ArcBest® recently rolled out a national advertising campaign — Welcome to Simplistics™.
So what does Simplistics mean?
At ArcBest, we understand navigating the supply chain can be difficult and challenging. But who says it has to be scary and complicated?
Simplistics is about uncomplicating shipping and logistics.
In 1955, ArcBest (then known as Arkansas Motor Freight) was growing beyond its local roots. Our advertising campaign that year touted “A finer service for all Arkansas,” and it outlined the opening of a large service center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
If you aren’t familiar with the transportation industry, acronyms and industry jargon might make it difficult to find the services you need. We’ve created a graphic that illustrates frequently used shipping and logistics terms to help you understand and manage the various aspects of your supply chain.
In 1923, a small local freight hauler was formed, the beginning of today’s ArcBest.
OK Transfer & Storage operated in and around Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1935, OK Transfer acquired Arkansas Motor Freight Lines and assumed its name. Arkansas Motor Freight Lines served the area from Fort Smith to St. Louis and Fort Smith to Kansas City.
The company had 10 employees, two tractors, three trailers and one pickup truck.
ABF Freight® employees don’t shy away from a challenge; they solve problems and make things happen for customers. Dawn Ganes, a clerk for ArcBest carrier ABF Freight, exemplifies that.
When a customer needed a shipment of equipment for a film shoot delivered a week earlier than planned, she sent an email requesting the change but wasn’t sure who specifically to contact. That message reached Dawn, who worked with the customer to get the shipment delivered on time.
In 1960, ABF Freight employees at the Little Rock, Arkansas, service center contributed more than $3,100 to the Community Chest campaign in Pulaski County.
“Helping the character building agencies and the worthy organizations in one’s home community is part of being a good citizen,” the employee magazine stated. “And members of the ABF family are the finest kind of citizens always.”
Members of the 2006-2007 ABF Freight® Load Team came from locations ranging from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to Salt Lake City, Utah.
From hardware shows and technology summits to medical and environmental symposiums, spring is a busy time for trade shows. If you plan to attend or exhibit at a meeting in April or May this year, review this list of upcoming conferences to find one that suits you and your business. You’ll find all the information you need — from meeting details to how to arrange your hotel and travel reservations — to help you to begin planning your trip.
When the employee of a longtime ArcBest customer changed jobs and joined a new company, he quickly saw that the company could benefit from the stellar service he had experienced from ArcBest carrier ABF Freight®.
When ArcBest expanded with its purchase of Best Motor Lines, its coverage area also expanded to stretch over 6,500 franchised miles from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Robert A. Young Jr., president of Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, a predecessor of today’s ArcBest, wanted to keep in personal contact with employees and operations throughout the network. To accomplish this, in late 1956, AMF purchased a company airplane and hired a pilot, Buell Phillips.