• Attend exclusive AAPN executive forums at events like Material World, regional meetings and global conferences
• Evaluate innovative internet-based industry technologies before others in the industry
• Be admitted to exclusive member networking events like the annual AAPN Reception at Versace’s in Miami Beach
• Participate in special projects with members such as CAFTA cycle times and new net-based interactive conferencing
• Travel worldwide in AAPN delegations to South and Central America, the Caribbean, Morocco, Asia, and more
• Call for ad hoc meetings of members we can assemble for special projects you want to host
• Enjoy alliances worldwide with private sector, corporate, national and regional organizations
• Exclusive right to author content on the industry resource 'apparelpedia'
• Free unlimited use of the on-line sourcing engine 'sourcelist'
• Create special industry surveys, join the AAPN Linkedin group of executives, learn other Web 2.0 technologies 
  

The 300 elements of data AAPN maintains about cut/sew members on-line (since 1994) remains the proven, de facto standard for real-time sourcing. Data on one or more companies from each link in the total supply chain makes it easy to find, see and reach resources.

Membership is by company with no limit to executives who can be plugged into the network. All members are equal, can vote, hold office and interact. The one-of-a-kind AAPN Annual Meeting is run in executive roundtable format by and for members.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with members in North America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, North Africa, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Asia and China.