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Orr Joins Greatwide Dedicated Transport from Schneider National
August 7, 2007
Greatwide Dedicated Transport - a national provider of non-assetbased transportation services - today announced that Gregory Orr has joined the company as vice president of operations. Orr brings substantial skills and expertise that will assist Greatwide in developing and delivering highly productive, value-adding services to further support the company's customers. Included in his past is experience in Manugistics routing technology, and RF-based order-filling and shipping.
"The Greatwide Dedicated Transport operations team is a critical link between shippers and their customers. Operations personnel help our Owner-Operators in moving commodities and finished products through the supply chain efficiently and effectively," said Ray Greer, chief executive officer for parent company Greatwide Logistics Services. "Greg's experience in transportation and logistics at Wal-Mart makes him of immeasurable value in delivering innovative solutions to operational challenges, while also helping us reduce costs for our customers." Orr joined Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after earning a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in management from the University of Southern Indiana. At Wal-Mart, he first served as a transportation operations manager, advancing through a series of positions of increasing responsibility for company and third-party fleet operations for the world's largest retailer. Orr came to Greatwide following an assignment in the logistics unit of Schneider National, where he was responsible for the overall quality of business and financial operations associated with multiple clients with complex 3PL requirements. At Schneider, his job included on-boarding of newcustomers, customer relationship management, staffing and business planning.
"Joining Greatwide Dedicated Transport allows me to better apply skills I've developed over time in solving a broad range of transportation challenges being faced daily by customers. The company also expands the opportunities I have to build a high-performance, operational environment in support of the best Owner-Operator team in the business," said Orr. "The scale and scope of Greatwide enables me to say 'yes' in situations where other transportation providers would have had to say 'no'."
About Greatwide Dedicated Transport As the largest of four business units within Greatwide Logistics Services, Greatwide Dedicated Transport is exclusively committed to providing "closed-loop", dedicated transportation solutions. The company's "Owner-Operator proud" focus, proprietary logistics processes and variable pricing structure enable Greatwide to deliver high quality "trucking by the mile" solutions. Greatwide Dedicated Transport's customers represent the largest retail and wholesale distributor companies in the United States.
About Greatwide Logistics Services Founded in Dallas, Texas in 2000, Greatwide Logistics Services is a privately held, $1 billion thirdparty logistics services company. Greatwide is ranked No. 18 on the Transport Topics Top 50 and is one of the fastest growing companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The company has four primary lines of business: dedicated transport, truckload management, freight brokerage and distribution logistics. With clients that include Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, IBM, Sysco, UPS, Dow, Ford Motor, GM and General Tire, Greatwide Logistics Services is one of the nation's leading non-asset-based logistics providers of transportation, third-party logistics,warehouse/distribution and truckload brokerage solutions.
For more information, visit www.greatwide.com.
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