Press Releases from FORTNA Inc. (25 total)
FORTNA's Cheryl Falk Named Recipient of 2023 Women in Supply Chain Award
ATLANTA (Sept. 19, 2023) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced that Cheryl Falk, SVP, Marketing Communications and Demand Generation, has been honored with a 2023 Women in Supply Chain award by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
"This is a well-deserved honor for Cheryl, who has been a marketing leader for more than 25 years -…
Rob McKeel, CEO of FORTNA, Named 2023 Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Execu …
ATLANTA (March 22, 2023) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced that the CEO of FORTNA, Rob McKeel, has been named to the prestigious Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine's 2023 Pros to Know listing.
The annual Pros to Know award recognizes outstanding executives whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage the supply chain for competitive advantage. This…
FORTNA Named Top Workplaces USA by Energage
ATLANTA (Feb. 14, 2023) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, has announced it has earned the 2023 Top Workplaces USA award, issued by Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces.
Energage presented FORTNA employees with a detailed survey whose results predict employee engagement against industry benchmarks. The results help illustrate the success of The FORTNA Way,…
Brian Finken, Jeff Cashman and Tom Liguori to Join FORTNA Executive Team
ATLANTA, GA (November 28, 2022) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced the appointment of three key leaders to their executive team.
Brian Finken has been hired as Senior Vice President, Parcel, bringing a 20-year history of delivering profitable growth and solutions for leading project, technology and manufacturing operations. He most recently served as Vice President for energy tech giant, Baker Hughes…
MHS/Fortna Appoints Jim Hilderhoff Senior Vice President, Distribution and Fulfi …
ATLANTA, GA (October 3, 2022) - The newly combined MHS/Fortna group, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced the appointment of Jim Hilderhoff as Senior Vice President, Distribution and Fulfillment. In this role, Hilderhoff will be responsible for the global Distribution and Fulfillment business including Commercial, Operations, Software Technology and Solutions. Jim will provide strategic leadership, establish long-range growth goals and drive success…
Fortna and Fortna | Optricity Recognized in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Supp …
"Supply chain technology leaders should use this Hype Cycle to grasp the maturity, viability, and riskiness of evolving supply chain execution technologies" - Fortna and Optricity recognized as a Sample Vendors for Warehouse Execution Systems and Digital Twins in Warehousing
ATLANTA, GA (July 21, 2022) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts™, a leading consulting, engineering services and software company for warehousing and distribution, and Fortna | Optricity, known for its intelligent software…
Fortna Announces Acquisition of Optricity, Expanding Its Warehouse Optimization, …
ATLANTA, GA, February 14, 2022 --- Fortna®, The Distribution Experts™, a leading consulting, engineering services and software company for warehousing and distribution, today announces that it has acquired Optricity, a warehouse optimization, analysis and performance improvement software company. The Optricity management team will join the Fortna organization following the transaction, positioned to serve the newly combined global client base.
Committed to solving the most difficult distribution challenges, the Fortna |…
Fortna Increases Investment in Science and Technology Center for Innovation
ATLANTA, GA (January 6, 2022) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts™, a leading consulting, engineering services and software company for warehousing and distribution, announces increased investment in a new Science and Technology Center for Innovation, tasked with solving complex challenges in distribution.
“Today’s distribution centers are extremely complex and may store millions of SKUs while processing thousands of orders of varying configurations,” stated Marc Austin, Fortna Chief Solutions Officer. “Allocating the right…
Fortna Recognized as Top Workplace for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
ATLANTA, GA (October 26, 2021) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts™, a leading consulting, engineering services and software company for warehousing and distribution, announces it has received the Culture Excellence Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from Top Workplaces, the nation’s most credible employer recognition program. The award recognizes top workplaces that promote a welcoming and inclusive culture.
“As companies struggle to recruit and retain employees, it’s crucial they establish cultures…
Fortna Offers New Strategic Service for Companies to Assess eCommerce Fulfillmen …
New service identifies scalable and flexible technologies to support and accelerate the digital supply chain, reduce dependence on labor and ensure business continuity.
READING, PA (June 11, 2020) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, has launched a new eCommerce Fulfillment Technology Assessment offering in response to an unprecedented rise in eCommerce channel sales and rapid order profile changes. Companies must realign distribution strategy and assess the optimal plan forward to eliminate…
Fortna Announces Next Major Release of its Warehouse Execution Software Platform …
Increases labor productivity and unit throughput with dynamic and continuous picking algorithms
READING, PA (January 6, 2020) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, announced today the next generation release of its warehouse execution software platform, FortnaWES™ 2020 R1. Continuing its tradition of providing clients with a scalable, modular and flexible approach to solution design, this new release optimizes advanced algorithms for dynamic picking and further supports labor-enhancing technologies such as AS/RS,…
Fortna® Announces New Executive Thought Leadership Series
Aimed at offering busy supply chain executives quick insights on key topics and challenges.
READING, PA (September 10, 2019) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, announces a new thought leadership series named “Executive Conversations” to help supply chain executives gain a quick perspective on essential issues that impact today’s challenging distribution industry. To be published in the coming weeks at http://www.fortna.com/library, the series features veteran supply chain leaders who share their real-world…
SupplyChainBrain Recognizes Fortna as a Great Supply Chain Partner for Tenth Con …
READING, PA (August 8, 2019) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, is proud to be named a 2019 Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain for the tenth consecutive year.
SupplyChainBrain received hundreds of nominations during their six-month online poll. “This year’s field of nominees was competitive and inspiring – coming from all sectors of supply chain management,” said Brad Berger, Publisher, SupplyChainBrain.
