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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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This year’s wave of illegal immigrants swarming across our southern border has garnered its share of headlines and stirred up public outrage that helped unseat one congressional leader and kill immigration reform legislation at least for this year. The event…
Ensuring driver safety is the top priority for fleet managers, according to a survey conducted by GE Capital Fleet Services. With more than a third (35%) of fleet managers identifying it as their main concern, driver safety outpaced cost-savings goals and…
Congestion on the nation’s Interstate highways added over $9.2 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2013, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. ATRI used trucking financial data along with billions of anonymous…
Frustrated by a 30-day statute of limitations on whistleblower claims for alleged safety violations, OSHA agreed with the National Labor Relations Board to inform late filers they also can submit their complaints to the NLRB, which allows such claims to be…
The American Chemistry Council announced that its Chemical Activity Barometer showed continuing upward growth in June, with a 0.5% gain from May. Measured on a three-month moving average, the CAB’s 0.5% gain beat the average first quarter monthly gains of…
For 2013, the nation saw 951 cargo thefts – the same amount recorded in 2012 and tying that year for the highest level of theft incidents on record, said FreightWatch International. In addition, for the first quarter of 2014 the company reported a total of…
As the economic recovery appears to take hold and strengthen, the future looks bright for logistics service providers and their customers – assuming the capacity crunch in the warehouse, rail and trucking industries can be addressed. This is one major…
Both FedEx and UPS are introducing dimensional pricing that could result in rate hikes of as much as 17-30% for larger shipments. FedEx led off by announcing in May that starting Jan. 1, 2015, FedEx will price ground parcel shipments measuring less than…
Millions of dollars can be saved by consumer goods suppliers evaluating and improving their Direct Store Delivery operations, a survey conducted by Honeywell found. The report, which contains feedback from 350 C-level consumer goods executives and directors…
A new report shows how technologies like Microsoft’s video-game camera Kinect, smart watches and Smartphone near-field technology can serve as effective logistics management tools. DHL trend report, “Low-Cost Sensor Technology,” reviews depth-sensing…
Volume 2, Issue 12 - June 30th, 2014 A federal district court has rebuffed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s contention that an employer’s ban on the dreadlocks hairstyle was racially discriminatory. The case arose when an employer rejected a job…
Volume 2, Issue 12 - June 30th, 2014 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Obama overstepped his constitutional authority when he made three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in 2012. The question for employers, of…
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.
This year’s wave of illegal immigrants swarming across our southern border has garnered its share of headlines and stirred up public outrage that helped unseat one congressional leader and kill immigration reform legislation at least for this year. The event…
Ensuring driver safety is the top priority for fleet managers, according to a survey conducted by GE Capital Fleet Services. With more than a third (35%) of fleet managers identifying it as their main concern, driver safety outpaced cost-savings goals and…
Congestion on the nation’s Interstate highways added over $9.2 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2013, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. ATRI used trucking financial data along with billions of anonymous…
Frustrated by a 30-day statute of limitations on whistleblower claims for alleged safety violations, OSHA agreed with the National Labor Relations Board to inform late filers they also can submit their complaints to the NLRB, which allows such claims to be…
The American Chemistry Council announced that its Chemical Activity Barometer showed continuing upward growth in June, with a 0.5% gain from May. Measured on a three-month moving average, the CAB’s 0.5% gain beat the average first quarter monthly gains of…
For 2013, the nation saw 951 cargo thefts – the same amount recorded in 2012 and tying that year for the highest level of theft incidents on record, said FreightWatch International. In addition, for the first quarter of 2014 the company reported a total of…
As the economic recovery appears to take hold and strengthen, the future looks bright for logistics service providers and their customers – assuming the capacity crunch in the warehouse, rail and trucking industries can be addressed. This is one major…
Both FedEx and UPS are introducing dimensional pricing that could result in rate hikes of as much as 17-30% for larger shipments. FedEx led off by announcing in May that starting Jan. 1, 2015, FedEx will price ground parcel shipments measuring less than…
Millions of dollars can be saved by consumer goods suppliers evaluating and improving their Direct Store Delivery operations, a survey conducted by Honeywell found. The report, which contains feedback from 350 C-level consumer goods executives and directors…
A new report shows how technologies like Microsoft’s video-game camera Kinect, smart watches and Smartphone near-field technology can serve as effective logistics management tools. DHL trend report, “Low-Cost Sensor Technology,” reviews depth-sensing…
Volume 2, Issue 12 - June 30th, 2014 A federal district court has rebuffed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s contention that an employer’s ban on the dreadlocks hairstyle was racially discriminatory. The case arose when an employer rejected a job…
Volume 2, Issue 12 - June 30th, 2014 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Obama overstepped his constitutional authority when he made three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in 2012. The question for employers, of…