Japan Relief One Year After, FareShare UK Succeeding in Hunger Relief

News from January/February 2012

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Hunger Relief Success

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Aidmatrix Introduces New Integrated Supply Chain Platforms

Aidmatrix announces its Spring 2012 release of the Aidmatrix Network for Humanitarian Relief. The major additions include the new integrated platforms SCM4Good™, SCM4Giving™ and SCM4Hunger™. These integrated platforms provide end-to-end workflows for the delivery of humanitarian relief within an NGO's global network of offices, between the public and private sectors, and between food banks and their local food pantries and kitchens, respectively.

SCM4Good - an integrated supply chain management and logistics platform for Non-Governmental Agencies (NGOs) to accelerate their efforts to procure, manage and deliver humanitarian relief.

SCM4Giving - an integrated platform for Government Emergency Agencies and Businesses that engage in humanitarian relief, especially during times of disaster.

SCM4Hunger - an integrated platform for high-volume food banks to streamline their management of food inventories and empower their interactions with corporate donors.

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FareShare Edinburgh Goes Live; All Depots Online with Aidmatrix!

FareShare has completed a 2-year, network-wide roll out to have all of their operations across the United Kingdom online with Aidmatrix' Online Warehouse system. This is FareShare's first network-wide online software implementation, and it involved a lot of hard work and dedication from their teams. FareShare is already seeing benefits from the system and anticipate many more benefits now that all their depots are online. We congratulate them on their vision, mission and perseverance.

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Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief: One Year Later

Our partners at Second Harvest Japan continue to work on the recovery efforts in Japan from the Earthquake and Tsunami that ravaged the country a year ago. Aidmatrix, Second Harvest Japan and many of our corporate sponsors have been providing necessary goods and the transportation of those goods to help those in need in Japan. We would specifically like to thank the Morrison & Foerster Foundation for their generous donation. Their donation helped fund the the Warehouse system that Second Harvest Japan has been using throughout their relief efforts.
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San Francisco's Fleet Week Association Launches Site for Van, Turkey Earthquake Recovery

The San Francisco Fleet Week Association is partnering with the City and County of San Francisco to assist with humanitarian aid to Van, Turkey, which experienced a devastating earthquake in late 2011. The Fleet Week Association has launched portals for both goods and financial donations. To learn more and to respond with direct donations to those in need, visit http://sffleetweekassoc.blob.core.windows.net/index.html.

Congratulations to our Partners CARE International, Save the Children & FareShare on being on Global Journal's Top 100 Best NGOs list

The Global Journal, a fresh look at global governance, issues and players, released their first ranking of the Top 100 Best NGOs (Non-governmental organizations) in the world. They based their decision on a number of qualitatively measured metrics, including Innovation, Effectiveness, Impact, Sustainability and many others. Three of our partners were voted to this list: CARE International, Save the Children, and FareShare. Congratulations to all three amazing organizations.
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Aidmatrix President & CEO a featured author in The Handbook of Strategic Public Relations and Integrated Marketing Communications 2/E

Aidmatrix' President & CEO Governor Scott McCallum is a featured author in the Second Edition of the The Handbook of Strategic Public Relations and Integrated Marketing Communications. The editor of the Handbook is Aidmatrix Board Member Clarke Caywood. The most authoritative, comprehensive resource of its kind, The Handbook is a gathering of 70 of the brightest, most influential figures in the field. Gov. McCallum's chapter is titled 'Non-Governmental Organizations: Solving Society's Problems', and is written with Ray Boyer, Communication Consultant and Owner of Boyer Media.