“We wish to thank our Clients for taking the time to…
Fortna Continues Tradition of Charitable Donations and Giving Back to the Local …
READING, PA (June 19, 2019) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, continues to focus on altruism as an important part of the company’s culture. Since 2017, Fortna has donated, on behalf of its associates, to multiple North American and global disaster relief and humanitarian efforts carried out by charitable organizations including, but not limited to, The American Red Cross, The British Red Cross, The Canadian Red Cross, Red Cross Broward County,…
Fortna UK’s Michael Marienfeld named Mentor by University of Cambridge
READING, PA (May 20, 2019) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, today announced that Michael Marienfeld, Director, Europe, has been named a “Launchpad Mentor” by the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Cambridge Judge Launchpad mentors are assigned to individual students and offer continuous 1:1 practical support throughout the year of the Diploma or the two years of the Masters. They are experienced entrepreneurs who aim to support…
Fortna Announces Investment from Thomas H. Lee Partners to Accelerate Growth
READING, PA – March 27, 2019 – Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, a leading global automation, engineering services and software company, announced today that it has entered into a recapitalization agreement with funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
Founded in 1946, Fortna provides distribution strategy, operations design and implementation, material handling automation…
Three Fortna Associates Named “2019 Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain E …
READING, PA (February 27, 2019) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, today announced that three associates have been named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine’s prestigious 2019 Pros to Know listing. These associates were selected for their supply chain proficiency, experience and for leading recent initiatives with clients who dramatically improved their operations and achieved financial goals. This is the ninth consecutive year that Fortna associates have received this prestigious…
FortnaWES™ 2019 R1 Achieves Certified Integration with SAP® Applications
READING, PA (January 30, 2019) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, announces its FortnaWES™ 2019 R1 has achieved certified integration with SAP® Applications. Fortna’s solution delivers deep operations functionality combined with flexible and agnostic integration to a variety of automation and robotic technologies. This single platform extends warehouse systems and controls capability into fulfillment execution, manages work and equipment capacity and optimizes picking, sorting and packing.
FortnaWES™ 2019 R1 allows companies to…
Fortna Announces the Next Major Release of its Warehouse Execution Software Plat …
READING, PA (January 9, 2019) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, announced today the next generation release of its warehouse execution software platform, FortnaWES™ 2019 R1. Fortna has provided intelligent warehouse control capabilities for over 20 years, providing Clients with an industry-leading, flexible and agnostic approach to solution design. This release builds on that strong foundation and further extends systems flexibility and controls capability into fulfillment execution, managing work and…
Fortna Announces the Successful Integration of FortnaWES™ to Robotic Solutions …
READING, PA (December 11, 2018) – Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, today announced that 2018 has been a year of successful initiatives to integrate flexible, scalable autonomous robotic solutions with the world-class FortnaWES™ warehouse execution system, allowing faster implementation times for distribution Clients.
In an on-going commitment to innovation, the Fortna R&D team has successfully integrated robotic solutions with FortnaWES™ to deliver exceptional flexibility, agility and responsiveness to enable complex, high-volume…
SupplyChainBrain Recognizes Fortna as a Great Supply Chain Partner for Ninth Con …
READING, PA (October 16, 2018) - Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, is proud to be named a 2018 list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners by SupplyChainBrain for the ninth consecutive year.
SupplyChainBrain received hundreds of nominations during their six-month online poll. “This year’s field of nominees was competitive and inspiring – coming from all sectors of supply chain management,” said Brad Berger, Publisher, SupplyChainBrain.
Nominations for Fortna included statements such as:
“Fortna…
Independent Study Finds Fortna Clients are Competitively Stronger
READING, PA (October 10, 2018) - Independent competitive research firm, wRatings Corporation recently completed a report stating companies that partner with and implement Fortna designed solutions over the past twelve years are competitively stronger than their direct industry peers in terms of pricing power, sales revenue per employee and customer advantages.
Based on a year-over-year analysis, the Fortna Client Group has built superior customer strength over Non-Fortna Clients an average of…
Fortna to Present Webcast on Pull-driven Fulfillment
READING, PA (September 20, 2018) – Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, today announced an upcoming webcast to be presented by two leading authorities on warehouse execution systems and pull-driven fulfillment. “Create Agile Distribution Operations with Pull-driven Order Fulfillment” will be presented in conjunction with Modern Materials Handling on October 4, 2018.
Led by Fortna’s Russ Meller, Vice President, Solution Design and Research & Development and Roger Counihan, Vice President, Sales, this…
Fortna Inc. Announces Substantial Client Bottom-Line Improvement from Its Growin …
READING, PA (July 31, 2018) – Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, today announced that clients of its supply chain strategy practice in the past 18 months have achieved up to 25% operating expense reduction after implementing recommendations that improve service levels and enable growth. Additionally, clients have reported up to 140% revenue enablement by ensuring their DC operations are not bottlenecks and are actually competitive advantages. Fortna’s strategy practice focuses…
Fortna® Hires Dr. Hector Carlo to Lead Science Team for FortnaWES™
READING, PA (July 20, 2018) – Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, announces the hiring of Dr. Hector Carlo to lead its Science Team, responsible for developing all algorithms for its FortnaWES™ warehouse execution software. FortnaWES™ was built to deliver exceptional flexibility, agility and responsiveness to enable complex, high-volume omni-channel distribution operations. It is built upon existing platform services that combine the best-of-breed integration, technology, real-time controls and system services that Fortna…
