BY OTL Blog Dec 19, 2019 Little Rock, Logistics, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Tulsa, Warehousing

Trend predictions from 2019…how’d we do?

At the end of 2018, we shared several predictions for what would happen in our industry during 2019. We’ll share our predictions for 2020 in a couple of weeks, but we wanted to spend time this week revisited those 2019 predictions. Let’s take a look at what we predicted and how it turned out. […]

BY OTL Blog Nov 19, 2018 Community, Little Rock, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Tulsa

Shopping, giving expected to rise Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving comes with much excitement, not only for the massive amounts of food being served, but for the sales that come thereafter. According to the National Retail Federation, winter holiday shopping is expected to increase this year for a variety of reasons. Consumers say they will spend an average of $1,007.24 during the holiday season […]

BY OTL Blog Oct 24, 2018 Community, Little Rock, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Tulsa

Plan for safe fun this Halloween

October 31 is quickly approaching, which means that kids and adults of all ages will be parading the streets in search of Halloween candy. The National Retail Federation took a survey that predicts there will be 175 million U.S. consumers partaking in Halloween this year with an estimated $9 billion being spent on candy, costumes, […]

BY OTL Blog Sep 5, 2018 Little Rock, Logistics, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Small Business, Tulsa

Out of Stocks affecting retail on and offline

We’ve all been there; we’re in a store or shopping online and the item we want is not available. “Out of Stock” is not something any shopper wants to see because it forces us to either choose an alternative that in our eyes is potentially inferior because it’s not what we wanted in the first […]

BY OTL Blog Aug 22, 2018 Little Rock, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Tulsa

OTL continues to fight against human trafficking

The issue of human sex trafficking in our country has grown to alarming levels and we at On Time Logistics continue to work with organizations such as Truckers Against Trafficking to not only bring awareness to the problem but help stop it. Two years ago, we started discussing this issue with our administrative staff, drivers, […]

BY OTL Blog Jul 11, 2018 Little Rock, Logistics, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Small Business, Tulsa

Does your small business need a 3PL logistics provider?

For those of you who run a small business, it’s no secret that you must compete against the larger, often lower-priced, stores. We’ve shared our ideas before about how small, local businesses can compete with Amazon and even Walmart.com as much as possible, and today we want to talk to you about how partnering with […]

BY OTL Blog Jun 4, 2018 Courier service, Little Rock, Logistics, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Tulsa

The rising Gig Economy and the Logistics Industry

Business and the economy are forever in the state of change, but a rising development will change the face of the workforce for years to come. The “Gig Economy” is rapidly taking hold across the country as more employees are becoming self-employed contractors. We at On Time Logistics have used independent actors to staff the […]

BY OTL Blog May 15, 2018 Little Rock, Logistics, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Tulsa

The value of data-driven decisions

A few months ago, we posted a blog about five trends that are having a lasting impression on last mile delivery services, including data-driven decisions and the increased use of electronic data interchange or EDI. In recent years, more companies have begun relying on data to drive their decision making, and they do this because […]

BY OTL Blog May 1, 2018 Little Rock, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, The OTL Family, Tulsa

Supplier Spotlight: Jamie’s Notebook

We are starting a new series of blog posts that feature our suppliers, who are companies we work with that make what we do at On Time Logistics possible. We’ve been sharing about our personnel and clients on our blog for a while now and are excited to share about other companies we work with! […]

BY OTL Blog Apr 23, 2018 Little Rock, Logistics, Northwest Arkansas, OTL Blog, Small Business, Tulsa

Courier service demand is on the rise; here’s why

When Steve Jones created On Time Logistics in 2007, it was entirely focused on courier service. As the economy and business climate changed, the demand shifted from courier service to other types of logistics services, especially last mile delivery. Ironically, the rise of electronic communications the driving factor in both scenarios. As more people […]

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