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If you manage a truck fleet, or purchase trucking services, you should find useful updated information about costing trends from the American Transportation Research Institute. The 2023 update to ATRI’s annual research publication, titled “An Analysis of the…
In these challenging times, the industrial real estate giant JLL is offering some timely advice to help its warehouse and distribution center rental customers. Since the advent of the Covid 19 shutdowns, consumers have learned to expect that the near-instant…
Dear ACWI Members, In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: Logistics management undergoing a reset , according to CSCMP report. Public acceptance of marijuana creates challenges for fleet managers. WERC publishes 2023 DC…
If the authors of the 34 th annual State of Logistics report are right, third-party logistics warehouse operators need to invest in preparations for dealing with a supply chain facing tumultuous change. The report, which is published annually by the Council…
The rapid adoption of laws legalizing marijuana sweeping the country increases challenges for truck fleet managers, finds recent research from the American Transportation Research Institute. “As an industry committed to workplace and roadway safety, we owe…
The Warehousing Education & Research Council published its 2023 DC Measures Survey and Report and updated its online benchmarking tool designed to assess and improve operational performance. The report captures 37 key operational metrics that are meaningful…
Employers need to make sure they display two revised posters issued by the Department of Labor regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act “Employers will need to take action to remain in compliance with their posting…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that labor unions can be held liable for intentional damage they do to an employer’s property during a strike. The 8-1 High Court majority ruled in a case involving the Teamsters union that such conduct goes beyond that which…
When it comes to predicting the future of the economy, monthly retail sales figures seem to have become no more reliable a method than reading tea leaves, and you don’t even get a cup of tea out of the process to salve your nerves. The U.S. Commerce…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has been effectively improving logistics for years. (Think of the AI-powered travel time predictions you now expect from GPS). What you may not know is that AI is helping third-party logistics (3PL) providers improve…
Dear ACWI Members, In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: West Coast ports face threat from Gulf and East Coast ports , say researchers. Washington is the latest state to adopt warehouse production quota limits . HR…
Unhappy recent history arising from congestion and labor problems shocked the supply chain so profoundly that the Gulf and East Coast ports perennial threat to divert freight away from West Coast ports appears to be finally bearing fruit. That is one of the…