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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
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When President Biden signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) into law, the aim was to broaden the regulatory oversight over ocean ship lines and increase competition of the in the industry. But there is doubt the act will be able to succeed. “During the…
More than half of employers – 56% -- have chosen to deploy pre-employment assessments to gauge job applicants' knowledge, skills and abilities, new research shows. The study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management of nearly 1,700 HR…
Workers share more similarities than differences when it comes to remote working, the Robert Half staffing and consulting firm has found. "Understanding work habits and preferences, and focusing on results, is key to maximizing productivity,” says Paul…
It turns out that the biggest driver of ecommerce success in the grocery world, appears to originate with return customers, according to the industry consulting firm of Brick Meets Click. It was long-term, established online grocery customers who…
An organization’s employees may turn out to be its greatest untapped safety resource, according to an annual survey conducted by the industrial equipment and services company Fluke. The broad-based poll of industrial workers found just over half (55.9%) said…
When you consider implementing employment incentives, enhanced benefits and retention bonuses to retain talent, you also should take a close look at how to legally impose restrictive covenants that also can promote retention, according to attorneys James…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Rail strike threat was based on Precision Scheduled Railroading personnel abuse. The NLRB proposes a rule to expand the definition of joint employer…
News reports assured Americans that we had dodged an economic disaster when the Biden administration announced the tentative settlement of a threatened nationwide strike by rail workers, but the threat remains until union rank-and-file members vote to okay…
The National Labor Relations Board proposed a new rule to reinstate the Obama-era board’s joint employer standard, which could open up staffing firm clients and franchise operations like McDonalds to union organizing campaigns. The joint employment framework…
PRISM Logistics expanded its operations to include a new warehouse and distribution facility in Lathrop, CA, which joins the company’s four other facilities located in nearby Stockton, all of which are in northern California. “We’ve been staffing up and…
A record 37 signings for 1 million sq. ft. or more warehouses were among the top 100 industrial leasing transactions in the first half of 2022 – up from 24 at the same time last year, CBRE reports. The global icommercial real estate services giant also said…
Commercial real estate is maintaining nearly full capacity and rent levels in the face of current economic turmoil, says the international real estate firm Colliers in its report, “An Inside Look at the Top 25 U.S. Industrial & Logistics Markets.” “As…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 992 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
When President Biden signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) into law, the aim was to broaden the regulatory oversight over ocean ship lines and increase competition of the in the industry. But there is doubt the act will be able to succeed. “During the…
More than half of employers – 56% -- have chosen to deploy pre-employment assessments to gauge job applicants' knowledge, skills and abilities, new research shows. The study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management of nearly 1,700 HR…
Workers share more similarities than differences when it comes to remote working, the Robert Half staffing and consulting firm has found. "Understanding work habits and preferences, and focusing on results, is key to maximizing productivity,” says Paul…
It turns out that the biggest driver of ecommerce success in the grocery world, appears to originate with return customers, according to the industry consulting firm of Brick Meets Click. It was long-term, established online grocery customers who…
An organization’s employees may turn out to be its greatest untapped safety resource, according to an annual survey conducted by the industrial equipment and services company Fluke. The broad-based poll of industrial workers found just over half (55.9%) said…
When you consider implementing employment incentives, enhanced benefits and retention bonuses to retain talent, you also should take a close look at how to legally impose restrictive covenants that also can promote retention, according to attorneys James…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Rail strike threat was based on Precision Scheduled Railroading personnel abuse. The NLRB proposes a rule to expand the definition of joint employer…
News reports assured Americans that we had dodged an economic disaster when the Biden administration announced the tentative settlement of a threatened nationwide strike by rail workers, but the threat remains until union rank-and-file members vote to okay…
The National Labor Relations Board proposed a new rule to reinstate the Obama-era board’s joint employer standard, which could open up staffing firm clients and franchise operations like McDonalds to union organizing campaigns. The joint employment framework…
PRISM Logistics expanded its operations to include a new warehouse and distribution facility in Lathrop, CA, which joins the company’s four other facilities located in nearby Stockton, all of which are in northern California. “We’ve been staffing up and…
A record 37 signings for 1 million sq. ft. or more warehouses were among the top 100 industrial leasing transactions in the first half of 2022 – up from 24 at the same time last year, CBRE reports. The global icommercial real estate services giant also said…
Commercial real estate is maintaining nearly full capacity and rent levels in the face of current economic turmoil, says the international real estate firm Colliers in its report, “An Inside Look at the Top 25 U.S. Industrial & Logistics Markets.” “As…