CHICAGO, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global
Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO), a leading provider of
technology-enabled transportation management services, today
announced that the company's Director of Consolidation,
Joe Amici, has earned the 2021
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award from Food
Logistics, the only publication exclusively
dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global
food supply chain. The award recognizes influential individuals in
the global cold food and beverage supply chain industry whose
achievements, hard work, and vision have shaped and attained
milestones in safety, efficiency, productivity, and innovation.
After observing the ways in which the freight market was
underserving refrigerated food and beverage shippers, Amici saw an
opportunity to solve these complex problems. A common issue for
many cold chain shippers is a lack of visibility and control in
refrigerated LTL shipments, especially for those going into major
grocery and retail distribution centers. Backed by Echo and its
resources, Amici worked closely with those shippers to create a
pilot refrigerated consolidation program focused on moving
refrigerated LTL product out of the LTL network and into a
load-to-ride shared truckload model.
With the support of Echo's leadership team, Amici worked with
members of various departments, such as Carrier Sales, IT,
Analytics, and Operations to evolve the pilot into a fully-fledged
service offering that creates multiple efficiencies, such
as higher trailer utilization, reduced time that products
spend on a trailer, fewer out-of-route miles, and minimal (and
often zero) cross-docking or pool points. Ultimately, this program
results in lower costs, faster transit times, reduced risk of
freight damage, and drastically lower CO2 emissions and
product waste. Today, Echo's refrigerated consolidation program
continues to expand.
"Since beginning his career at Echo in 2012, Joe has grown into
a true expert of food distribution, and his contributions to Echo's
refrigerated consolidation service offering have been significant,"
said Dave Menzel, President and
Chief Operating Officer at Echo. "His dedication to solving complex
problems within the temperature-controlled food and beverage supply
chain industry has allowed Echo to provide the best shipping
solutions to meet the unique needs of our food and beverage
clients."
"It's an honor to be selected as a recipient of this prestigious
award and to be acknowledged along with other talented innovators
within the cold food and beverage sector," said Amici. "This
recognition highlights the hard work the entire Echo team put into
developing the refrigerated consolidation program, and I look
forward to continuing to scale the program to extend the service
offering to more clients."
"These professionals are making waves in an industry upended by
the global pandemic. Whether it's pivoting into a different channel
or implementing emerging technologies, these supply chain leaders
prove that hard work pays off," said Marina
Mayer, Editor-in-Chief of Food
Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain
Executive. "These winners collaborated, optimized,
developed, educated, and played a critical role in the survival and
success of their company amid a global pandemic. I am honored to
recognize these individuals and continue to extend my utmost
gratitude to everyone in the cold food supply chain industry for
their time, efforts, and innovations to keep food moving through
the chain in a safe and efficient manner."
Recipients of this year's Rock Stars of the Supply Chain
Award include professionals from various industries, such as
transportation and logistics, grocery and retail, technology,
consultancies, academia, and more. Winners are profiled in
Food Logistics, as well as online
at www.foodlogistics.com.
About Echo Global Logistics
Echo Global Logistics,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO) is a leading Fortune 1000 provider of
technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management
services. Headquartered in Chicago
with more than 30 offices around the country, Echo offers freight
brokerage and Managed Transportation solutions for all major modes,
including truckload, partial truckload, LTL, intermodal, and
expedited. Echo maintains a proprietary, web-based technology
platform that compiles and analyzes data from its network of over
50,000 transportation providers to serve 35,000 clients across a
wide range of industries and simplify the critical tasks involved
in transportation management. For more information on Echo Global
Logistics, visit: www.echo.com.
ECHO: Corporate
CONTACT INFORMATION
Investor Relations:
Zach Jecklin
SVP of Strategy
Echo Global Logistics
312-784-2046
Media Relations:
Christopher Clemmensen
SVP of Marketing
Echo Global Logistics
312-784-2132
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