Honors and Awards

Fortna, and its clients, have received numerous distinguished awards from industry, business and community organizations for exceptional performance and leadership.

Honors and Awards

	Great Supply Chain Partner SupplyChainBrain.com Three-Time Winner: 2010, 2011, and 2012 This award is one of our favorites, as it is based solely on nominations by clients of vendors and service providers whose solutions have made a significant impact on the company’s efficiency, customer service and overall supply chain performance.
	Pros to Know Supply & Demand Chain Executive This honor is awarded to individuals who have helped their clients or the supply chain community prepare to meet the significant challenges in the year ahead. 2013 Pros to Know: David Farmer, Group Vice President; Rich Seidel, Vice President, Project Management; and Scott Miner, Group Vice President, Supply Chain Services 2012 Pros to Know: Mike Dunn, Group Vice President; Brent Tymensky, Vice President, Design Engineering; and Steve Johnson, Director, Supply Chain Services 2011 Pros to Know: Albert Avalos, Senior Vice President, and Justin O'Toole, Vice President
	Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 List: Great Supply Chain Projects Four-Time Winner: 2010-2013 2013: Fortna was awarded for its work with a large apparel retailer who was expecting phenomenal growth and wanted a long-term strategy to support its multiple channels. Fortna helped the company retrofit its existing distribution center so that it can process twice as many orders and fulfill an order in half the time. Most importantly, the retailer has a roadmap for the future and the distribution capacity to take on new brands and products. 2012: Fortna was recognized for its work with a major retailer whose distribution centers could not keep up with the company’s growth rate of 30 new stores per year. By remapping its distribution process and retrofitting its distribution centers, the retailer cut in half the time it takes to ship from DC to store and reduced distribution operations cost by $23 million. 2011: Fortna was honored for its project at MSC Industrial that was the single biggest cost-cutting initiative in MSC’s history. The company saw a 62% improvement in productivity, a double-digit ROI, improved cash flow and better employee morale.
	Fortna Clients on Rainmakers List DC Velocity The selection for this award is based on nominations for individuals who made a significant contribution to the logistics and supply chain profession. 2012 Rainmakers: Fortna clients, Jeff Reagan at MSC Industrial Supply and Joyce Maruniak at Advance Auto Parts 2011 Rainmakers: Fortna clients, Mike Perkins at L.L.Bean and Donald Walker at McKesson Pharmaceutical 2010 Rainmakers: Fortna clients, Catherine Cooper at OHL, Charlie Guardiola at Burlington Coat Factory and Doug Jones at MSC Industrial Supply
	Partner Performance Club MVP Manhattan Associates Five-Time Winner: 2009 - 2013 As a Manhattan Value Partner, Fortna brings added value to client engagements through our vertical industry knowledge and technical expertise that deliver the promise of the Manhattan software suite.
	Food Logistics 100 List Food Logistics Magazine 2012 Winner The FL100 award recognizes leading software and technology providers whose products and services play a significant role in food and beverage supply chains. This award acknowledges Fortna’s success in helping food and beverage companies drive competitive advantage by streamlining their complex distribution operations.
	Capital BlueCross Worksite Wellness Award Fortna received the Capital BlueCross 2012 Worksite Wellness Award in the large company category. The honor is awarded to companies who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to improving the culture of health for their employees. Fortna is proud to serve as a role model for other companies in worksite wellness. .
	Outstanding Material Handling Logistics Content MHIA / CICMHE 2011 Winner Fortna’s white paper, "Building a Business Case for Your Material Handling System Investment," was awarded the Outstanding Material Handling Logistics Content Award by the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE). The award recognizes those who have made a strong contribution to the industry. Academic and industry judges evaluate the contributions based on educational value, clarity of presentation, and contribution to the material handling industry.
	Fortna Clients Outperform Industry Peers wRatings Corporation Independent competitive research firm, wRatings Corporation, completed a report in 2010 demonstrating that companies partnering with Fortna over the past ten years have outperformed their direct industry peers in terms of economic profit and customer advantages.
	Supply Chain Company of the Year - Finalist Supply Chain Professional of the Year - Finalist Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Fortna was named a finalist in 2010's Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce award for Supply Chain Company of the Year. John A. White III, President of Fortna, was also named as a finalist for Supply Chain Professional of the Year.
	Fortna President, member of ISyE Advisory Board Georgia Tech President, John A. White III has been named to the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE) Advisory Board at Georgia Tech for the 2010 – 2014 term.
	Fortna Client, Penske Logistics: Supplier of the Year Whirlpool Corporation Penske Logistics, was recently awarded Whirlpool’s “Supplier of the Year” award based on the success of their labor management program that was piloted in Perris, CA. Fortna partnered with Penske and Whirlpool to create and implement a comprehensive Organizational Excellence program, the results of which included Labor productivity increases and cost reductions.