Goodyear Lockbourne, OH Flawless Startup

 

In 1898, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was established in Akron, Ohio.  The company was named after Charles Goodyear, the man who developed vulcanized rubber. Charles borrowed $3,500 from a brother-in-law to purchase the company's first factory. Goodyear originally employed thirteen workers, but the firm quickly emerged as a leader in the production of rubber items, including bicycle tires, pneumatic carriage, automobile tires, horseshoes, and hoses. By 1926, Goodyear was the largest rubber company in the world.  Fast forward to today, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has sold more than thirteen billion dollars worth of products. The firm employs more than ninety-two thousand workers and has plants around the world.  They remain the largest tire manufacturer in operation.

 

We (JB Hunt) as a company have a long standing partnership with Goodyear that has spanned multiple years.  This year we have been presented the unique opportunity to grow our presence with Goodyear in the DCS Central Region.  July 24^th marked our first day of startup with the Goodyear Lockbourne, OH site.  Account Manager Schuylar Mcguffey, Operations Supervisor Chris Trajanovski and team did not disappoint!    

 

The week started out light on freight so they helped organize a driver recall training class giving out refreshers to over the half the driving fleet on Goodyear Account Specific training and procedures.  The class received rave reviews from drivers who were thrilled to receive the additional preparation in a controlled environment.  As the week went on the freight picked up.  But, our team was able to keep pace with it and offer excellent service thru out the week.  In all the week was a huge success!  Special thanks to all of the support team who helped with the startup. 

 

Schuylar and Chris still looking great after a long startup week with Goodyear.  Both are looking forward to the weekend to get some well needed rest!

Our Goodyear driving team is looking good in their Safety Vests as they receive the rest of their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the account

DCS Central Region Driver Trainer extraordinaire Rob Starkey leads a recap training class with the Goodyear driving team as well as Area Maintenance Manager John Dodson offers maintenance advise to the GY driving team

 

Region Safety Manager Terry Galyon leads a class during Monday’s recall training reviewing our collision mitigation systems as well as Safety Direct

 

 

Our driving team hand unloads trailers (similar to the trailer captioned) one tire at a time.  Each trailer contains an average of 15 stops