Our Story

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As a leading global provider of logistics, supply chain management and e-Commerce services, JG continues the quest to provide the most innovative and forward thinking solutions available anywhere in the world.

The James Group family of companies consists of businesses that provide high performing supply chain management and logistic solutions, real estate and support technology investments.

James Group is a privately held, minority certified, provider of global supply chain management services. The company was founded in 1971 by John A. James and Calvin Outlaw. Operating under the name O-J Transport Co., the company provided freight transportation services. O-J Transport Company overcame numerous legislative obstacles at both the federal and state levels to obtain its 48-state and international operating authority. The legislation at the federal level represented the first major change in trucking regulation and eased the burden of minorities entering the trucking industry. From one Ford heavy-duty truck and annual sales of less than $50,000, the company grew and in mid-1990s, became the highest volume truckload carrier for Ford Motor Company, hauling more than 2,000 truckloads of cargo weekly.