DC Velocity - August 2017

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newsworthy
Kion North America Corp. has presented its President’s
Award to dealer Ameco Services S. De R.L. De C.V. for
achieving the highest total combined sales of lift trucks
and parts. … Project44 was recognized as a Cool Vendor
in Supply Chain Execution Technologies by consulting
firm Gartner Inc. … Freight management solutions pro-
vider GlobalTranz Enterprises Inc. has announced the
recipients of its annual Transportation Carrier Awards.
In addition to naming Truckstop.com as its Technology
Partner of the Year, the company honored Roadrunner
Freight with the Largest Revenue
Growth award and presented

Dayton Freight with the Midwest
Regional Carrier of the Year
award. … RecruitMilitary has
included Schneider on its list of
“Most Valuable Employers for Military” for the seventh
year in a row. … Walmart has named Averitt Express its
2016 LTL Regional Carrier of the Year. This is the fifth
time in six years Averitt has received this honor. … John
Wolfe, CEO of the Northwest Seaport Alliance and the
Port of Tacoma, and Amy Grat, CEO of International
Trade Education Programs Inc., will receive the
Containerization & Intermodal Institute’s 2017 Connie
Award in September. … Laurie Hein Denham, vice presi-
dent of education for the Transportation Intermediaries
Association, has received the Community Partner Impact
Award from the University of North Florida. … Brian
Cohen, chief executive officer of Hänel Storage Systems,
has received the Patriotic Employer Award from the
Office of the Secretary of Defense. The award recogniz-
es employers for their support of their National Guard
and Reserve employees. … Vantix Logistics has named
Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. its 2016 Tier 2 Intermodal
Provider of the Year. … Penske Logistics was one of
nine companies honored with paint supplier PPG’s 2016
Excellent Supplier Award. … Red Classic, a transporta-
tion, logistics, and fleet maintenance service provider, is
the first-ever recipient of Conagra Brands’ New Carrier
of the Year award. … Maryland’s largest technology
trade association, the Maryland Tech Council, has named
Barcoding Inc. Technology Company of the Year.

accolades

SCHNEIDER

CSCMP and TSC Advantage
offer cybersecurity resources to
protect supply chain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), a leading supply chain management trade group, will team up with cybersecurity consulting firm TSC Advantage to offer resources and education about information technology (IT) risks like computer viruses and ransomware.

The announcement follows the surprise cyber attack in June that hobbled Danish ocean liner company Maersk Line and Memphis, Tenn.-based air and surface transport provider FedEx Corp. The “Petya” bug caused a global IT breakdown that froze operations at Maersk for several days and forced FedEx to resort to manual paperwork to keep parcel operations running at its TNT Express division.

The partnership with Silver Spring, Md.-based TSC Advantage will address the increasing cybersecurity risks that are posed by logistics firms’ growing move to digital solutions and resulting third-party access to corporate assets, CSCMP said.

Because of that growing risk, many regulators now
require companies of all sizes to demonstrate third-party
cyber risk management through executive involvement, the
hiring of a designated security officer, independent assess-
ment of supply chain governance, and routine monitoring
of vendor and supplier security, according to CSCMP.
CSCMP members can take part in a free pilot program to
use TSC Advantage’s “Secure Halo” platform to assess the
security posture of up to 10 current or potential suppliers
and vendors, according to the organization. The Secure
Halo service offers an online platform and dashboard that
displays the degree of cyber risk for individual suppliers
or across a portfolio of companies, showing their security
vulnerabilities and providing prioritized recommendations.
For a more personalized assessment of their vulnerabil-
ity to cyber attacks, CSCMP members can also take the
Secure Halo Express survey, which asks 11 questions about
enterprisewide security and provides a customized compli-
mentary report based on the user’s responses.
go figure …

64%

The percentage of manufacturers that will open “smart” factories by 2022 using wearable technology and the Internet of Things (Io T), up from 43 percent today.