Supply & Demand Chain Executive Names ArrowStream EVP a “Provider Pro to Know”
Alex Brown Honored for Delivering Innovative Technology Services to Optimize Supply Chain Performance
Chicago, IL, February 24, 2010 – ArrowStream, a leading provider of supply chain management solutions for the foodservice industry, announced that Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine recognized ArrowStream Executive Vice President, Alex Brown, as a “Provider Pro to Know.”
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine annually identifies the top executives in the supply chain industry and publicizes its listing in a special section of the February/March issue.The 2010 list marks the tenth year of this tradition of recognizing individuals or groups for helping clients address the challenges of managing risk in the supply chain, providing competitive advantage and/or delivering value to the bottom line.
"This year's Provider Pros to Know have shown themselves to be thought leaders in the Supply Chain industry," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Highlighting the learnings that the Provider Pros to Know have taken out of the Great Recession provides our readers with a wealth of best practices that they can apply in their own supply chains, as well as insights into how leading organizations are positioning themselves for competitive advantage in the Great Recovery ahead."
“I accept this award on behalf of the customers that have joined the ArrowStream Network, which is the foodservice industry’s largest collection of restaurant chain, distributor and manufacturer trading partners. Our members have achieved significant operational efficiencies while removing costs from their supply chain processes,” said Mr. Brown.
Brown leads the sales, marketing, product and technology development of ArrowStream’s total services portfolio. Formerly with Dell, he leverages his experience in complex enterprise software products to develop solutions that deliver concrete value. In 2009, Brown and his team were instrumental in creating several new tools to fulfill the company’s mission of fostering information sharing for the mutual benefit of all trading partners.
About ArrowStream
ArrowStream is committed to helping customers and their supply chain partners improve operations and the bottom line. ArrowStream transforms the food supply chain through patented, innovative solutions that help trading partners achieve results collectively that they could not reach individually. The company’s Network is the largest, most extensive collection of restaurant chains, distributors and manufacturers in the food industry. More than $15 billion of product moves through and is tracked in the ArrowStream Network providing operational efficiencies, economies of scale and financial benefits to all trading partners in it.
Founded in 2000, ArrowStream quickly earned a reputation as a premier provider of supply chain solutions for the foodservice industry serving blue-chip customers such as Wendy’s, Church’s Chicken, Steak n Shake, and ARCOP, Arby’s purchasing cooperative group. ArrowStream customers represent nearly 20% of the top 50 U.S. chains in Nation’s Restaurant News 2009 Top 200 chains by sales.
About Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.