DSC Logistics Welcomes New Board Member.Ralph Drayer Expands DSC's Board Expertise CHICAGO -- DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. Logistics, a leading supply chain management company with a nationwide network, announced that it has added Ralph Drayer to its Advisory Board of Directors. Drayer is founder and chairman of Supply Chain Insights, a supply chain strategy consultancy. Ann Drake, chief executive officer of DSC Logistics remarked, "With the breadth of supply chain experience and knowledge that Ralph brings to our Board, we plan to leverage his expertise in continuing to advance our processes, systems and operations to drive new growth in 2007. We will also remain focused on our corporate mission of being 'ready for anything' and achieving our customer's business goals through the management of change and information in the supply chain." Prior to Supply Chain Insights, Drayer was the former chief logistics officer of Proctor & Gamble. During his 32 years with Proctor & Gamble, Drayer held responsibilities in distribution, logistics, customer service and Customer Business Development, both domestically and internationally. As P&G's first vice president of customer service/logistics, he was instrumental in the development of P&G's industry-leading supply chain capabilities. Through his leadership of Efficient Consumer Response Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is a joint trade and industry body working towards making the grocery sector as a whole more responsive to consumer demand and promote the removal of unnecessary costs from the supply chain. (ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) ), he helped transform an entire industry. Drayer has served as co-chair of the Grocery Industry's ECR Best Practices Committee and chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers of America Distribution and Logistics Committee. He has served on the Boards of The Uniform Code Council, VICS VICS Vehicle Information and Communication System VICS Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (Association) VICS Virtual Institute of Caribbean Studies VICS Voluntary Interindustry Communications Standards (The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association) and The Council of Logistics Management's Executive Committee. He was a founding member of the Global Commerce Initiative (GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute ). He currently serves as a director of Roundy's Incorporated and on the Advisory Boards of Best Buy, Whirlpool, Notiva, DemandTec, Savi Technology Savi Technology is a US-based company that provides real-time RFID solutions for managing and securing global supply chain assets. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Savi has offices in London, Singapore, Washington, D.C. and Melbourne, Australia. and the Velosel Corporation. Drayer received the Grocery Industry's first Path Forward Award for his industry-leading work on ECR, the Council of Logistics Management's Distinguished Service Award and The 2003 VICS Roger Miliken Career Achievement Award for his leadership in the creation of the Global Commerce Initiative. About DSC Logistics DSC Logistics, a leading supply chain management company with a nationwide network, focuses on supply chain capabilities that are based on changing customer needs. DSC services include logistics center management, transportation management and synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. , business process integration, and related knowledge-based services. In today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. environment, filled with rapid and unpredictable change, DSC manages change and information in the supply chain by being ready for anything! To learn more, please visit www.dsclogistics.com, call (800)372-1960 or e-mail customersolutions@dsclogistics.com. |
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