JC Penney presents 'Supply Chain Provider of the Year' award to Pacer Intl

26 Jun '06

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Kent Prokop, president of Pacer Distribution Services, a Pacer unit based in the Los Angeles area, noted that the Pacer organization provides a wide range of services for JCPenney, drawing upon the capabilities of multiple Pacer business units.

"These services include harbor drayage, container freight station and airfreight pickup, domestic vendor pick-up, consolidation, warehousing and cross-dock work, and transportation to many of JCPenney's distribution centers using intermodal, highway and rail modes," he said.Prokop noted that Pacer's relationship with JCPenney dates back about 30 years and has grown steadily over the years.

Pacer International offers a broad array of logistics and other services through its subsidiaries and divisions to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination.

Its wholesale services include Stacktrain and cartage (local trucking) services; and its retail services include intermodal marketing, truck brokerage, trucking services, warehousing and distribution, international freight forwarding, and supply-chain management services.

JC Penney based in Plano Texas, had sales of $18.8 billion in 2005. The company operates more than 1,000 department stores, the nation's largest general merchandise catalog business, and jcp.com, the leading web site for apparel and home merchandise.

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