As business owners, most of us are familiar with the concepts of having B2C (business to consumer) and B2B (business to business) relationships. Whether your target audience is the end consumer or is another business determines how you market, what products you...
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Logistics ‘frontline’ in COVID-19 response
When most people think about how the logistics industry is affected by the pandemic, what comes to mind is the drastic increase in online ordering, which has required final mile delivery companies like ours to ramp up hiring and our delivery schedules. Have you ever...
Meet: Mary Boushelle
Our customers, employees, and contractors alike have their lives made better by Mary Boushelle, who has been an On Time Logistics employee since June 2016. Mary is our Administrative and Finance Director, which means she handles many aspects of our business behind the...
Annual holiday shopping weekend already looks different in 2020
Each year, one of our favorite blogs to write is the one where we preview the “shopping holidays” that are traditionally after Thanksgiving, i.e. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. This year’s blog is going to look a little...
Meet: Heath Woods
In the nine years since Heath Woods started at On Time Logistics, our company has changed a lot. We’ve added new locations, more than doubled in size, and refined our skills to provide the best quality delivery services possible. Through all the changes, Heath has...
Safety, efficiency retail experience to win this holiday season
Retailers will not be surprised that safety and efficiency will be paramount in their customers’ minds this holiday season. After all, since the country started reopening months ago, retailers have been forced to adapt their practices for enhanced safety features due...
Demand for ethical supply chains on the rise
We’re not sure exactly when it happened, but over time it seems that the architectural preference in buildings has gone from everything being nice, neat, and covered, to customers being able to see the air vents, the piping, and other building features. It’s even...
Amazon, Walmart battle it out for Prime Day
Amazon’s annual Prime Day, which the online retailer moved to October 13-14 because of COVID-19, may have a bit stiffer competition this year. Last year was the first time Amazon made their Prime Day a two-day event to make it easier on their online ordering system...
What challenges do retailers face?
When we first started thinking about our content for 2020 and what we might want to talk about in our blog, we had no idea that COVID-19 would even be a thing. Or at least as big as it has become. That said, with or without a pandemic, our nation’s retailers face new...
Meet: Anne Williams
When we first starting blogging at On Time Logistics, we knew we wanted to feature our team members. One of our very first team member spotlights was Anne Williams, who has been a faithful employee for more than a decade. A long time has passed since that feature and...