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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
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The July 31 Smith Leonard survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors found new orders in May rose 3% over orders in May 2013, following a 13% increase in April. “While housing growth has slowed somewhat, this part of the economy still…
OSHA and the American Staffing Association signed an alliance agreement to improve working conditions for temporary workers. ASA will work with the agency to provide its members and others with information, guidance, and training resources to protect the…
In a recent survey of more than 400 retail industry CEOs, 83% said their retail supply chains are “not optimal” for today’s changing retail environment. The poll conducted by PwC and Forbes Media for JDA Softwarefound that digitally-connected consumers have…
Nabisco, 3PL Veteran Brings CPG Expertise to Growing Non-Profit Service Lansdale, PA: August 1, 2014: — The American Chain of Warehouses, Inc., has named Bruce Montgomery as Executive Vice President (EVP) of the non-profit organization, effective…
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission issued a guidance detailing how employers should deal with pregnancy in their workforce, but legal pending court cases are likely to reshape it in the near future. Two of the five EEOC commissioners dissented,…
OSHA has brought back its heat illness prevention campaign for the fourth straight year. “OSHA considers the heat illness prevention campaign to be a high priority, so employers should expect it to become an annual event and plan accordingly,” warns attorney…
A computer security firm recently uncovered a massive cyber attack on logistics companies that originated with handheld scanners made in China. TrapX (formally CyberSense) discovered a highly sophisticated, polymorphic advanced persistent malware dubbed…
Sears and Kmart are attempting to boost lagging sales by offering an online/in-store collaboration that allows customers to pick up Web orders at any of each other’s more than 2,000 U.S. store locations. “Sears was the first broadline retailer to provide the…
Eleven former Transportation Secretaries and current Secretary Anthony Foxx sent a letter to Congress urging it to look past passing stop-gap highway measures to adopt a long-term program. Foxx unveiled the letter during a July 21 speech at the National…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration signed an agreement with OSHA to combat coercion of commercial drivers, and to exchange safety and health allegations received by one agency that fall under the authority of the other. “This strengthened…
Driven by increased demand for electronics and parents’ need to restock school supplies from last year, families this summer will spend slightly more on back-to-school items in 2014, the National Retail Federation reported. However, NRF noted that college…
In the near future the National Labor Relations Board is expected to vote to allow unions access to employers’ email and communications systems. In April the board sought comments from interested parties in the form of legal briefs because it is…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 989 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
The July 31 Smith Leonard survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors found new orders in May rose 3% over orders in May 2013, following a 13% increase in April. “While housing growth has slowed somewhat, this part of the economy still…
OSHA and the American Staffing Association signed an alliance agreement to improve working conditions for temporary workers. ASA will work with the agency to provide its members and others with information, guidance, and training resources to protect the…
In a recent survey of more than 400 retail industry CEOs, 83% said their retail supply chains are “not optimal” for today’s changing retail environment. The poll conducted by PwC and Forbes Media for JDA Softwarefound that digitally-connected consumers have…
Nabisco, 3PL Veteran Brings CPG Expertise to Growing Non-Profit Service Lansdale, PA: August 1, 2014: — The American Chain of Warehouses, Inc., has named Bruce Montgomery as Executive Vice President (EVP) of the non-profit organization, effective…
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission issued a guidance detailing how employers should deal with pregnancy in their workforce, but legal pending court cases are likely to reshape it in the near future. Two of the five EEOC commissioners dissented,…
OSHA has brought back its heat illness prevention campaign for the fourth straight year. “OSHA considers the heat illness prevention campaign to be a high priority, so employers should expect it to become an annual event and plan accordingly,” warns attorney…
A computer security firm recently uncovered a massive cyber attack on logistics companies that originated with handheld scanners made in China. TrapX (formally CyberSense) discovered a highly sophisticated, polymorphic advanced persistent malware dubbed…
Sears and Kmart are attempting to boost lagging sales by offering an online/in-store collaboration that allows customers to pick up Web orders at any of each other’s more than 2,000 U.S. store locations. “Sears was the first broadline retailer to provide the…
Eleven former Transportation Secretaries and current Secretary Anthony Foxx sent a letter to Congress urging it to look past passing stop-gap highway measures to adopt a long-term program. Foxx unveiled the letter during a July 21 speech at the National…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration signed an agreement with OSHA to combat coercion of commercial drivers, and to exchange safety and health allegations received by one agency that fall under the authority of the other. “This strengthened…
Driven by increased demand for electronics and parents’ need to restock school supplies from last year, families this summer will spend slightly more on back-to-school items in 2014, the National Retail Federation reported. However, NRF noted that college…
In the near future the National Labor Relations Board is expected to vote to allow unions access to employers’ email and communications systems. In April the board sought comments from interested parties in the form of legal briefs because it is…