Fox 40’s Gary Gelfand visits Knee Deep Brewing Company in Auburn, California, to showcase its Hoppy Roger beer, brewed to raise awareness and funds for Autism Awareness Month. It’s packed and shipped by employees with autism from PRIDE Industries and features the employees on the label’s pirate ship.
People with Disabilities
PRIDE Industries employee Marc Grundy shares his experience of living with autism in this opinion article published in the Sacramento Bee and syndicated by Yahoo! News. A valuable story for Autism Awareness Month.
PRIDE Industries’ Darelyn Pazdel writes about how to include employees with autism in the workforce with practical tips and helpful information that will make any workplace more inclusive for all.
In March 2023, ABC 10’s Mark S. Allen visited Knee Deep Brewing Company to report on the launch of its annual Autism Awareness Month beer. The specialty beer was inspired by several PRIDE Industries employees at the brewery who are on the autism spectrum.
The Perfect Fit is Knee Deep Brewing’s autism awareness beer supporting PRIDE Industries. The partnership began when Knee Deep hired employees with disabilties at its Auburn, California, brewery.
For more than 20 years, PRIDE Industries has maintained a successful business partnership with HP Inc. Since the beginning of the partnership, PRIDE Industries has provided sorting and recycling services for HP’s products. Today, PRIDE Industries provides an expanded suite of supply chain management services to the Fortune 500 company.
Currently, PRIDE Industries provides both supply chain management and fulfillment services to HP from its facilities in California. These services include spare part fulfillment, warehousing, and shipping for consumer, commercial, and enterprise printing. PRIDE Industries also handles the kitting and distribution of HP Inc.’s Printer Maintenance Kits.
Customized Supply Chain Management Services
The HP Inc. program at PRIDE Industries is a global, 24-hour operation made possible by PRIDE Industries’ team of supply chain planners, buyers, and business support assistants, who focus on striking the optimal balance between supply chain inventory levels and high customer level-of-fill targets.
PRIDE Industries’ procurement team manages multiple customer service functions, including purchase order management, delivery performance analysis, and troubleshooting.
Additionally, the PRIDE Industries supply chain management team performs forecasting and demand planning; creates material purchasing requests; manages part setup and maintenance, lifecycle planning activities, and part roll tasks; and provides overall operational project management support.
A Growing Partnership
In 2018, due to PRIDE Industries’ excellent operational performance in supply chain management and fulfillment, HP Inc. expanded its partnership with the social enterprise. The new responsibilities included:
- Spare part fulfillment to support HP’s print business, including its Graphic Solutions line of business.
- The designation of PRIDE Industries as the sole North America regional distribution center for HP’s printing and copier new spare parts needs. This includes managing the defective/credit return processing program for spare parts via the iReturns system, and handling all cross-docking activities.
Beyond the benefits of cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency, partnering with PRIDE Industries also allows HP Inc. to further its ESG efforts.
As HP Program/Supply Chain Manager Ralph Mendez says, “By contracting with us, HP Inc. is actively supporting our mission to create employment for people with disabilities.”
A Supply Chain Partner You Can Rely On
PRIDE Industries offers supply chain management, kitting and fulfillment, and other business services to emerging and Fortune 500 companies.
