North American freight consolidation efforts result in efficiency and cost savings
Houston, USA, 19 July, 2012 – CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading supply chain companies, today announced that it has been awarded Lenovo’s Innovation and Operations Excellence award for the second year in a row in North America. This award recognizes CEVA’s efforts around freight consolidation and optimizing transportation resulting in substantial cost savings.Mick Jones, Vice President Global Logistics, Lenovo commented: “Over the past few years, CEVA has continuously provided improvements to our supply chain and 2011 was no different. Together with the CEVA team, we have built a true end to end operation that has ultimately enhanced the overall customer experience. As we expand our global network, we have no doubt that CEVA will provide the innovation we need to support our continued success.”
“Our collaborative efforts to build a highly efficient supply chain for Lenovo stems from our desire to meet and exceed their expectations,” said Jim Weynand, Executive Vice President, Technology sector, CEVA. “This award is a testament to our continued commitment to Lenovo and the technology industry as a whole. We have watched the company grow significantly in the United States and look forward to supporting those efforts in the future.”
The ability to look at an end to end supply chain and identify innovation and improvement is a key factor to this relationship. CEVA’s focus on the Technology sector has intensified and the model built with Lenovo will translate to further success across the globe.
For more information contact:
Charlotte Johnson
1-512-432-1862
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CEVA – Making business flow
CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading non-asset based supply chain management companies, designs and implements industry leading solutions for large and medium-size national and multinational companies. Approximately 51,000 employees are dedicated to delivering effective and robust supply chain solutions across a variety of sectors and CEVA applies its operational expertise to provide best-in-class services across its integrated network, with a presence in over 170 countries. For the year ending 31 December 2011, the Group reported revenues of €6.9 billion. For more information, please visit www.cevalogistics.com
