NEWARK, NJ – September 16, 2024 – Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive award Christa Rugova a winner of the 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award, which honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments and mentorship set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. 

Christa Rugova is Senior Director, Business Support Services of PLM Fleet, the leader in refrigerated fleet management services. With 33 locations and 15,000 refrigerated trailers, PLM has the nation’s largest and most versatile selection of refrigerated equipment.

“Since Christa joined PLM in 2015, she has been a dynamic mentor and leader of digital transformation,” said Keith Shipp, President and CEO. “She is a driving force in successfully implementing complicated and multi-departmental business process upgrades to improve the customer experience. PLM is incredibly honored that Christa has won the 2024 Women in Supply Chain award.”

New this year, the award is broken down into 4 categories: Rising Stars, Trailblazers, DEI Pioneer and Workforce Innovator. PLM is proud to announce that Christa won the Trailblazer category, which honors women leaders who pave the way for future females in logistics.

With a proven track record to drive the implementation of initiatives to improve the customer experience, Christa spearheaded the digital rental quoting and reservation system. Additionally, she has designed, developed, and successfully rolled out the  PLMServiceCode™, a QR code on the side of every PLM trailer which allows customers to easily initiate and monitor service requests.

To view the full list of winners, visit https://sdce.me/ikoib3ei

About PLM Fleet, LLC

PLM Fleet® is the largest nationwide, technology-driven company dedicated to refrigerated trailer leasing and cold supply chain solutions. Located in the state-of-the-art fleet solutions center in Newark, NJ, PLM has the largest assortment of refrigerated trailers in the U.S. Visit plmfleet.com to review all the financing, technology and services that help our customers improve fleet and product lifecycle efficiencies and cost savings in the cold supply chain.

About Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Food Logistics reaches more than 26,000 supply chain executives in the global food and beverage industries. Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain. Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive also operate SCN Summit and Women in Supply Chain Forum.