Aidmatrix wins Supply Chain Distinction Awards 2009 For Technologies that place people first

Aidmatrix wins Supply Chain Distinction Awards 2009 For Technologies that place people first
The Aidmatrix Foundation, a non-profit organization specialized in supply chain solutions for humanitarian relief also having its India operations, has won the Supply Chain Distinction Awards 2009 in the category Best Supply Chain Solutions Provider. Shari Temple, Managing Director, Aidmatrix Europe, accepted the award yesterday at the European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit 2009 awards dinner in Düsseldorf.

Commenting on the achievement, Shari Temple, Managing Director for Aidmatrix in Europe said,“It is an honor for Aidmatrix to receive this prestigious award and to be recognized by top supply chain judges for our work in the humanitarian sector”. Fahim Afghan, Senior Analyst, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Industries at World Trade Group commented: “It is great to have organizations such as Aidmatrix entering these awards because it puts people’s focus on supply chain initiatives that present genuine business excellence and supply chain performance in difficult situations where it really matters. This recognition highlights the commitment and vision of Aidmatrix and its partners to bring real-life solutions to populations that need them most.”
“We at AidmatrixIndia are proud to receive the Industry recognition through such awards for these globally used technologies. We in India would like to invite Industry and Relief Agencies to actively use these for humanitarian relief operations, said Kuldip Nar, Managing Director, AidmatrixIndia.

This year the competition was very intense, around 60 companies entered including Arcelor Mittal, British American Tobacco, Cisco, Ford Motor Co, Omprompt, HSBC, Tetra Pak, Tata Consulting, Cadbury and One Network . The award panel includes some eminent names like Maurice Lee -Value and Chain and Logistic Director, Procter and Gamble, Paul Stuart- Head of Global Clinical supply, Pfizer, Patrick Scholler - Procurement Director, HP, Aidan Murphy- MD, Supply chain, C&C GroupZZ, Giampiero Ruffatto- ISC Director and Glabal PV, Honeywell, Dr Kevin Robinson- Senior Editor, Supply Chain Europe Magazine, Tonet Rivera- VP Supply Chain, Mead Johnson Nuritional, Debra Hofman, VP AMR Research.
Aidmatrix was among four finalists for the "Best Value Chain / Supply Chain Solutions Provider" category which included: Integration Point, One Network, and Next Level Purchasing. In addition, Aidmatrix was a finalist in a second category for "Supply Chain Innovation Award" along with Proctor & Gamble, Belron and British Telecom.
One of the applications that, this award winning technology is being used in India is for the Corporate Disaster Resource Network (CDRN). The Corporate Disaster Response Network, has been launched under the Auspices of the Corporate Task Force of the National Disaster Management Authority, (NDMA) and is an initiative of CSO Partners and Aidmatrix. This can be viewed at http://www.cdrn.org.in

CDRN is a web based Humanitarian Relief Management system that helps Relief, Response agencies and Governments to access and feed in real time information on products and services required and offered for emergency humanitarian relief to provide "The Right Aid, To the Right People, At The Right Time". CDRN serves as a national link among the Corporate, Public, Government and Voluntary Sector for product, services and volunteer contributions and supplies. At present CDRN has National and State level Industry Federations which have over 12000 Industry members as users and is in the process of intergrating many more State and National Industry Federations and Relief Agencies to leverage these technologies to provide Right Aid at the Right Time

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About The Aidmatrix Foundation, Inc.
Aidmatrix delivers powerful solution tools to connect those who have, with those in need. Deploying supply chain technology Aidmatrix leverages public and private sector resources with charitable organizations in relief services, creating opportunity and orchestrating the Right Aid to the Right People at the Right Time™. Aidmatrix mobilizes more than $1.5 billion in aid annually, working with more than 35,000 nonprofits and government agencies worldwide. The international organization activates product, human and financial resources impacting the lives of more than 65 million people. www.aidmatrix.org