ARI Honored With The First Ever Strategic Growth Award By Evoqua Water Technologies The Award Recognizes Suppliers Who Go Above And Beyond To Align With The Company's Strategic Growth Goals

ARI, a leading global fleet services provider specializing in complex car and truck fleets, was awarded the first ever Strategic Growth Award from Evoqua Water Technologies as their top 2016 Indirect Supplier Partner at their second annual Strategic Supplier Summit. The award recognizes those business partners that work to align themselves with Evoqua’s strategic growth goals and who dedicate themselves to delivering on promised results.

“This is a tremendous honor for us and we would like to thank Evoqua for this important recognition,” said ARI Senior Vice President for Global Service Excellence Denise Wildish. “Understanding a customer’s needs – both at a strategic level and on a practical, day-to-day level – and developing solutions tailored to fit those needs is really a part of our DNA at ARI. When we say that we aren’t satisfied simply with happy customers, but rather we strive for raving fans, we mean it and we hope to continue to make raving fans of the Evoqua team.” At the awards dinner, Evoqua commended ARI for setting the standard as a strategic supplier and for committing the resources and expertise needed to develop and deliver innovative solutions focused on Evoqua’s strategic growth goals.

In the fall of 2015, Evoqua’s Director of Indirect Materials Sourcing, Morgan Gandee, and Director of Business Excellence, Michael Martin, challenged ARI to help the organization find ways to significantly lower cost by right-sizing driving sustainability in their fleet. ARI immediately engaged a team of employees from across the organization – including long-tenured strategic business analysts as well as regional truck and sales managers – to evaluate Evoqua’s fleet operations. As a result of ARI’s assessment, which involved site visits to multiple Evoqua locations, Evoqua implemented an accelerated replacement program across more than 25 percent of their fleet. The replacement program eliminated underutilized vehicles and optimized vehicle size that resulted in reduced fuel consumption while continuing to meet business needs and lessen the environmental impact from fleet operations.

At the Strategic Supplier Summit where ARI was honored, Evoqua highlighted the work done by the ARI team and emphasized that it represented the value a strategic supplier can bring when the focus goes beyond mere price and instead effort is put forth on finding innovative solutions. ARI looks forward to continuing to work with Evoqua in finding sustainable solutions that result in savings and efficiencies with regard to their fleet operations.

About ARI
ARI, a Holman company, has revolutionized fleet management with technology that enables organizations around the world to realize new levels of efficiency and value by leveraging the power of data through the ARI insights portal. Founded in 1948, ARI, now the largest family owned company in the industry, has continuously uncovered new ways for fleet managers to translate their fleets’ data into decreased costs and improved driver safety. ARI manages more than 1.3 million vehicles in North America, the UK and Europe and, together with its strategic partners, 3 million vehicles worldwide. Headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, ARI has been recognized as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune magazine for four years in a row. For more information, visit www.ARIFleet.com.