SC Distribution Competitors

As the leading provider of self-serve automation solutions, Apex Supply Chain Technologies helps some of the biggest brands in the world increase productivity while reducing costs. Since 2006, our technology has helped companies disrupt their operations, finding significant productivity increases and cost savings in basic, well-established processes. The impact of automated dispensing solutions has been so well-received, retail and food companies are now using this technology in the front of house to meet the consumers’ ever-changing needs. In addition to retail and food applications, Apex devices are deployed in a variety of applications, including corporate office environments, handheld asset management, automated replenishment and industrial vending. Our devices track billions of transactions and, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), communicate this data in real-time to our cloud-based data platform, the Apex Trajectory Cloud. This makes it easier for Apex to quickly integrate with a company’s legacy systems and make its solutions a seamless part of its operations. With world headquarters in Mason, Ohio, Apex has offices in Australia, Germany, Poland, the UK and Latin America. Our founder and CEO, Kent Savage, is widely viewed as the founder of the industrial vending industry. In fact, April 27, 1993, the day United States patent 5,205,436 was granted to Savage for his “Machine Tool Dispensing Device and System,” is considered the industry’s inception. Savage applied for this, the first related patent, in 1991.

Budweiser was introduced to Eastern Tennessee in the mid 1880’s. It was delivered by a variety of distributors including companies whose primary business was food, other beverages, and even pharmaceuticals. Following Prohibition, several companies distributed Anheuser-Busch products until 1946 when Smoky Mountain Beverage, owned by Charles Brown, took total control from Royal Crown Bottling. In 1958 the distributorship was sold to E.L. Tipton, who renamed the enterprise Tipton Distributing Company. He built a new warehouse facility which is still the home of current company operations. His family held the franchise until 1983, when Raymond D. Hand purchased the company and rechristened it Eagle Distributing Company, Inc. Owner and President of Eagle Distributing Company, Ray Hand was introduced into the malt beverage industry at a very young age. His early start was truly a family affair. Ray worked with his brother, Charles, at their father’s distributing company in Clarksville, Tennessee. Oertles 92 was the most popular brand at that time. Some years later, Anheuser-Busch products were acquired and added to the product line. After continuing his higher education, Ray started a successful uniform laundry business, but decided that his future was in the beer industry.

Nexus is a leading third party logistics provider focused on providing flexible, integrated warehousing and transportation solutions that allow clients to gain competitive differentiation and win customers. Nexus' Chicagoland Hub is providing unique, customizable logistics services that yield significant savings, transit advantages, environmental benefits, and the ability to adapt quickly to program expansion or contraction. Warehousing services range from inventory management models to integrated cross-dock programs and value-added services. Transportation services include private fleet delivery, multimodal freight forwarding, pool delivery and consolidation. Major markets include paper, food and beverage, packaging, consumer goods, electronics, and automotive.