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that can offer customers complete
supply chain management solutions,
including full trailer load, less than
trailer load, over the road, and inter-
modal, transportation services, and
inventory management and order ful-
fillment.
GROWTH
Friesen’s approach to growth is
simple: keep the company customer
driven. TAK has grown at the pace
demanded by customers. Friesen notes
that the company intends to expand
wherever their customers take them.
“
A few years ago a client said to me:
‘
if I had a TAK in every city I operate
in, I would be a happy customer.’ That
drove us to expand to where this par-
ticular client works. It is our ability to
be agile that has helped us grow.”
The primary focus for TAK has
been the Pacific Northwest, and the
customer base of the company has
driven the rest of the business. TAK
launched its vision, its strategy, in
February 2010 and the focus is clear:
expansion to ten cities in ten years. “It
is a play on words but a reality: our
2020
vision is to open branches in ten
cities,” Friesen says. This month, the
company is scheduled to open a Cal-
gary warehouse.
And success continues for TAK.
The key thing for Friesen is the ability
to lead a team and keep the company
self-aware.
TEAM
Friesen’s son is his partner in the
business, and he says that the com-
pany spends a great deal of time on
self-development. “As a management
team, my son and I are constantly tak-
ing courses on growth and develop-
ment, and going outside our comfort
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