Cardinal Global Logistics

Year: 2023

Award: Supply Chain Excellence Awards - UK

Award Name: The Workforce Planning Award

Company: Cardinal Global Logistics

Cardinal Global Logistics exists to empower people, which is why it is the largest employee-owned logistics business in the world.

Everyone from its apprentices to its warehouse operatives has a voice and through its academy, it ensures that it can shape the industry.

Its UK Managing Director started their journey at Cardinal as a junior employee and heavily invests, along with the rest of the board, in the development of new staff.

Over the last three years it’s been clear that if logistics is going to survive, it needs to adapt.

And this isn’t just in reference to supply chains.

New ways of thinking are needed, different approaches to problems that aren’t native to this industry.

That’s why through its apprentice scheme, and its general recruitment process, Cardinal Global Logistics works to attract people outside of the freight space.

For the company, it’s led to award recognition, global expansion that includes over 40 offices, and the creation of innovative technology.

It’s this technology that the company believes will have the longest impact on logistics.

Already Leda, its supply chain platform, has paved a way for greater visibility when it comes to moving goods.

Now it’s industry standard to be able to monitor your cargo throughout the supply chain.