Shelley Simpson

J.B. Hunt CEO calls for ‘courageous collaboration’ to transform industry 

J.B. Hunt President and CEO Shelley Simpson began her keynote at this year’s F3: Future of Freight Festival by recalling a defining moment in logistics industry history: the famed 1989 handshake between J.B. Hunt himself and Mike Haverty, then-president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

That handshake heralded a collaboration that would permanently change the way the industry thinks about collaboration. As a result, the first intermodal shipment took place in February 1990.

Since that...

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J.B. Hunt CEO talks need for industry collaboration at F3

“Courageous collaboration” across the transportation and logistics industry is what’s needed to fuel further innovation, Shelley Simpson, CEO and president of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, said in a keynote address at FreightWaves F3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Tuesday.

The comment harkened back to a 1989 handshake agreement between the company’s founder Johnnie Bryan Hunt and Mike Haverty, president of the Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway), which created the foundation for intermodal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/j-b-hunt-ceo-talks-need-for-industry-collaboration-at-f3

Shelley Simpson es nombrada presidenta de J.B. Hunt 

Shelley Simpson appearing at FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain event in Rogers, Arkansas

J.B. Hunt Transport Services anunció el miércoles el nombramiento de Shelley Simpson como presidenta a partir del 1 de agosto. Simpson es actualmente directora comercial y vicepresidenta ejecutiva de personal y recursos humanos de la empresa. 

John Roberts, actual presidente y director general, seguirá siendo director general y miembro del consejo de administración.  

Simpson lleva 28 años en J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT), 15 de los cuales los ha pasado en calidad de ejecutiva. Fue nombrada presidenta...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shelley-simpson-es-nombrada-presidenta-de-j-b-hunt

Shelley Simpson named president of J.B. Hunt

Shelley Simpson appearing at FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain event in Rogers, Arkansas

J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Wednesday the appointment of Shelley Simpson to president effective Aug. 1. Simpson currently serves as the company’s chief commercial officer and executive vice president of people and human resources.

John Roberts, the current president and chief executive officer, will remain CEO and a member of the board. 

Simpson has been with J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) for 28 years, 15 of which have been spent in an executive capacity. She was named president of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shelley-simpson-named-president-of-jb-hunt

Supply chain’s future will be mode-agnostic, J.B. Hunt’s Simpson says

Building an intelligent, efficient supply chain requires providers of all types to shed their siloed mindsets and collaborate in areas where in the past that might have been seen as problematic, a top executive at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) said Monday.

Keynoting FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas, Shelley Simpson (pictured), Hunt’s chief commercial officer and executive vice president of people and human resources, said future supply chains...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chains-future-will-be-mode-agnostic-hunts-simpson-says

El futuro de la cadena de suministro será agnóstico, dice Simpson de J.B. Hunt 

J.B Hunt's Shelly Simpson

La construcción de una cadena de suministro inteligente y eficiente requiere que los proveedores de todo tipo se desprendan de sus mentalidades aisladas y colaboren en áreas en las que en el pasado eso podría haber sido visto como un problema, dijo el lunes un alto ejecutivo de J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT).

En su intervención en el evento en directo sobre el Futuro de la cadena de suministro, celebrado en Rogers (Arkansas), Shelley Simpson, directora comercial y...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/el-futuro-de-la-cadena-de-suministro-sera-agnostico-dice-simpson-de-j-b-hunt

J.B. Hunt’s Shelley Simpson to keynote at Future of Supply Chain

J.B. Hunt Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson presenting at FreightWaves Live Chicago 2019

Shelley Simpson, Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President of People and Human Resources at J.B. Hunt, will be the industry keynote speaker on May 9 at the Future of Supply Chain. Simpson will discuss the future of freight and accelerating the intelligent supply chain. 

Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, said “We are very excited and fortunate to welcome Shelley to The Future of Supply Chain! She has spoken at numerous FreightWaves events over the past several years and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jb-hunts-shelley-simpson-to-keynote-at-future-of-supply-chain

Carriers bet on Capacity-as-a-Service

Over the past decade, as-a-service (aaS) business models have infiltrated supply chain actors in order to advance the industry to keep up with increasingly tech-focused lifestyles.

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) has targeted shippers across the globe, promising an easier way to handle in-house procurement and transportation workflows, and offer a layer of resilience when unforeseen hurdles arise.

SaaS-based solutions have also been promoted within the freight brokerage space, eventually fueling the...

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