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The Supply Chain in Brief
> GOOD WORKS
> RECOGNITION
• Atlas Air sent a 747-8F aircraft lled with humanitarian and relief supplies from Washington Dulles International Airport to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. Atlas Air donated the use of the aircraft and crew and Turkish Airlines collected clothes, medical supplies, and other essentials.
• Dayton Freight Lines received the 2022 LTL Carrier of the Year Award from Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. This award recognizes superior performance in on-time service, claims ratio, and responsiveness to Scotts’ capacity needs. (Pictured: Mike Cronin (left), executive vice president and Tom Cronin, CEO and president, Dayton Freight Lines, accept the award.) • Federal longshore and harbor workers’ compensation insurance provider Signal Mutual awarded APM Terminals its Industry Safety Leadership Award for 2021-2022. • Avetta’s support center team won a 2022 International Service Excellence Award, presented by the Customer Service Institute of America and the International Council of Customer Service Organizations. The team also was named as a 2022 Service Excellence Up and Comer for improving satisfaction scores and reducing customer wait times. • Gartner awarded two Power of the Profession Supply Chain Awards to Microsoft for Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year and Process or Technology Innovation of the Year for its submission titled Real Time Visibility Enabling a Sentient Supply Chain , which detailed how Microsoft transformed its devices supply chain.
> MILESTONE
n Milky Way, a division of LTI, celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2023. The bulk milk transporter serves producers in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
> UP THE CHAIN
• ITS Logistics appointed Peter Weis as its chief information of cer and senior vice president of supply chain services. Weis brings 20 years of global C-suite IT leadership experience to the company.
20 Inbound Logistics • March 2023
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