# HAL, Inc.

> HAL, Inc. develops C2C, a materials management and project logistics software suite for logistics providers, energy companies and capital-project teams. It preserves purchase-order line-item visibility across suppliers, warehouses, packing operations, transport and job sites.

- **Founded:** 1992
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Ernest Allen “Al” Parkin (Founder; retired US Navy commander and logistics systems architect)
- **Products:** C2C Materials Management Suite, C2C Mobile, C2C Vendor Portal, C2C customer and job-site portals, Integration and configuration services
- **Notable:** Founded in 1992 by a retired Navy logistics systems architect., Company-reported deployment spans 34 countries and six continents., HAL reports reducing pilferage and loss from 20% to under 1% in one Venezuela capital-project case; not a general performance guarantee.

## Products & services

- **C2C Materials Management Suite** — Core materials and warehouse operations, purchase-order line and sub-line tracking, packing controls and multi-facility visibility.
- **C2C Mobile** — Android smartphone, tablet and handheld tools for barcode, RFID, GPS-enhanced locating, inspections and mobile label printing.
- **C2C Vendor Portal** — Supplier shipment data entry, labels and early identification of packed line items.
- **C2C customer and job-site portals** — Track-and-trace, directed releases, approval workflows and receipt information.
- **Integration and configuration services** — Client-specific workflows and links to ERP and logistics systems including SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards and CargoWise.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1992 by a retired Navy logistics systems architect.
- Company-reported deployment spans 34 countries and six continents.
- HAL reports reducing pilferage and loss from 20% to under 1% in one Venezuela capital-project case; not a general performance guarantee.
- Published customer example unifies four product-number aliases into one part record.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published a collection of case studies covering inventory aliases, SAP integration, anti-counterfeit verification and multi-party logistics. Publication dates do not establish when the underlying projects occurred.
- **2026-09** — Updated the five August case-study pages, according to website structured metadata.

## Links

- Website: https://hal-inc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hal/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/halc2c
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/hal-inc-177327358976853

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Last updated: 2026-10-17