The accolades keep coming. J.B. Hunt Final Mile wins Whirlpool Special Services Award!!!!!

Special Services Award - JB Hunt Final Mile Operations

Highlights of the award ceremony included the comments below from Ken Whah, Director-Distribution Operations, Integrated Supply Chain.

"This strategic partner has:
Embraced Whirlpool's culture of continuous improvement, problem solving and year over year productivity improvements.

Sent 4 employee's through Whirlpools ccOPEX 4 week course with projects that are leading to improved service at a lower cost to Whirlpool's customers.

Supported and managed portions of new product launches to ensure Whirlpools customers received the highest levels of service.

Thanks again for your support - I look forward to creating an even stronger partnership"

Praise for our San Diego LDC Team

"Tom I wanted to thank you and your team for taking their time this morning to join the RBCI team for breakfast.  As we finish the La Mirage project I wanted to thank you for the exceptional work done, from a starting point of total certainty by the folks at Irvine that the project would be a total disaster and that JB Hunt would not be able to keep up with the deliveries to issues with product beyond our control your team of Mark and Mike proved day in and day out they were up to the task.  YOur working to make sure we had a dedicated team on the project proved out that relationships matter and they created a strong relationship on the project with the RBCI team.
Over the past year as we delivered 1400 living units worth over $3,000,000 you were praised multiple times by the Irvine team and the testimony this morning of the RBCI team on how well we all performed caps the project. With a few weeks left to go, this project has to go down and as a rousing success. Thank you, I appreciate all you and your team have done and I cannot thank you enough.

I have attached the pictures of our get together".

Thank YouTom Curran

Market Manager- Orange County, CA
T: 909 590-3509 | email: thomas_d_curran@whirlpool.com | Whirlpool Corporation

J.B. Hunt Photo Contest!

Are you ready to showcase your "picture perfect" photography skills? J.B. Hunt's Corporate Marketing team is looking for extraordinary digital photographs featuring J.B. Hunt equipment and people. So grab your smart phone, set up your tripod, or strap on your lens and start sharing your stunning photos of a day in the life at J.B. Hunt! Photographs should be creative and focus on J.B. Hunt as a company, whether in the office, at the shop or on the road.
 

The contest begins immediately and continues through October 24. Make sure to prepare by reviewing the contest rule, so you don't get caught "out of focus." On October 27, Corporate Marketing will post the top entries to the website, and employees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite images. The voting period will end on October 31, and winners will be announced on November 5 via the company portal and JBHTV.
 

The Grand Prize winner, selected by Corporate Marketing, will receive an iPad mini. The 1st, 2nd & 3rd most popular photos, voted on by employees, will receive a $50 Amazon gift card. Some photos may even be featured in the 2015 customer calendar; the entrants selected for the calendar will also receive a $50 Amazon gift card.
 

Enter your photos today and compete to win great prizes, show off your skills, and earn recognition on myJBHunt, JBHTV, or in the calendar itself.

August Driver of the Month Announcement--Stevie Creamer

After reviewing several outstanding nominations, I am pleased to announce that Stevie Creamer has earned the honor of our Final Mile Services Region Driver of the Month for the month of August. Stevie has successfully demonstrated the level of customer service, safety and productivity that everyone should aspire to. Please join me in congratulating Stevie on this well deserved accomplishment!

Region Driver of the Month

- $500 cash

Stevie Creamer
Final Mile Services Dothan, AL

　

Other Outstanding Nominees:

Kenneth Franklin @ Final Mile Baton Rouge, LA (FMS C)

Rexford Tetteh @ Final Mile Pittsburgh, PA (FMS N)

Israel Larios @ Final Mile Stockton, CA (FMS W)

Huge Safety Accomplishment at our Perris LDC

Congratulations to our Perris LDC/RDC 461 team for going 3 years accident free and 1 year injury free on 09/23/2014. This is truly a great accomplishment that could only be satisfied by the highest caliber employees. A driver who commits himself each and every day to not only be the safest driver but also perform quality installs without getting hurt is so valuable. This is a team effort and includes our driving fleet, installation specialist, material handlers, office personnel and management, we thank you all for the dedication that is put into making this account one of the safest LDC’s in the country every day. I would like to send a special thanks to the driving fleet which includes Pedro Gonzalez, Misraim Sagastume, Lester Thompson, Art Yepez, Edward Flores, Jimmy Jones, Byron Sagastume and Jose Salgado for being on the road every day and making safety their #1 priority. It takes a special group to achieve these milestones and only reminds us all that with teamwork all goals are attainable. We look forward to another year accident and injury free. Great work guys!

 

 

Chuck's Corner

Our 5 Efficiency Principles

Are you familiar with the Smith System? The Smith System is a driving safety training system that contains 5 Keys: Aim high in steering, get the big picture, keep your eyes moving, leave yourself an out, and make sure they see you.

Operating equipment on the public road is so dynamic and complex that we could never come up with an exhaustive checklist of what to do/not do to avoid or minimize all bad situations. So, the right way to operate safely is to implement keys, or behaviors, so that safety (incident prevention) becomes a natural, automatic response.

Efficiency can be thought of in the same way. You know very well that no two Final Mile deliveries are the same. They may look the same on paper…a three item Whirlpool delivery to a personal residence…but there is always something unique to that delivery.

So, we’ve developed the 5 Efficiency Principles. Like the Smith System, they are behaviors that prompt us to think ahead and prepare to operate efficiently. More to come…