Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
ACT EXPO 2018: Advanced Clean Transportation
Posted on May 11th, 2018Technology in transportation is advancing so quickly, it’s hard to pin down where the future in energy is going to be. The Advanced Clean Transportation Expo 2018, held at the Long Beach Convention Center showcased a number of companies with the latest innovations in Condensed Natural Gas, Electric, Hydrogen and Propane. […]
Getting Personal in Business: Handwritten Thank You Notes
Posted on April 27th, 2018Using a form of communication that has become less and less common, may be one of the most powerful ways to impress a prospect and a current customer. The handwritten “Thank You” note. Outdated? We don’t think so. A handwritten thank you note sends a powerful message because you have gone […]
Due Diligence for 3PLs in Choosing a Qualified Carrier
Posted on March 16th, 2018Looking back to a Blog post we shared back in 2012, we have an update on how choosing an unqualified carrier could leave a 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) company responsible for carrier actions. That case had to do with double brokering, but this case had to do directly with the 3PL that […]
SCM: Planning for the Future of Supply Chain Management
Posted on March 9th, 2018As a new generation begins to take over the workforce, the future of supply chain management will move towards utilizing the latest innovations to improve data reliability, faster workflows, synced data with interconnected systems and much more beyond our imagination. Image: Supply Chain Management Chart (Source: […]
BOA Holiday Party 2017
Posted on January 16th, 2018With an ever changing environment in logistics and transportation, having the right people to adapt and move with the industry is critical. It is well known in today’s world that human capital is important, and to treat our team with a huge year-end celebration is how BOA has taken the holiday party […]
The Pablove Foundation
Posted on January 20th, 2017There are a lot of causes out there that matter. Every one of them have their special place and need in our society. Every now and then an organization from within that sphere sticks out and really calls to us. It might be that a lot of us are parents, […]
BOA’s first Non Profit Donation: Mattel Children’s Hospital
Posted on March 20th, 2015Towards October of last year we at BOA found ourselves searching for the perfect charitable cause for our quarterly donation of 2014. With the holiday season coming up we wanted our contribution to really affect others in a special way. We quickly found that our passion for giving back to […]
Bill Gates 11 Truths post Highschool in Reality
Posted on December 28th, 2012Bill Gates recently gave a Commencement speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure […]
Four Responsibilities of a Good Freight Broker
Posted on February 15th, 2012There are a staggering amount of Third Party Logistics and freight brokers in the domestic United States. Last we checked there were over 16,000 freight brokers in the continental U.S. They range from a wide variety of people, from stay-at-home parents working part time, the small broker or brokerage house who […]