Our Philosophy
Acme operates under the philosophy that to be successful, we will provide exemplary service and value to our customers and take ownership and responsibility for their supply chain so that they can focus on their own unique core competencies. In a nut shell, “let us manage your warehousing and distribution so that you can do what you do best – grow your business and maximize your profit!” Acme strives to seamlessly link suppliers and manufacturers to their customers by leveraging hundreds of years of industry experience, our best-in-class technologies and focus on processes and continuous improvement (CI). Acme seeks to reduce customer Supply Chain spend through helping manufacturers to properly optimize geographic location of their product throughout the country. Customers also benefit in hard cost and soft cost savings achieved through leveraging the benefits of only paying for the space and services that they need at any given time with a variety of contractual commitment agreements. As a family owned and operated organization for over 70 years, Acme makes it a priority on providing our employees with ongoing career and growth opportunities and a rewarding place to work. We know that based on the vast diversity of our customer base as well as the constant changes in our industry, the quality of our people will drive the success of our organization.
Letter From Our CEO
Pride, Appreciation & Respect
TO: All Employees
I am entering my 50th year in the logistics industry and couldn’t be more excited. I look back over these five decades and sometimes marvel at what exactly happened and how quickly fifty years can go. I remember the funniest stories, the saddest, the most amazing and sometimes the most absurd. The successes have been plentiful as have the challenges. The disappointments have been painful but important in achieving improvement and stability. Stability, however, is not the goal but rather a small and transient landing platform from which to grow, expand and improve. And that’s exactly what’s going on at Acme in 2025.
There are, and always have been, those challenges we can’t begin to control and those that we can and do control as a matter of course. I look back at Covid 19 and can barely remember some of the craziness that we endured, managed and even created. The ultimate in uncharted territory with large consequences hanging in the balances. I remember Y2K and the manic worry that somehow at 12:01 a m on January 1st, 2000, my lap top, like everyone else’s, would spontaneously combust and vaporize into a cloud of Y2K dust leaving behind, in its place, a big chief tablet, a Schaffer mechanical pencil, and a Dietzgen slide-rule. My worry was for naught because when all was said and done, Y2K came and went and thanks to greater minds than mine, the anticipated carnage was completely overstated.
Then of course, there are those daily challenges that will exist long after you and I are gone. There’s the continuing driver shortage, the never predictable governmental influence, and the increasing importance of how we fit in a global marketplace.
We are launching this new web page on the heels of a very successful and productive 2024. Our management team has never been stronger, and our coordinated focus on service excellence only intensifies. We remain intolerant of our failures but attack them with process and technology solutions that will be woven into our fiber of continuous improvement. That willingness and drive to improve is perhaps our most notable competitive advantage.
I think it’s difficult to create a web page and content that accurately and sufficiently puts out there what we’re all about. Like most pages of this type, if an operation did not perform well in the areas highlighted, it would likely not even be in business. So, as you read about us and make mental notes about our services, let me leave you with this. The market allows every player the same general resources and opportunities but how those resources are maximized is the difference maker. Just a few weeks back, we had some long standing employees retire and with that came the inevitable question about replacement options, cost effectiveness and service continuity. The management team got together and redefined the term “thinking out of the box”. They made some adjustments and shifted some paradigms and the results have been outstanding. The energy that came with these changes has been a game changer and it’s contagious.
Our depth of experience and focus on empowering our people is what sets us apart and that will continue to be the key to our growth and success. I am excited at what the coming years will see in technology. We are on the precipice of robotic assisted unloading in several operations. As we evaluate such advancements, I am reminded about one of the best features that comes with being privately owned and operated – the decision committees are small and very empowered.
Whether you’re on this site looking for a new logistics partner, or looking for a new career, thanks for visiting and for considering Acme.
Jeff Goldfogel
C.E.O
Mission Statement
“Acme Distribution is committed to being the leader in providing quality distribution services and logistics support to customers large and small, regional and national. The excellence of our service is a direct result of a productive environment where employees are trained, motivated and recognized for individual and team effort. Customer satisfaction, profitability, integrity and continued growth build the foundation of our success.”
Core Values
To strive to perform better, in every way than our competitors so that suppliers and manufacturers know that Acme is unique, and that we are passionate about earning – and keeping – our A+ performance rating.
To be innovators in the industry and not just execute our work mechanically by earning certification and advance academic degrees whenever possible, and to share what we learn unselfishly with our co-workers.
To continue to operate as a profitable organization and grow our regional and national presence, leveraging what we do well into appropriate new business opportunities.
To preserve our family culture so that it resonates daily within our staff, our customers and the public…treating everyone as family, and never as just a number.
To celebrate our history and legacy but to remember that we’re only as good as what we accomplish today, not accepting the norm, and always believing we can improve.
Quality
We have learned over the years that quality travels with value and vice versa. There is no ONE definition of acceptable quality much less exceptional quality – something to which we all aspire.
Our pursuit of exceptional quality is heavily tied to technology on the one hand and to human involvement and training on the other. Over the past seven decades, our formidable client list has included companies ranging from Fortune 100 organizations to some very small start-ups and of course everything in between. While their levels of sophistication vary radically, their expectations can be shockingly similar or predictably different.
In order to accommodate any host of different quality requirements, we offer highly reliable electronic order checking predominantly tailored to high value shippers and compliance driven products (serial coded medical equipment and the like). We also utilize pick-to voice and pick-to-light technology where efficient and sensible. All of these important support protocols are of course tied to seamless EDI communication between our systems and those of our customers and their customers.
Our A+ttitude
When we come to work each day, our “A+ Attitude” provides each individual, team and our entire company with a unified foundation of guidance principles to ensure the continued success of our business and add deeper connections with our client relationships.
With regard to our quality & performance – “perfection is our goal….excellence is our standard!”
With regard to our client interactions – “exceeding customer expectations each day, with a caring, positive and proactive attitude”.
With regard to our management – Utilizing our education, experience & accurate information make good business decisions that provide energized and aligned team support that results for continued growth & profitability not only for our clients but also for Acme.
