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www.foodlogistics.com FOOD LOGISTICS • MARCH 2015 19 tures of both passive and active RFID to create a unified visibility solution. This technology holds promise for food manufacturers and dis- tributors, as it allows them to track both large, high-value assets (like machinery, equipment, and even sense temperatures), and smaller, high- volume assets (pallets, crates, etc.) within one single system. Robert Phillips, Vice President, AM-C Warehouses Robert has led the company toward continu- ous success since he started as an operations manager in 1996. He developed and institution- alized SSOP and HACCP-compliant organiza- tional processes from the ground up, which he then implemented into the company's policies and procedures manual. Robert's dedication to excellence earned the company the highest score of approval for quality assurance by AIB and FSNS—nationally-recognized, third-party audi- tors. Furthermore, his leadership in the industry allowed him to increase the customer base near 50 percent while reducing client turnover to 4 percent since becoming a co-owner in 2009. Heather Powell, Customer Focus Team Director, SafeSourcing, Inc. Heather's procurement philos- ophy and practices reflect her company's values, beginning with proactively supporting custom- ers' safety and environmental standards in the global supply chain. "We hold ourselves and our supply partners to the highest level of honesty and ethical business practices. We take this com- mitment beyond contractual terms—we expect personal integrity where our words and actions are always in step," she says. Heather is graduat- ing in May 2015 from Wittenberg University with a Bachelors of Arts in Organizational Leadership and plans to start on her Masters in the fall. Derek Rickard, Distribution Systems Sales Manager, Cimcorp (formerly RMT Robotics) With more than 15 years of experience in the supply chain industry, Derek works closely with Cimcorp's customers, including those in the food/beverage sector, to develop robotic order fulfillment systems that increase efficiency, accuracy and throughput for warehouses and distribution centers around the world. Derek has worked on some of the ware- house industry's first fully-automated robotic picking systems in North America, with some of the largest ones exceeding 1 million cases per week picked by robots. DeAnne Rodgers, Corporate Logistics Manager, Rudolph Foods Company Rudolph Foods is an integral supply chain partner for numerous large grocery chains and other well-known brands. DeAnne and the logistics team are always looking for ways to trim logistics costs without compromising the "customer first" attitude that makes Rudolph Foods a market leader. Under DeAnne's watch, Rudolph Foods has increased its least-cost carrier compliance to 98 percent—above the benchmark 97 percent compliance rate con- sidered best-in-class in the food industry. She also implemented strategic LTL carrier sourcing programs that kept the company's LTL cost-per- pound ratios at the same levels for four years, despite upward trending LTL costs over this same time period, according to the Producer Price Index. Steve Sager, President & CEO, ExtenData In 2005, Steve and his team realized that the current market place lacked a proof of delivery (POD) and direct store delivery (DSD) application that