DC Velocity - October 2018

4 DC VELOCITY OCTOBER 2018 www.dcvelocity.com inbound

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

b Canadian Pacific Railway

(CP) has helped raise $2 mil-
lion for brand-new facilities in
the pediatric cardiology unit
at the Jim Pattison Children’s
Hospital in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. The compa-
ny raised the money at the
Canadian Pacific Women’s
Open golf tournament in August and by matching all donations
made through the hospital’s website during tournament week.
b Online heavy-duty truck and trailer part supplier FinditParts
has pledged to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s com-
munity fundraising initiative, Many vs. Cancer, by matching
100 percent of donations made through its website beginning in
September—Prostate Cancer Awareness Month—and continuing
through the rest of 2018. The company also added a donation
option to its e-commerce checkout process.
b Lincolnshire, Ill.-based global supply chain solutions provider
Ice Mobility will support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society by
donating the net proceeds of its 3rd Annual Charity Golf Outing.
In 2017, the company’s customers, vendors, and employees donat-
ed more than $30,000 to support the society, in honor of an Ice
employee diagnosed with lymphoma.
b Farmington, N.Y.-based transportation service provider
Leonard’s Express will raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease
by displaying a decal
on a company truck
and donating a penny
for every mile the truck
travels. The effort
is expected to raise
$1,250 for the Greater
Rochester Parkinson’s
Foundation, repre-
senting the approxi-
mately 125,000 miles
the truck is projected to cover in a year.

b Atlanta-based logistics and supply chain management services provider Veritiv Corp. has donated 31,000 rolls of toilet paper to Love Rolls Inc., a charity that provides toilet paper to the homeless community. The donation coincided with the Aug. 26 commemoration of National Toilet Paper Day and will help provide adequate sanitation for the toilets, showers, and hand-washing facilities used by homeless people.

Logistics gives back

If you work in academia but are dying to put your knowledge to practical use, here’s your chance. Lift truck manufacturer Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) is looking for innovative material handling solutions and is making research funding available for projects aimed at advancing the science of supply chain, logistics, and material handling.

TMHNA is now accepting applications for its third annual University Research Program, a sponsored research program created to drive and advance the next generation of material handling industry technology. Full-time professors and researchers at North American universities are invited to submit proposals via the program’s website, www. UniversityResearchProgram.com, through Dec. 15. Proposals will be evaluated for their impact on the future of the industry, as well as the planning and feasibility of the timeline and budget. Selected proposals will receive financial support of up to $500,000 per year, and faculty may be invited to renew the contract for up to three years, based on research outcomes, the Columbus, Ind.-based forklift manufacturer says.

Last year’s winners included projects covering virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), energy infrastructure, the Internet of Things (IoT), and

Industry 4.0. For the 2018/2019 program,
TMHNA is looking for proposals on:
b Material handling for last-mile deliv-
ery, urban environments, piece picking,
reverse logistics, and automation
b Remote operation of material han-
dling equipment
b Warehousing energy infrastructure
b VR/AR for material handling appli-
cations
b Machine learning in material handling
b Advanced driver-assistance systems
(ADAS) for material handling equipment
b Industry 4.0.