BY OTL Blog Mar 11, 2020 Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, The OTL Family

Meet: Mike Ellis

Cross-dock management is vital for our company as we grow and work to make deliveries as efficient as possible. When moving freight from one truck to another truck with little to no warehousing, attention to detail and compliance with safety procedures is a must. We rely on Mike Ellis, our cross-dock manager since November 2019, […]

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BY OTL Blog Mar 11, 2020 Logistics, OTL Blog, Small Business

Faster delivery costing logistics companies

As the drive to offer even faster delivery escalates, companies of all sizes within the logistics company are seeing rising costs and other associated effects. Let’s take a look at some of those costs and what that could mean for the consumer. Insurance Transportation industry insurance is on the rise and we would not […]

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BY OTL Blog Mar 5, 2020 Company News, OTL Blog

Celebrating our people and success

Anyone who has been around On Time Logistics for a while knows we enjoy celebrating our people and also strive to keep them aware of the impact their hard work is having on the company. One way we accomplish that is to host an annual celebration that recognizes our team members for the work […]

BY OTL Blog Feb 26, 2020 Logistics, OTL Blog, Small Business

2020 trend: More small business doing same-day delivery

In our last blog of 2019, we gave some trends we predicted to see in 2020. We are going to take each of those trends and expound on them in the coming weeks and months. A couple of weeks ago, we talked about how the rapid growth of e-commerce is changing human resources in the […]

BY OTL Blog Feb 17, 2020 OTL Blog, The OTL Family

Meet: Robert Mansmith

Tracking orders and making sure packages flow through the warehouse efficiently is a vital function of what we do. Since August 2019, Robert Mansmith has worked as our admin/warehouseman in our Little Rock warehouse location. Robert’s responsibilities mostly include mainly office work, tracking pods, and warehouse work. His previous work experience includes mostly manufacturing jobs […]

BY OTL Blog Jan 21, 2020 Little Rock, Logistics, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog

A review of Holiday Rush 2019

Believe it or not, the proverbial dust is just now settling on the Holiday Rush for 2019 and most people are declaring it a success. The traditional holiday rush season started around November 15 and ended about a week or so ago. Holiday shopping by the numbers Depending on who you talk to, overall sales […]

BY OTL Blog Jan 13, 2020 Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, The OTL Family

Meet: Frank Edens

For our first team member spotlight of 2020, we chose Frank Edens, who joined On Time Logistics in November 2019 as a delivery driver. Frank is one of our Amazon delivery drivers so if you’ve ordered from the online retail giant in Northwest Arkansas recently, it’s a possibility you’ve met him! Like many of our […]

BY OTL Blog Jan 8, 2020 Logistics, OTL Blog

Logistics and Human Resources in 2020

In the next few months, we will be taking a closer look at each of the trends we predicted for the logistics industry in 2020. When most people think about logistics trends, they think about the rise of e-commerce and the effects on the customers. Today, we’re going to focus on a more behind-the-scenes element […]

BY OTL Blog Dec 30, 2019 Logistics, OTL Blog

Logistics trends to watch in 2020

As we move not only into a new year but a new decade, the world of logistics and transportation is guaranteed to explode with even more growth. Just what that growth looks like and how it will take shape remains to be seen, but we are taking this week’s blog—the final blog of 2019—to share […]

BY OTL Blog Dec 23, 2019 OTL Blog

Merry Christmas from OTL

Week after week, we share insights into our industry, introduce you to our team members, and discuss other topics that can help our customers. This week, however, we just want to acknowledge Christmas and the reason this holiday exists. With the thousands of packages our team has delivered this holiday rush season, we don’t want […]

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