P&G’s North America Logistics Summit Honors Top Carriers and Suppliers

This month, nearly 250 attendees from 60 transportation carriers and 10 logistics providers convened at Procter & Gamble's inaugural North America Logistics Summit — bringing to life P&G’s ‘One Supply Chain’ vision of creating a seamless and integrated process that’s driven by collaboration, data sharing and joint decision-making.

This year’s event continued our industry-leading tradition of recognizing our carrier community, while expanding the stakeholder audience to include warehousing, co-packing and innovative suppliers. By bringing our supply chain carriers and suppliers together for a joint Summit, we’re working to ensure connectivity between key partners across critical transportation and warehousing components, which is essential for meeting consumer demands in today’s dynamic market.

The Summit celebrated our partners' collective efforts and emphasized the importance of an action-oriented approach to achieving our goals. Leadership highlighted the necessity of a holistic supply chain management strategy that integrates sourcing, production, distribution and customer delivery. A highlight of the event was the presentation of the carrier driver and third-party logistics operator awards, recognizing the dedication of those who contribute to making our supply chain a true competitive advantage.

By positioning P&G as a strategic partner and promoting open dialogue, we aim to optimize the entire value chain and enhance efficiency, ultimately benefiting our businesses and the consumers we serve.

Carrier Award Honorees

• Carrier of the Year — Knight Transportation
• Canadian Carrier of the Year — Charger Logistics Inc.
• Hustle Award — Swift
• Hustle Award — Schneider
• Hustle Award – Amazon Freight
  
  

Carrier Drivers of the Year

(As nominated by their carrier employers based on safety, service, and miles driven for P&G)

• Richard Maniece – Quality Carriers, Inc.
• Gaurav Arora – Charger Logistics Inc.
• Fausto Torres – Knight Transportation
• Tonya Donaldson – Sun Transportation Systems
• Samuel Reddick – Quality Carriers, Inc.
  
  

Warehousing Safety Award

• DHL
  
  

Warehousing Operator of the Year

(As nominated by their employers based on safety, experience, and pallets moved for P&G)

• Jon Kuetemann – DHL
• Duane Teel – DHL
• Stacy Simpson – DB Schenker
• Dominick Leese – DB Schenker
• Jose Cruz - Kenco

Nearly 300 guests representing 83 transportation carriers, including African American and women-owned carriers, gathered in June for the company’s annual carrier summit, with a focus on the theme of “Stronger Together, Endless Possibilities” to continue driving P&G's objective as a "Shipper of Choice."

The goals of the summit were to affirm P&G’s strong partnership with carriers, connect carriers with the company’s transportation organization and senior leadership, enroll carriers in strategies, goals and challenges, and recognize and reward excellence — all in support of P&G’s North America business growth.

This year’s Carrier Award Honorees

• Carrier of the Year — Barr-Nunn Transportation
• Canadian Carrier of the Year — Fluke Transportation Group
• Hustle Award — Charger Logistics, Inc.
• Quarter End — Dart Transit Company
• Emissions Reduction — WattEV
• Supplier Excellence — Schneider National
  
  

Carrier Drivers of the Year

(As nominated by their carrier employers based on safety, service, and miles driven for P&G)

• George Newell — NAPA Transportation
• Steve Daugherty — U.S. Xpress
• Capri Wilkins — Bolus Transport
• Micah Harman — Dart Transit Company
• John Franchello — Dynamic Transit Company
• Jessie Lemoine — J.B. Hunt Transport

P&G is proud of our strong relationships with carriers and drivers — a key to the Company’s overall supply chain strategy to deliver superiority for our consumers and customers every day.