Convoy announced today that it has partnered with Unilever North
America, a leader in supply chain management, in a multi-year
trucking agreement to help advance Unilever’s operations, improve
the lives of drivers and ultimately help to reduce the
environmental impact of trucking.
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Unilever and Convoy sign the
transportation partnership agreement. Seated, from left: Kees
Kruythoff - President of Unilever North America, Dan Lewis - CEO of
Convoy; Standing, from left: Seref Alptekin, Camille Chammas,
Reginaldo Ecclissato, Senator Bill Bradley, Wendy Herrick, Grant
Ries, Jonathan Atwood, Tinsley Corbett, Matthew Algar, Ramesh Daga
(Photo: Business Wire)
After a thorough evaluation of modern, on-demand trucking
service providers, Unilever selected Convoy because of its
commitment to superior service, driver safety, and ongoing
development of innovative technology solutions that streamline
procurement, improve on-time delivery, empower drivers, and deliver
savings through operational efficiencies.
“Unilever is one of the largest companies in the world, yet
they’re incredibly agile and forward thinking—especially in their
approach to supply chain innovation,” said Convoy co-founder and
CEO Dan Lewis. “Their vision to reduce manual processes and make
trucking more efficient aligns directly with ours.”
Convoy will allow Unilever North America to maximize each
shipment by leveraging high-quality, local trucking resources to
reduce the amount of empty miles driven while enhancing the
livelihoods of drivers.
Reginaldo Ecclissato, Senior Vice President, Unilever Supply
Chain Americas, added, “We are very impressed with Convoy’s
approach to technology-enabled trucking services. Equally as
important, we share a focus on driver health and well-being. Convoy
has put the driver experience at the forefront of their proposition
and delivered a progressive app to address many of the
long-standing issues facing the driver community. We are excited to
build out this partnership.”
Convoy is backed by Greylock Partners, as well as the founders
and CEOs of Amazon, eBay, Salesforce, Dropbox, Expedia, Instagram,
KKR, and Code.org, to name a few, and has raised $18.5 million to
date in venture capital funding.
About Convoy
Convoy offers guaranteed capacity and industry-leading
reliability for the transport of freight by trucks, both scheduled
or spot market. As a result of developing the most advanced
technology, Convoy generates instant prices, improves on-time
rates, reduces empty miles, lowers operating costs, and provides
transparency through real-time GPS on all trucks. Using Convoy's
platform, trusted carriers receive real-time notifications of jobs
on their phones, free fleet management tools, and payment
immediately upon completion of a job instead of waiting months for
a check. This helps trucking companies expand their business and
operate more efficiently with work that matches their equipment and
location.
For information about Convoy visit: www.convoy.com.To connect
with Convoy via Facebook visit: www.facebook.com/convoyteam.To
connect with Convoy via Twitter follow: @convoyteam.
About Unilever North America
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home
Care, Personal Care, and Refreshment products with sales in more
than 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. In the
United States and Canada, the portfolio includes brand icons such
as: Axe, Becel, Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp
& Hair Therapy, Country Crock, Degree, Dove, Fruttare, Good
Humor, Hellmann’s, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Klondike,
Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton, Magnum, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond’s,
Popsicle, Promise, Q-tips, Simple, St. Ives, Suave, Talenti Gelato
& Sorbetto, TIGI, TRESemmé and Vaseline. All of the preceding
brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever
Group of Companies.
Unilever employs approximately 9,500 people across North America
– generating more than $9.5 billion in sales in 2015.
The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan commits to:
- Helping more than a billion people take
action to improve their health and well-being by 2020.
- Halving the environmental impact of our
products by 2030.
- Enhancing the livelihoods of millions
of people by 2020.
Unilever ranked number one in its sector on the 2016 Dow Jones
Sustainability Index.
For more information on Unilever U.S. and its brands visit:
www.unileverusa.com.For more information on Unilever Canada and its
brands visit: www.unilever.ca.To connect with Unilever U.S. via
Facebook visit: www.facebook.com/unileverusa.To connect with
Unilever U.S. via Twitter follow: @unileverusa.To connect with
Unilever Canada via Twitter follow: @unilever_Canada.
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