Transplace Awarded Contract Renewal from J.B. Hunt for Employee Screening Service; Drug and Alcohol Testing Service Saves Money Processing Qualified Employees.Business Editors PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Transplace Compliance Services, a leading provider of employee screening and compliance services, today announced that J.B. Hunt Transport Services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. , Inc. (Nasdaq:JBHT JBHT J.B. Hunt Transport Services (stock symbol) ) has renewed a contract for Transplace's Employee Screening Service, a complete package for drug and alcohol testing. Employee Screening Service is a web-based platform that assists companies in the management of testing programs. The service is effective for employees subject to DOT regulations as well as non-DOT regulated employees. It administers the complete process of testing - from notification, collection, and lab analysis to doctor review, communication of results, and the payment of all vendors. The testing process runs smoother, allowing qualified employees to work faster, which saves J.B. Hunt time and money. "By reaffirming our relationship with J.B. Hunt, we can continue to provide an unprecedented service," said David Saunders David Saunders (Born on January 31, 1976, in Toledo, Ohio), is an American football player for the Columbus Destroyers of the Arena Football League as a WR/LB. David Saunders spends the off-season in Tampa, Florida and attended Palatine High School in Palatine, where he played , director of Transplace Compliance Services. "Our alliance with J.B. Hunt has allowed us to offer a full-scale solution that saves money through efficiencies. We will continue to accommodate them with superior customer service and leading-edge technology so J.B. Hunt can concentrate on their business." "Transplace is an industry leader and strategic partner for J.B. Hunt. The service they administer for us is truly exemplary in the testing field, with accurate results and easy-to-maintain records," said Greer Woodruff, vice president of Safety. "We look forward to extending our long-standing relationship with Transplace." About J.B. Hunt J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. with annual revenues of more than $2 billion. The company operates more than 10,750 trucks and approximately 46,000 trailers and containers. J.B. Hunt creates supply chain value through a variety of engineered, optimal solutions that include truckload and intermodal transportation services, dedicated fleet management, electronic commerce and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet . The company's stock is traded on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors JBHT and is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average The Dow Jones Transportation Average (also called the "Dow Jones Transports;" DJTA) is the oldest U.S. stock market index. Components Today, the index consists of the following 20 companies (weighted to adjust for stock splits and other factors): About Transplace Transplace Compliance Services, a subsidiary of Transplace, Inc., supplies services to ease the burden of maintaining compliant files through online employee record keeping. Transplace (www.transplace.com) is a lead logistics provider for transportation logistics solutions through a fully integrated web-based transportation platform of services allowing customers to collaborate on transportation logistics strategy, planning and execution. Transplace offers a full menu of logistics and transportation management services, ranging from complete outsourcing, as a third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. provider and load control center, to a single source for shipment transportation assistance. Transplace was formed through the merger of existing logistics business units of Covenant Transport, Inc., J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., M.S. Carriers, Inc., Swift Transportation Swift Transportation was founded by Jerry Moyes originally as Common Market. The operations began in 1966 transporting imported steel from the ports of Los Angeles to Arizona, and then returning with Arizona cotton to be delivered to Southern California. Co., Inc., U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., and Werner Enterprises, Inc. |
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