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...
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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...
Staying alive as a business in a crazy world (and beyond)
Did you know that many long-time companies were created for a different purpose than what they serve today? Many long-time tool makers and other manufacturers were blacksmiths when they started at the turn of the 20th century. And other companies have adapted their...
Take extra traffic precautions as school starts
Starting Monday, schools across Arkansas are headed back to class. It would be foolish to try and pretend that this annual blog we do reminding people about school traffic safety is anything but the usual. COVID-19 has turned everyone’s worlds upside down to varying...
Shifting the industry to residential delivery specialists
The delivery industry has rapidly changed in the last decade, even in the last six months. As technology, consumer demand, and many other factors change, the delivery and logistics industry must be responsive. A shift in the final mile industry that is rapidly...