Logistics.com's Technology Enables J.B. Hunt's 6,700 Over the Road Drivers ToGet Home for the Holidays
BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Logistics.com, Inc., the leader in online transportation procurement and management technology, announced today it is providing the routing technology to get J.B. Hunt's 6,700 over the road (OTR) truck drivers home for the holidays.
Started in 1990, "Operation North Pole" is a company-wide program that guarantees the company's truck drivers they will get home for Christmas. In an industry with a driver turnover rate of close to 100%, maintaining driver satisfaction is a critical element to a carrier's success. "Operation North Pole" is an extension of the company's "Guaranteed Get Home Program," which assures that drivers will never be away from home for more than 14 days at a time unless they choose to be.
"Driver satisfaction has been and always will be a cornerstone of J.B. Hunt," said Craig Harper, COO of J. B. Hunt. "When we started 'Operation North Pole' over ten years ago, we wanted to be able to guarantee our drivers they would be home with their families for the holidays. Logistics.com's routing technology provides a valuable tool, enabling us to make this guarantee."
"Operation North Pole" is accomplished by using two of Logistics.com's state-of-the-art routing technologies, MicroMap(R) and Drop & Swap(R), to coordinate millions of different scenarios to get drivers home in time for the holidays.
MicroMap(R) is an advanced optimization system designed to help truckload carriers make the most beneficial driver assignments by rapidly analyzing all available raw data and recommending the most profitable system-wide course of action. The MicroMap system delivers optimization power so a truckload carrier can profitably execute by reducing empty miles, improving customer service, improving driver satisfaction and increasing the productivity of load planners.
By constantly analyzing real-time location data and presenting recommendations for action, the Drop & Swap(R) optimization system identifies potential en route problems, making it possible for freight carriers to deliver more loads on time and return drivers home more frequently. The system continually monitors loads and drivers based on the carrier's defined criteria and coordinates a destination, where the drivers go to switch their loads. Drop & Swap delivers many benefits for improved operations and reduced driver turnover by analyzing real-time data to determine the most cost effective load swap and the best swap location, and identifies those drivers with extra time who can take a load.
"One of the benefits of our MicroMap and Drop & Swap technologies is flexibility," stated John Lanigan, chief executive officer of Logistics.com "This allows carriers to have a standard for getting home throughout the year that can be modified during the holidays. The bottom line is driver satisfaction, and that's what our technology enables J.B. Hunt to achieve."
About Logistics.com
Logistics.com helps shippers, transportation providers and third-party logistics companies manage, optimize and procure transportation services worldwide over air, land and ocean. Based in Burlington, Mass., the company has received funding, strategic guidance and operational support from Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE), an Internet company actively engaged in business-to-business e-commerce. Forbes recently named Logistics.com as one of the most promising B2B companies in its "Best of the Web: B2B" edition; in addition, the company has recently been named to the Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies list, the InternetWeek 100 and the Inter@ctive Week 500. For further information, visit the company Web site at www.logistics.com .
About J.B. Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is the largest publicly held truckload transportation company in North America with annual revenues of more than $2 billion. The company operates more than 10,000 trucks and approximately 40,000 trailers and containers. J.B. Hunt is focused on creating supply chain value through a variety of engineered, optimal solutions that include truckload and intermodal transportation services, dedicated fleet management, electronic commerce and logistics management. The company's stock is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol JBHT and is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average. For more information about the company visit www.jbhunt.com on the World Wide Web.
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12/22/2000 09:00 EST prnewswire.com |
