M.A. Hanna Selects J.B. Hunt to Provide Fleet Management
18 February 2000
M.A. Hanna Selects J.B. Hunt to Provide Fleet Management At Eleven North American Sites
LOWELL, Ark.--Feb. 17, 2000--J.B. Hunt Dedicated Contract Services, an operating unit of J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. , has been awarded a contract to manage and operate private fleet operations at eleven separate North American locations for M.A. Hanna Company .J.B. Hunt Dedicated Contract Services (DCS) will provide a complete transportation management solution to M.A. Hanna. In addition, J.B. Hunt will employ about 50 full-time drivers that are dedicated to M.A. Hanna. DCS also will provide on-site managers at larger locations to help ensure continuous improvements and oversee daily operations.
"M.A. Hanna approached J.B. Hunt because they needed a premier solutions provider to meet all of their service requirements," said John Roberts, president of J.B. Hunt Dedicated Contract Services. "As more companies begin to outsource functions of their supply chain, unique partner relationships such as this are rapidly becoming a standard in global business. Innovative leaders such as M.A. Hanna are setting the new standards that many other organizations will follow. We are honored to have them as a new member of the J.B. Hunt client family."
"Our primary objective is to provide our customers excellent service with a dedicated truck fleet while we focus our resources on our own businesses in specialty polymer processing and distribution of resin and plastic shapes," said Michael A. Hamel, director of supply chain management for M.A. Hanna. "J.B. Hunt's logistics and technological capabilities are the first step in building our on-line track and trace capabilities for customer orders. With this partnership arrangement, we not only can enhance customer service, we can do it more cost effectively."
J.B. Hunt will be providing on-board computers and satellite communications as an enhancement to M.A. Hanna's services and will be consolidating all equipment and drivers under one provider in order to streamline the M.A. Hanna distribution network.
M.A. Hanna Company, headquartered in Cleveland, is a $2.3 billion international specialty polymers company focused on the plastics and rubber industries through its operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Its primary businesses are plastic compounding and color and additive systems, rubber compounding and additives, and distribution of plastic resins and engineered plastic shapes.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., is a diversified transportation logistics company with revenues of over $2 billion. Headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, the company operates over 9,400 trucks, 38,000 trailers and containers and employs approximately 15,000 people. Using an integrated transportation logistics platform to provide solutions for their customers, J.B. Hunt provides services in Logistics Management, Dedicated Contract Services, Truckload and Intermodal.
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