Pepsi has been awarded both the 2015 Supply Chain Management Award and the 2015 Storage & Materials Handling Award by the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia in Sydney.
Over 55 years, the ASCL recognises an individual or a company for outstanding achievements and contribution working within the Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Industry.
The 2015 Supply Chain Management Award is given out to encourage and acknowledge the outstanding achievement of an organisation that has demonstrated significant achievements in managing the integration of Supply Chains. This could be functional integration within an organisational Supply Chain or more widely across Supply Chains involving several organisations that have formed trading partnerships or alliances.
PepsiCo were recognised for their Supply Chain Optimisation project, which included automated palletising, AGV pallet transport and put-away/retrieval from ASRs.
Pepsi were also awarded the 2015 Storage & Materials Handling Award, which recognises the significant achievements in the techniques and technology of materials storage and handling at any stage of the supply chain.
Technology covers equipment and design techniques, including the facilitation of design and associated information and control systems.
Other awards given out at the Sydney show included the 2015 Industry Excellence Award, the Future Leaders Award, the 2015 Training, Education & Development Award and the 2015 Information Management Award.