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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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In an effort to stem the import of products made with forced labor, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security entered into partnership with Liberty Shared, a nonprofit organization with global reach, in a joint effort to combat forced labor in global…
Industrial and logistics real estate is expected to have a very good year in 2020, according to the global real estate firm CBRE. “2020 could be a pivotal year for the U.S. commercial real estate industry, with geopolitical, economic and local regulatory…
Traffic congestion in the United States is going to get worse before it gets better, according to researchers for Texas A&M University’s Texas Transportation Institute. Their conclusions are included in the institute’s 2019 Urban Mobility Report, which also…
The advance of 3D printing is accelerating to the point that while 4% of airplane parts currently are made in this manner, in another decade 40% will be and 10 years later only a handful of parts will not originate from additive printing. 3D printers allow…
While other forms of employment discrimination grab headlines, one of the most widespread gets far less media attention – age discrimination. But employers can’t afford to let their guard down when it comes to adopting policies and practices needed to stem…
Customers now expect more from their purchasing experience, and for retailers to exceed these expectations requires an agile supply value chain made possible through digital supply networks, say researchers for the Deloitte consulting firm. Before the advent…
Most employers are aware there are restrictions on conducting background checks of job applicants, but do they apply to current employees as well? Attorney Demetrius Pyburn of the law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, warns, “Any time an employer uses an…
Offering the right mix of employee benefits is necessary for employers who want to hire and retain people during this era of full employment. Some of these were detailed in the annual employee benefits survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource…
In August, Immigration and Customs Enforcement made headlines when it apprehended 680 illegal immigrants who were working in poultry processing plants in the state of Mississippi. What didn’t make headlines was that the raids were only the latest such…
California has added a new law that largely bans arbitration agreements that employers impose on their employees as a condition of employment. It joins other states that have enacted laws aimed at prohibiting mandatory arbitration agreements used to prevent…
A single retail transaction can translate into multiple subsequent transactions and significant incremental spending with that same retailer across several channels, recent research has found. This was the conclusion of a recent study that was issued by the…
Seeking to end the abuse of shippers by major railroads through unreasonable demurrage charges and fees, the Surface Transportation Board opened three compliance proceedings to target the problem. The board firmly asserted that it will not tolerate such…
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.
In an effort to stem the import of products made with forced labor, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security entered into partnership with Liberty Shared, a nonprofit organization with global reach, in a joint effort to combat forced labor in global…
Industrial and logistics real estate is expected to have a very good year in 2020, according to the global real estate firm CBRE. “2020 could be a pivotal year for the U.S. commercial real estate industry, with geopolitical, economic and local regulatory…
Traffic congestion in the United States is going to get worse before it gets better, according to researchers for Texas A&M University’s Texas Transportation Institute. Their conclusions are included in the institute’s 2019 Urban Mobility Report, which also…
The advance of 3D printing is accelerating to the point that while 4% of airplane parts currently are made in this manner, in another decade 40% will be and 10 years later only a handful of parts will not originate from additive printing. 3D printers allow…
While other forms of employment discrimination grab headlines, one of the most widespread gets far less media attention – age discrimination. But employers can’t afford to let their guard down when it comes to adopting policies and practices needed to stem…
Customers now expect more from their purchasing experience, and for retailers to exceed these expectations requires an agile supply value chain made possible through digital supply networks, say researchers for the Deloitte consulting firm. Before the advent…
Most employers are aware there are restrictions on conducting background checks of job applicants, but do they apply to current employees as well? Attorney Demetrius Pyburn of the law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, warns, “Any time an employer uses an…
Offering the right mix of employee benefits is necessary for employers who want to hire and retain people during this era of full employment. Some of these were detailed in the annual employee benefits survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource…
In August, Immigration and Customs Enforcement made headlines when it apprehended 680 illegal immigrants who were working in poultry processing plants in the state of Mississippi. What didn’t make headlines was that the raids were only the latest such…
California has added a new law that largely bans arbitration agreements that employers impose on their employees as a condition of employment. It joins other states that have enacted laws aimed at prohibiting mandatory arbitration agreements used to prevent…
A single retail transaction can translate into multiple subsequent transactions and significant incremental spending with that same retailer across several channels, recent research has found. This was the conclusion of a recent study that was issued by the…
Seeking to end the abuse of shippers by major railroads through unreasonable demurrage charges and fees, the Surface Transportation Board opened three compliance proceedings to target the problem. The board firmly asserted that it will not tolerate such…