G.O.A.L - Get Out And Look

2016 Kickoff Recap

Thank you to everyone involved in making this years kickoff a success!  For those of you that haven't completed your survey please do so.  We value your honest feedback on how to continue to improve this event year over year.  We should have all of the pictures out sometime this week, once we do we will get everyone their respective head shot.  Thank you once again to all of the presenters and congratulations to all of the award recipients!  We will post pics from the event on the blog over the next few weeks.

Happy Anniversary George Vera

 

Happy Anniversary to George Vera as today marks his two year Anniversary with the company! George began his career with J.B. Hunt in ICS as a Carrier Sales Coorinator within the RISE program at our Corporate office in Lowell, AR. In June of 2014 he moved into Dedicated as a Manager Trainee where he soon after took on his current role of Account Manager of Aurora Parts in Lebanon, IN. Congratulations, George!

Happy Anniversary Brad Middleton

Happy Anniversary to Brad Middleton, as today marks his 2nd  year Anniversary with JB Hunt. Brad is an Operations Supervisor at the Family Dollar Account in Ashley, IN. We thank you for all of your hard work, Brad! Congrats!!

Happy Anniversary Adam Martindale

Happy Anniversary to Adam Martindale who celebrated his 1 year anniversary with JB Hunt on the 5^th of January. Adam came to JB Hunt with about 9 years of prior management experience working a variety of logistics positions including being the onsite manager for Werner working with MasterBrand. Over this past year Adam has been a instrumental part of the start up by fulfilling the duties of the Operations Supervisor. He continues to do an outstanding job supporting the MasterBrand account, thank you for all you do Adam!

Mid Year Business Review at Central Farm & Garden

Above, Orin Schumacher, Drew Vincent, Mark Dewar, and Brian Tabor

Yesterday we held our Mid Year Business Review at Central Farm and Garden in Wooster, OH.  The Mid Year Business Review is one of the two formal CVD meetings that are held with our customers on an annual basis.  Overall this customer was very happy with our service and the value we have brought since beginning this partnership.  Some of our takeaways will be working with our Engineering Group to look for ways to further optimize the routing schedule to be efficient.  We will also look to infuse backhaul on a few key lanes in hopes of driving out some empty miles and save our customer money.  The account also highlighted a current 88 day collision free streak and 495 days injury free streak!  Our drivers and management staff have done a fantastic job with this customer with more great service to come!

Congratulations to Ronnie Garrabrant on 1 Million Safe Miles!

Ronnie Garrabrant - GARR64 - 1 Million Safe Mile Driver

Ronnie is a professional driver for our Chep Columbus fleet.  Ronnie is known for being one of the most efficient and safety conscious drivers on the fleet.  He works the early AM shift and sets the plate for most of his peers on the fleet daily.  He is our longest tenured driver on the fleet and has been with us for 12 years!  

In his free time, Ronnie is a big sports fan and loves to cheer for his Ohio State Buckeyes. Congratulations Ronnie on this well deserved honor!