The Logistics Provider Boldly Going Where Others Can’t
Logenix creates value for clients by providing reliable logistics services in challenging markets throughout the developing world.
Logenix goes where other logistics services companies won’t or can’t: the developing world. Its myopic focus on hard-toreach places earns Logenix an Inc. Power Partner designation, which honors growing companies that have kept their focus on providing excellence in business-to-business (B2B) products and services. “We are the only company I know of whose focus is the developing world. It is easy to focus on primary cargo lanes, but the entire industry does that. We’ve decided to excel in the tougher regions,” says Logenix President and Founder Ron Cruse.
The company’s projects include primary support of the world’s largest public health initiatives for USAID and The Global Fund. Because of its expansive supply chain and ability to deliver temperature-sensitive medicines across the developing world, Logenix manages thousands of cold chain shipments annually to more than 80 countries. In addition to health care, Logenix works with power, water, education, communication, and agriculture projects in the globe’s toughest regions. “We estimate we’ve helped bring health care to more than half a billion people, power and water to more than 250 million, and total infrastructure development to approximately one billion people across the developing world,” Cruse says. Typical challenges include delivering supplies in conflict-torn regions like Ukraine, South Sudan, Niger, or Yemen. In Niger, a coup has led to a complicated bureaucratic process to reroute critical health supplies stranded in Benin from land delivery to air delivery.
Navigating the developing world
To keep up with roughly 140 developing countries, each with its own ever-changing story, Logenix focuses on intelligence gathering, prioritizing local relationships, collaboration, and constant communication across its 21 offices, 220 full-time employees, and 70 contract workers. The team has developed an exhaustive employee training program that takes years to complete. “We are thrashing some of the big guys like UPS and DHL in the developing world because of the way we train,” Cruse says.
Reliability in unpredictable regions
Cruse sums up the company’s mission as making the most unreliable and capricious parts of the world reliable for clients. The work can be grueling. But those who value the chance to challenge themselves can thrive in the fast-paced environment and make a real difference for clients. “Every person working on our clients’ programs can communicate concisely and coherently. I believe we do that better than anybody—keep clients informed so they’re able to make good decisions.”
Clients often save time and money, as well, and gain the peace of mind that comes with a knowledgeable partner. “We bring evolutionary progress to clients’ supply chains,” Cruse says. “Whatever their supply chain is now, we will improve that.”
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