logistics management

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is the largest truckload carrier in the United States. Since the passage of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which essentially deregulated the trucking industry, the company has grown to become the nation's leader in providing irregular route trucking...

Japan Pulp and Paper Company Limited (JP&P) is the largest Japanese pulp- and paper-trading company. It is 40%-owned by paper manufacturers and acts as a trading organization to procure raw materials and distribute finished products. When consignment sales carried out for clients are added to...

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a multi-brand toy company managed by industry veterans Jack Friedman and Stephen Berman. Typically, JAKKS Pacific adds to the marketability of its products by taking generic items and enhancing their value by securing licensing agreements. Foremost among its products is a...

J.A. Jones, Inc. is a leading U.S. construction company. With offices throughout the world, Jones has been involved with a multiplicity of commercial, industrial, military, and government construction projects throughout its more than 100 years in business. Among the numerous high-profile...

Bearer of an illustrious name and a distinguished past, J. & W. Seligman & Co. Inc. is now only one of many investment firms located in New York City albeit one of the few that remains independent in an increasingly concentrated industry. Although no longer what it once was--a potent force in...

J & J Snack Foods Corporation is a manufacturer and exporter of snack foods, beverages, and frozen specialties. Headquartered in New Jersey, the company considers itself the largest maker of soft pretzels in the United States. The company's hallmark--the SuperPretzel--has changed over time, but...

Supermarkets, hypermarkets, and other grocery outlets clustered tightly in the south of England form the nucleus of Britain's largest food and wine retailer: J Sainsbury plc, or Sainsbury's, as it is widely known. The company's expansion over a period of 125 years has been cautious but...

J. D'Addario & Company, Inc. is the largest maker of strings for musical instruments in the world. J. D'Addario also designs and manufacturers a collection of music-related accessories, including guitar straps and accessories, marketed under the Planet Waves brand name, and drum heads through...

J. Crew Group, Inc. markets several lines of casual men's and women's clothing through distinctive catalogs, a chain of retail stores, and the company web site. Each year the company issues 24 editions of the J. Crew catalog, distributing more than 80 million copies. Its retail stores include...

J. Alexander's Corporation is a Nashville, Tennessee-based chain of 27 full-service, casual dining restaurants (as of December 28, 2003), located in a dozen states but mostly in Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida. The chain offers contemporary American cuisine, with an emphasis on high-quality...

J. Baker, Inc., is the leading U.S. retailer of clothing and footwear for the men's big and tall market, which comprises some 16 million consumers. As of October 1999, the company operated 450 Casual Male Big & Tall stores, over 90 REPP Big & Tall stores, some 50 REPP Premier stores, the REPP By...

Iwerks Entertainment, Inc. designs and manufactures high-technology, software-based entertainment attractions. The company's products combine advanced theater systems with entertainment or educational software to create multi-sensory attractions found at location-based entertainment centers...

Itron, Inc., provides products and services to utility companies, helping its customers to collect, manage, and analyze data gathered from electricity, water, and gas meters. The company designs and manufactures devices that automate meter reading. Itron also offers a range of software and...

Japanese company Itoham Foods Inc. produces and markets fresh meat and processed meat and sausage products. The company also manufactures and distributes other food products, including edible oils, dairy products, wine, and frozen foods. Itoham has subsidiaries in the United States as well as...

Itel Corporation is a diversified transportation and logistics company. Its principal business operations are divided between the following subsidiaries: Anixter Distribution and ANTEC are leading U.S. suppliers of wiring system products for voice, data, and video communications as well as for...

One of the largest producers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the world, Isuzu Motors, Ltd. also produces sport utility vehicles, pickups, and diesel engines. Isuzu ventured into the passenger car market in the 1980s, but pulled out in 1991 after its passenger line dragged the company into...

Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale S.p.A. (IRI), once the largest non-oil producing company in the world outside the United States, was by the mid-1990s a company in decline. Established in 1933 as a prop for failing Italian banks, the state-owned holding company grew over the years to...

Israel Chemicals Ltd. (Hebrew: כימיקלים לישראל בע"מ) (TASE: ICL), also known as ICL, is a multi-national Israeli manufacturing concern that develops, produces and markets fertilizers, metals and other special-purpose chemical products. ICL was formed in 1968 as a conglomerate of the Dead Sea...

Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI) is a state-owned aerospace manufacturer. IAI has accounted for about 9 percent of Israel's exports and is the country's largest employer. The company's strengths include overhauling and converting jet fighters and large commercial transports, and...

In just ten years Ispat International N.V. has grown from an obscure fringe company to become one of the top four steelmakers in the world. Led by Calcutta, India's Lakshmi Mittal, registered in the Netherlands but more or less run from the company's London office, Ispat (the Hindi word for...