Soft-Lite partners with J.B. Hunt

Soft-Lite has announced they will be partnering with J.B. Hunt to be their dedicated provider starting June 23, 2013.

Soft-Lite's approach to business has remained the same throughout the years. They have dedicated their organization to providing innovative products that exceed industry standards for quality, reliability, and performance. Soft-Lite uses leading edge technologies and equipment in manufacturing, allowing them to exceed their customers' requirements for beautiful, strong and thermally efficient windows.

 

Soft-Lite offers an extensive line of replacement windows and accessories to fit any home, region or climate. All their products are built to last, and are backed by an on-going commitment to the people who buy them. Quality and commitment to excellence have been the cornerstones of our success. They will continue to serve as the foundations for Soft-Lite's efforts in the future.

Our location will be in Streetsboro, Ohio.  Several of the items that Soft-Lite listed for making the change are as follows:
 

• Onboard technology and GPS tracking systems.
• Better flexibility during the seasonality of our industry.
• Two on-site managers to handle the logistics.
• Dedicated fleet handling only Soft-Lite deliveries

J.B. Hunt is extremely humbled that we have been chosen to be the Dedicated provider for an outstanding company like Soft-Lite.

Great Publicity for One of our Clients

 

If you asked 100 people what their favorite pizza is, you’d probably get a hundred different answers. But if you let 100 people sample Marco’s specialty pizzas alongside its competitors, the majority of them would choose Marco’s.

When Marco's hired the Proctor & Gamble Test Kitchen, MRSI, to conduct a four-month study with focus groups, 72% of people who tried Marco’s pizza said they’d purchase it again — more than twice the intent to repurchase of the other pizza delivery franchises the kitchen tested.

“If you serve a great tasting pizza, the business will follow,” says Cameron Cummins, Marco’s vice president of Franchise Marketing and Recruiting. “In our industry, you are only as good as your last pizza and our customers keep buying from us because our pizzas taste better.”

The business world is starting to take notice:

• Entrepreneur magazine included us in its Franchise 500 and Fastest Growing categories in 2013.
• Entrepreneur ranked us no. 3 on the list of Top 10 Pizza Franchises in 2012, a list we’ve been steadily climbing every year.
• AllBusiness ranked Marco’s its #6 Allstar Franchise System for 2013, based on its top rating for strong financial performance.
• Marco’s is now the fastest growing pizza company in the country

Heartfelt Welcome Back!

We have great news!  Joe Ramos, one of our veteran drivers in Salem, NY, has returned back to work.  We could not be more pleased.  Thanks to everyone who has worked diligently to get Joe cleared.  It is a better day when you see Joe Ramos in a J.B. Hunt feed tractor.

Nicer in the Nati!

We had a real issue with storage execution at our FMS site in Cincinnati.  Cort Duggins arrived at the CINOHX site and put together a great strategy on parts organization.  Check out his work below:

 Thanks Maintenance Team......!

Champion Windows partners with the Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians and Champion Windows will team to build a new broadcast booth at Progressive Field, with construction set for completion in May.

The booth, dubbed Champion Windows Studio, will be located adjacent to the RIDGID Jobsite Bar in center field. The studio will feature pregame and post-game programming on WTAM-AM 1100 for every home game, hosted primarily by Nick Camino and Bob Frantz. Select other Clear Channel programming also will be broadcast from Champion Windows Studio on Indians home game dates.

"We're excited to align our brand with the Cleveland Indians and Clear Channel's Indians coverage," said ANDY WIMSATT, Division Manager of Champion Windows. "Champion Windows Studio will be in a prime location at Progressive Field to show Tribe fans the quality of our products. This partnership also shows our commitment to the community by including a $25,000 donation component to benefit the youth the Cleveland Indians serve in Northeast Ohio."

As part of the agreement, Cleveland Indians Charities will partner with Champion Windows through its "Champions of Hope" outreach program, through which Champion will contribute $25,000 to CIC.

"Champion was adamant about including this charitable aspect in our partnership, which will help the Indians continued efforts to impact the Northeast Ohio community and the youth that live here," said REBECCA KODYSH, the Indians Executive Director of Community Impact

You will want to read this article!

J.B. Hunt and his wife, Johnelle, sat down for a meeting with their accountants one day in the mid-1970s. Johnelle Hunt can’t recall the exact date, but she remembers plenty of other details from that day as they evaluated the future of J.B. Hunt Transport.

Read the rest of the article at :

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/92184/jb-hunts-origins-offer-lessons-for-today

Freight Volume on the Upswing!

The American Trucking Associations’

advanced seasonally adjusted

(SA) For

‐Hire Truck Tonnage

Index gained 0.9% in March

after decreasing 0.7% in February.

Tonnage has now increased in

four of the last five months. Specifically,

since November 2012, the

index is up 7.6%. In March, the SA

index equaled 123.5 versus 122.3 in

February. The highest level on record

was December 2011 at 124.3.

Compared with March 2012, the SA

index was up a solid 3.8%, beating

February’s 3.1% year

‐over‐year

gain. Year

‐to‐date, compared with

the same period in 2012, the tonnage

index is up 3.9%.

The not seasonally adjusted

index, which represents the

change in tonnage actually hauled

by the fleets before any seasonal

adjustment, equaled 125.2 in

March, which was 11.5% above the

previous month (112.3).

“Fitting with the expectation

for solid gross domestic product

growth in the first quarter, tonnage

was strong in March and the

quarter overall,” ATA Chief Economist

Bob Costello said. “At 3.9%

year

‐over‐year growth, the first

quarter increase was the best

since the final quarter 2011.”