Salinas, CA (June 26, 2024) — Inteligistics, which has been developing digital technology solutions to streamline and transform the fresh food industry supply chain for over a decade, has announced the appointment of Gary Fleming as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Throughout his career, Fleming has been at the forefront of supply chain efficiencies and technologies, developing standards and industry best practices across the fresh food sectors to improve traceability and visibility in the supply chain. He has participated on and/or chaired over 30 global best practice committees.
While Vice President, Industry Technology & Standards at International Fresh Produce Association, Fleming was one of the primary architects of the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) after the E coli spinach outbreak in 2008. During his time as Director of Food & Beverage Industries for GS1, he led the development of numerous standards and best practices for supply chain traceability and data management still in use today.
Fleming has been a consultant to Inteligistics for the past year, spearheading the development of the data architecture and user interface for Inteligistics’ groundbreaking 1-Click FSMA 204 Compliance Reporting functionality, which was released in May 2024.
“Industries from consumer package goods to manufacturing to travel have experienced significant gains in efficiency and profits from digitally transforming their operations,” related Fleming.
“Inteligistics is positioned and poised to accelerate these advances across the fresh foods supply chains. Companies today collect data from disparate sources, but fail to maximize the full value the data can provide. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), Inteligistics makes sense of the data to help companies look at each segment of their supply chain with a magnifying glass, reducing labor and energy use, increasing throughput, reducing shrink and waste, and selling more product at higher margins.”
Gary Fleming began his career at General Mills. As EDI Business Manager, he realized the power of data in optimizing inventory and managing the supply chain, and the importance of partnership with internal and external customers. His most recent position was CEO for Dapicon, Inc., a supply chain technology platform in the fresh foods sectors.
“Gary is the perfect person to take over day-to-day management of Inteligistics and spearhead our growth,” said Rao Mandava, Inteligistics’ Founder and Executive Chairman. “His knowledge of food safety and technology, combined with his deep connections in fresh food and management experience, will guide our team as we help companies maximize the value from their digital transformations”.
Mandava, who founded Inteligistics in 2010 and has been its CEO and Chairman since its inception, is now the company’s Executive Chairman. While Fleming is taking over responsibilities for daily operations and product marketing and development, Mandava will focus his activities on investor, industry and key account relations.
“Digital transformation of fresh supply chains is in its infancy, and Inteligistics can help companies get there faster and reap the benefits sooner,” added Fleming. “I’m very excited for the opportunity we present to help companies squeeze greater value out of their legacy data platforms and transition to the operational standard where data drives smarter decisions, turns regulatory compliance expense into revenue and the industry experiences less waste and higher profits across the entire fresh supply chain.”
For more information on Inteligistics, visit https://www.inteligistics.com.
About Inteligistics
Inteligistics is uniquely placed in perishables industries using Silicon Valley technology and process improvements to bring digital transformation, turn Big Data into clear actions through AI/ML, and deliver high value improvements to supply chain and cold chain performance for perishable commodities. The resulting increase in productivity and reduction in critical cut-to-cool times, resources help meet sustainability goals. Using IoT, off-the-shelf wireless hardware, and proprietary cloud-based applications, Inteligistics develops custom solutions and provides an end-to-end integrated supply chain platform and standalone applications that improve quality, throughput, increase profits and deliver high ROI on the critical process of moving product from field to consumer. Visit inteligistics.com and linkedin.com/company/inteligistics.
Contact:
Lawrence Mallia
(831) 233-2652
lmallia@inteligistics.com
