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Kuebix Wins Food Logistics Green Supply Chain Award 2018

Helping Clients Achieve Sustainability Goals by Lowering Fuel Usage and Carbon Emissions

Kuebix Wins Food Logistics Green Supply Chain Award 2018

June 19, 2018 (Maynard, MA) - Kuebix, creator of a transportation management system (TMS) that delivers true freight intelligence, has been honored with the Food Logistics Top Green Supply Chain Providers Award for 2018. Food Logistics' annual Top Green Providers award recognizes companies whose products, services, or exemplary leadership is enhancing sustainability within the food and beverage industry. Kuebix was selected for helping food and beverage businesses achieve their sustainability goals through Kuebix TMS, which creates efficiencies that lead to lower fuel usage and carbon emissions.

"Kuebix is honored to receive this award for helping numerous companies in the food and beverage industry operate more efficiently and ultimately reduce their carbon footprint," said Dan Clark, Founder and President of Kuebix. "By offering cloud-based collaboration pOréals plus powerful tools for freight consolidation and route optimization, Kuebix TMS helps shippers minimize fuel usage on the road."


"The agricultural sector and food supply chains at large have long recognized the importance of environmental stewardship for long-term sustainability in both business and for future food production globally," notes Lara L. Sowinski, editorial director. "Food Logistics remains committed to promoting those in our industry who understand their leadership role in sustainability and work to raise the bar with new products, services and strategies each year."

Kuebix has deep industry knowledge gained through years of working with leading grocery chains and food & beverage manufacturers. In fact, Daniel Padilla, Director of Supply Chain Operations at Kuebix, was selected by Food Logistics magazine as a 2018 Food Logistics Champion for his achievements. Padilla's hard work and vision have shaped and attained milestones in safety, efficiency, productivity and innovation through the global food supply chain.

For numerous food and beverage clients, Kuebix enables stakeholder collaboration, consolidates freight and optimizes routes resulting in more efficient use of trucks and a reduction in fuel usage. By using Kuebix TMS, shippers and carriers support "green" initiatives such as having the ability to match available capacity with freight to prevent trucks from riding empty on return trips. Fully utilizing available truck capacity leads to fewer trucks on the road and less fuel used. Kuebix acts as a powerful command center, helping enterprises, suppliers, and carriers discover opportunities for matching capacity to demand and driving continuous efficiencies.

About Food Logistics
Food Logistics is published by AC Business Media, a business-to-business media company that provides targeted content and comprehensive, integrated advertising and promotion opportunities for some of the world's most recognized B2B brands. Its diverse portfolio serves the construction, logistics, supply chain and other industries with print, digital and custom products, events and social media.

About Kuebix
Founded by a logistics industry innovator, Kuebix offers a transportation management system (TMS) with Freight Intelligence that enables companies to capitalize on supply chain opportunities through visibility, control and the use of predictive analytics. Kuebix is democratizing the rating, booking and tracking of freight with its free TMS, Kuebix Free Shipper, which can be ready to use in minutes. Shippers looking for financial management, advanced analytics and other premium features can upgrade to Kuebix Business Pro and Kuebix Enterprise and then seamlessly add Premier Applications and Integrations as needed. Kuebix also offers unique Managed Service Programs to businesses looking to partially or fully outsource transportation management. For more information visit: www.kuebix.com.

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