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INFOCUS NOTED
THE SUPPLY CHAIN IN BRIEF

recognition
GOOD WORKS
The Lirhanzo Children’s Village, an orphanage and school
in Chikombedzi, Zimbabwe, received more than 2,000
school supplies from Jupiter Systems, which designs and Accuride’s Mary E. Blair,
manufactures handheld computers and provides field data senior vice president, supply
collection solutions. Juniper Systems shipped the load of chain management, was
supplies to the school, which currently has 250 students, named by the Manufacturing
at the end of 2016. The company plans to continue Institute as a recipient of its
efforts by setting up a GoFundMe account and collecting Women in Manufacturing
additional donations to send to the village. STEP (Science, Technology,
Engineering and
Production) Ahead Award
for 2017. The STEP Ahead
Awards, now in their fifth year, recognize women
who have demonstrated excellence and leadership,
and represent all levels of manufacturing, from the
factory floor to the C-suite.

SEALED DEALS
XPO Logistics signed
a long-term agreement
with Gower Furniture,
a supplier of kitchens
to the UK trade and Sam’s Club, a membership wholesale club,
retail sectors. Under the recognized Saddle Creek Logistics Services as
contract, XPO Logistics its 2016 3PL Service Provider of the Year in
provides Gower with the 25th year of their working relationship. Sam’s
an estimated 2,000 Club acknowledged Saddle Creek’s outstanding
timed, full-load deliveries to customer distribution centers performance in a number of metrics, including
annually, as well as more than 8,000 multi-drop deliveries having three DCs ranked in the top seven Operations
to more than 150 UK branches. XPO has invested in a Index rankings out of the 25 dry DCs in the Sam’s
dedicated fleet of new tractors and trailers equipped with Club network; execution and support for new club
tracking technology to trace orders, monitor equipment, openings; proactive communications to ensure
and analyze fuel use.
disaster relief support during flooding, hurricane,
tornado, and winter storm events; and consistency
Delhaize America selected RELEX Solutions’ supply with operational metrics achievement and financial
chain planning systems to forecast and replenish perishable performance to budget.
categories within its distribution centers. Delhaize America
operates supermarket brands Food Lion, with more than G.I. Jobs magazine named transportation firm
1,000 stores in the southeastern United States, and J.B. Hunt Transport Services a 2017 Top 100
Hannaford, which has 181 stores across New England and Military Friendly Employer for the 10th consecutive
New York. The RELEX technology helps Delhaize America year. J.B. Hunt ranked eighth out of companies with
enhance product freshness, forecasting, and inventory an annual revenue of more than $1 billion.
management at its distribution centers.

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