DC Velocity - January 2017

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Here’s our monthly roundup of some of the charitable works and donations by companies in the material handling and logistics space.

b Cleveland-based freight tracking software provider MacroPoint, Cincinnati-based 3PL Total Quality Logistics (TQL), and Lowell, Ark.-based truckload and intermodal services provider J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. all supported the 2016 Wreaths Across America initiative, which arranged for 1. 2 million wreaths to be delivered to Arlington National Cemetery and over 1,200 additional veterans’ grave sites nationwide. MacroPoint provided its tracking technology to help monitor the progress of the 350 trucks involved; TQL donated $1,000 from its employee-driven Moves That Matter charity; and J.B. Hunt provided 23 military veteran drivers to drive trucks and 500 volunteers to place wreaths on the graves.

b Knoxville, Tenn.-based 3PL Red Stag Fulfillment donated warehouse space to process the truckloads of donated goods that began flowing into the region following the devastating wildfires in the Smoky Mountains in December.

b Richmond, Va.-based medical supplier and supply chain specialist Owens & Minor Inc. is supporting A Soldier’s Child Foundation (ASC), a nonprofit that serves the children of America’s fallen soldiers. At a recent ASC “birthday party” event, employees from one of Owens & Minor’s DCs shopped for birthday gifts, while the leadership team wrapped the presents and wrote messages of support for 150 of the children.

b Indianapolis-based supply chain and consulting IT services firm enVista assisted the nonprofit group Outreach Inc. in its mission to help homeless young men and women. enVista employees collected 51 brand-new coats, 60 hats, and 60 pairs of gloves for the group’s clients and worked three shifts to serve Thanksgiving dinner to 150 people.

b Summerville, S.C.-based material handling equipment manufacturer Kion North America supported the Lowcountry Food Bank by hosting a fall food drive. Employees collected more than 1,200 pounds of nonperishable food to benefit residents of the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina.

Logistics gives back

Know someone who is making a difference in the world of logistics? Then consider nominating him or her as one of DC VELOCITY’s “Rainmakers”— professionals from all facets of the business whose achievements set them apart from the crowd. In the past, our Rainmakers have included practitioners, consultants, academics, vendors, and even military commanders.

To identify these Rainmakers, DC VELOCITY’s editorial directors work with members of the magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board. The nomination process begins in January and concludes in April with a vote to determine which nominees will be invited to become Rainmakers. The 2017 Rainmakers will be unveiled in our July issue.

If you’d like to nominate someone, please send an e-mail outlining your nominee’s accomplishments by Feb. 16 to Chief Editor Dave Maloney at dmaloney@dcvelocity.com.

Do you know a Rainmaker?

A few months ago, we ran an item noting that the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) had launched a Supply Chain Hall of Fame. It turns out that CSCMP was a little late to the party: Germany has had a Logistics Hall of Fame since 2003.

Germany’s Hall of Fame celebrated its latest class of inductees on Nov. 29 at the historic Erich Klausener Hall of the German Transport Ministry in Berlin. The theme of this year’s awards was “Historic Milestones of Logistics,” with a focus on recognizing outstanding achievements prior to the year 2000. The new members include Franz von Taxis and Johann Baptista von Taxis, founders of the international postal system; Henry Ford and Ransom Eli Olds, inventors of conveyor belt production; James E. Casey, inventor of parcel services and founder of UPS; Norman Joseph Woodland, George Laurer, and Bernard Silver, the inventors of the bar code; Lothar Raucamp, a proponent of cooperative logistics; Gerhard Schäfer, a pioneer in material handling systems; Horst Mosolf, inventor of specialized automotive transport; Frederick W. Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx; and Dr. Peer Witten, a leader in the development of Internet trading and modern logistics. (Ford and Smith were also included in CSCMP’s inaugural class of hall of fame inductees.)

The Hall of Fame is supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport as well as by logistics and supply chain associations, private-sector companies, government agencies, and academic institutions. To learn more about Germany’s Logistics Hall of Fame, go to www.logisticshall offame.net.