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Insight from a Trucking Company: Coping with the Truck Driver Shortage
It’s true. Rising demand and reduced truck driver capacity in the system is causing many shippers to scramble for alternative ways to transport their products. In many cases, supply chain managers are tightening their relationships with the best quality, most reliable...
Truckload Shippers: Spot Quote or Contract?
For any shipper that moves any quantity of cargo via truckload, the question must be answered:SPOT QUOTE, OR CONTRACT? You might find the answer surprising!
Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2018
As a USA trucking company, we are proud to celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. According to the American Trucking Associations, "National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 9-15, 2018, is when America’s trucking industry takes the time to honor...
Alabama Intermodal and Drayage Services: The Right Time and Place
Coordinating a global shipment requires aligning many operations in advance. One activity involves moving the product from the arrival port to the next destination as quickly as possible after customs clearance to avoid unnecessary demurrage charges. Transferring a...
Automotive Manufacturers Lean on Local Companies to Thrive
During the second half of the 20th Century, an all-encompassing business philosophy named Total Quality Management (TQM) evolved, most notably in Japan. It heralded the coordination of all disciplines within the value chain to focus only on the primary objectives of...
Where’s My Inventory? 7 Benefits of Choosing a Warehouse with a Digital Warehouse Management System
The days of lost or untraceable inventories should be long gone. With effective software systems plus professional management and expertise, the precise location, status, and count of every item in a supply chain should be instantly identifiable. Surprisingly, there...
3PL in 2018: Do Freight Brokers Get a Bad Rep?
As in any industry, freight brokers come in differing levels of competency and professionalism. Successful and long-standing brokers have succeeded in delivering value, expertise, and timely service while regularly satisfying their clients with an efficient means...
How to Identify Gaps in Your Logistics Process
While many supply chains can benefit from improved processes, logistics managers should be careful to identify the real causes and effects that impact the effectiveness of their product movement. Warehouse operations, order management, technology utilization,...
8 Reasons to Find a New Logistics Provider
Logistics components are a significant contributor to any product’s final cost and, as such, those factors play an essential part in any company’s competitiveness and profitability. While supply chain managers work diligently to identify and eliminate all wasteful...
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BR Williams Earns SmartWay Eco Certification
As an ISO-9001 certified supply chain management, warehousing services, and 3rd-Party logistics (3PL) provider, BR Williams Tucking of Oxford, Alabama, understands the importance of reducing their carbon footprint and maintaining a sustainable business. Minimizing...
Alabama Logistics Company Earns ISO Certification
Recently, the BR Williams Logistics Services Division, headquartered in Oxford, Alabama, was awarded ISO 9001:2015. Certification by the global organization, NSF-ISR, the gold standard of the quality certification industry, is reserved for only the top companies in...
Alabama Trucking & Logistics Executive is Honored for Dedication to the Industry
Greg Brown, CEO at BR Williams Trucking, Inc., was recently honored by the Alabama Trucking Association (ATA) with its H. Chester Webb Award for Distinguished Service. The award was presented to Mr. Brown at the ATA’s 80th Annual Convention and Meeting held at the...
3PL Provider, BR Williams, is Featured on the Cover of Alabama Trucker Magazine
BR Williams is a 3PL provider, supply chain management and trucking company, based out of Oxford, AL. Their logistics and trucking divisions serve over 2,500 customers across various industries, while their distribution network serves another 50 customers. Recently,...
BR Williams Celebrates 60 Years in Trucking and Logistics
In 1958, BR Williams Trucking, Inc began with one man, one truck, and one dream. That man was Bill Williams. After losing his life in an on-site fire, Bill’s wife, Ruth Williams, fearlessly took charge and ran the business during a tumultuous time for women in...
BR Williams Releases “Logistics Industry Report 2017-2018″
This month, BR Williams, a supply chain, logistics, and trucking company in Alabama, released its “Trucking Company Industry Report 2017-2018” outlining current trends, implications, and future recommendations as we approach 2018. The report, created by BR Williams...
First Female Driver at BR Williams to Reach One Million Miles is Announced
Connie Dotson, one of 19 female drivers at BR Williams, is the first woman to reach a milestone of driving one million accident-free miles for the company. The impressive “Million Mile Club” at BR Williams recognizes all drivers who have driven over one million...
BR Williams, a Trucking, Logistics and Warehousing Firm Announces a New Warehouse Management System
BR Williams, a full-service Alabama-based trucking, logistics, and warehousing firm recently announced multi-faceted, sweeping technological improvements to their warehouse management system (WMS), designed to enhance customer experience. “In the business-to-business...
BR Williams Mobile, AL Distribution Center Port Services Expanded
BR Williams, a full-service supply chain management company, is expanding services within its Mobile, AL distribution center to ensure clients utilizing the Port for intermodal, drayage and supply chain services have sufficient options. Headquartered in Oxford, AL and...