FourKites announced its 2025 Golden Kite Awards at the FourKites Summit in Chicago, recognizing industry leaders like Ardent Mills, Kimberly-Clark, and The Coca-Cola Company for transformative supply chain achievements. Held on August 26-27, 2025, the awards celebrate organizations leveraging AI-powered automation and visibility to drive operational excellence and business value.
FourKites honors Ardent Mills, Kimberly-Clark, and others with 2025 awards.
Golden Kite Awards recognize AI-driven supply chain transformation.
Categories include Supply Chain Excellence, Connected Supply Chain, and more.
The Coca-Cola Company’s AI agent Tracy cuts response times to seconds.
Trane Technologies reduced detention costs by 98.6% using FourKites.
High Flyer Awards celebrate individual supply chain innovators.
FourKites, a leader in AI-driven supply chain transformation, unveiled its 2025 Golden Kite Awards at the FourKites Summit, honoring companies for leveraging AI and automation to achieve strategic outcomes. “These organizations exemplify how leveraging AI and automation can build resilient operations and deliver measurable business impact,” said Priya Rajagopalan, President of Product, Technology and Operations at FourKites. The awards span five categories: Supply Chain Excellence (Domestic and International), Connected Supply Chain, End-to-End Optimization, and Supply Chain Visionary.
Ardent Mills earned the Supply Chain Excellence (Domestic) award for its cultural and operational overhaul, achieving enterprise-wide adoption of FourKites’ platform. Through strategic change management, Ardent Mills aligned transportation, logistics, customer service, and sales, significantly boosting operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, showcasing the power of AI-driven supply chain orchestration.
Kimberly-Clark secured the Connected Supply Chain award by implementing autonomous gate technology, reducing an 8-10 minute process to under two minutes. This intelligent automation eliminated manual touchpoints, enhancing facility operations and positioning Kimberly-Clark for future autonomous capabilities, demonstrating the immediate value of AI in supply chain management.
The Coca-Cola Company was named Supply Chain Visionary for its AI agent Tracy, which slashed “where’s my truck” query response times from 90 minutes to seconds. “FourKites’ AI agent Tracy has transformed how we handle ‘where’s my truck’ queries, cutting response times from 90 minutes to just a few seconds, returning hundreds of hours to our associates,” said Patrick McManus, Senior Director Customer Operations at The Coca-Cola Company. Tracy also proactively manages data quality, positioning Coca-Cola for advanced customer service capabilities.
Trane Technologies won the End-to-End Optimization award for turning a $2.69 million detention cost issue into a strategic initiative. “FourKites’ yard analytics and performance dashboards helped us eliminate almost all of our annual detention at two sites, reducing costs by 98.6%,” said Trey Hendricks, Director of International Logistics Operations, Trane Technologies. This success was extended across additional sites through proactive monitoring.
The High Flyer Awards recognized individual champions like Shwetha Balagali (Unilever) and Jeff Covington (Smithfield Foods) for driving supply chain innovation. These leaders, active in FourKites’ online Community, influence product development and advocate for continuous improvement, furthering the adoption of AI-powered supply chain solutions.
FourKites’ 2025 awards highlight the transformative impact of AI and automation in supply chain management. By recognizing industry leaders and individual champions, FourKites reinforces its role in driving proactive orchestration and delivering measurable business outcomes globally.
FourKites®, the leader in AI-driven supply chain transformation for global enterprises and pioneer of advanced supply chain visibility, turns supply chain data into automated action. FourKites’ Intelligent Control Tower™ breaks down enterprise silos by creating a real-time digital twin of orders, shipments, inventory and assets. This comprehensive view, combined with AI-powered digital workers, enables companies to prevent disruptions, automate routine tasks and optimize performance across their supply chain. FourKites processes over 3.2 million supply chain events daily — from purchase orders to final delivery — helping 1,600+ global brands prevent disruptions, make faster decisions and move from reactive tracking to proactive supply chain orchestration.
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