DC Velocity - May 2016

The American Heart Association has recognized TVH in the Americas with the Worksite Innovation award, given to a company that leads the development and implementation of innovative and effective programs that promote physical activity and a healthy lifestyle in the workplace. … LeanLogistics has won a bronze Stevie award in the computer software category at the 10th annual Stevie Awards for sales and customer service. … Third-party logistics service provider Kane Is Able Inc. has received Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s president’s award for best overall distribution center performance. … ModusLink Global Solutions has received Intel Corp.’s Preferred Quality Supplier award for its performance in 2015. … Clark Material Handling Co. has named Valley Industrial Trucks Inc. 2016 Dealer of the Year and Buffalo Lift Trucks Inc. as 2016

New Dealer of the Year. … Dayton Freight Lines Inc. has won the 2015 LTL Carrier of the Year award from Penske Logistics. … Active Aero Group, a Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. company, was named a General Motors 2015 Supplier of the Year. … APL Logistics has received the Chilean Safety Association’s 2015 Commitment and Safety Management and Occupation Health award.

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E-commerce fulfillment firms eBay Enterprise and Innotrac have formed a company called “Radial” and have hired a former Microsoft Corp. executive to develop logistics technologies to support the sale of e-commerce fulfillment services to retailers.

Radial will be headquartered in eBay Enterprise’s headquarters in King of Prussia, Pa., and will provide order management, payment processing, order routing, fulfillment, and analytics services, the companies said. The new entity operates 27 distribution centers and six call centers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, employing more than 7,000 people.

The announcement comes less than a year after the companies were acquired by a team of private equity groups led by Chicago-based Sterling Partners. Radial has a built-in customer base of online retailers like DSW Inc., GameStop Corp., Shoe Carnival Inc., and Destination XL Group Inc.

Stefan Weitz, who Radial hired as chief product and strategy officer, performed the same task at Microsoft’s Bing.com search engine and launched other products during his 18 years at the Redmond, Wash.-based software colossus.

Retailers face enormous pressure to meet profit goals while responding to consumer expectations for a personalized shopping experience, visibility into the shipping process, and buy-from-anywhere/deliv-er-to-anywhere services, Weitz said.

“There’s too much complexity and too little infrastructure for retailers to expect that what has worked for the last 15 years in e-commerce will work for the next 20 years,” Weitz said.

That pressure will continue to rise as online commerce grows in comparison to in-store sales and millennial shoppers buy through cross-channel platforms such as the Facebook Messenger app or quick response scans (QR codes), he said.

To meet the needs of retailers struggling to fulfill those demands, Radial will sell a menu of modular logistics services, filling any gaps in a company’s plan.