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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.
Showing 992 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results – in Albert Einstein’s famous definition – then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should be seeking some serious…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Consumer sales have edged upward following severe winter weather that persisted through most of the nation, according to industry statistics. The National Retail Federation reported that March retail sales, (excluding…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Prism Team Services, an ACWI member company, has committed to providing support for the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. From its locations in Hayward, Sacramento, Stockton…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Traditionally, horsing around and rough language are taken for granted in many male-dominated workplaces. But if that’s the case in your company, you need to look at controlling that behavior. At least 25 states are…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 New furniture orders in January were 2% higher than January last year according to the latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by the Smith Leonard accounting firm. The January numbers also…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 OSHA is seeking back wages and damages of more than $100,000 from a New Prime Inc., a Missouri- based truck fleet, for retaliating against a former driver who sought medical attention for an injury. OSHA ordered the firm…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Members of the Surface Transportation Board got an earful during two days of hearings in late March from the nation’s Class I railroads and their customers on the controversy surrounding a proposal to require more…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Following four years of deliberation, the Surface Transportation issued a final rule declaring the railroads cannot assess demurrage charges on warehouse-based third-party logistics providers unless those charges are…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Investment in new technologies and innovative logistics processes are top priorities for supply chain managers throughout the world, but they are frustrated by a shortage of qualified talent and never-ending pressure to…
Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 Unions are taking increasing advantage of a controversial OSHA determination that a complaining employee at a nonunion company can request a union representative accompany an OSHA inspector who is investigating a work…
Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals has published a “Definitive Guide” series of books covering eight different areas of supply chain best practices. “Whether you’re a practitioner or a student, these…
Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 In late March the Minnesota state legislature passed and Governor Mark Dayton signed legislation reversing a 6.8% sales tax on warehouse services that was due to go into effect on April 1. The warehouse tax repeal was…
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.
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results – in Albert Einstein’s famous definition – then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should be seeking some serious…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Consumer sales have edged upward following severe winter weather that persisted through most of the nation, according to industry statistics. The National Retail Federation reported that March retail sales, (excluding…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Prism Team Services, an ACWI member company, has committed to providing support for the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. From its locations in Hayward, Sacramento, Stockton…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Traditionally, horsing around and rough language are taken for granted in many male-dominated workplaces. But if that’s the case in your company, you need to look at controlling that behavior. At least 25 states are…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 New furniture orders in January were 2% higher than January last year according to the latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by the Smith Leonard accounting firm. The January numbers also…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 OSHA is seeking back wages and damages of more than $100,000 from a New Prime Inc., a Missouri- based truck fleet, for retaliating against a former driver who sought medical attention for an injury. OSHA ordered the firm…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Members of the Surface Transportation Board got an earful during two days of hearings in late March from the nation’s Class I railroads and their customers on the controversy surrounding a proposal to require more…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Following four years of deliberation, the Surface Transportation issued a final rule declaring the railroads cannot assess demurrage charges on warehouse-based third-party logistics providers unless those charges are…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Investment in new technologies and innovative logistics processes are top priorities for supply chain managers throughout the world, but they are frustrated by a shortage of qualified talent and never-ending pressure to…
Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 Unions are taking increasing advantage of a controversial OSHA determination that a complaining employee at a nonunion company can request a union representative accompany an OSHA inspector who is investigating a work…
Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals has published a “Definitive Guide” series of books covering eight different areas of supply chain best practices. “Whether you’re a practitioner or a student, these…
Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 In late March the Minnesota state legislature passed and Governor Mark Dayton signed legislation reversing a 6.8% sales tax on warehouse services that was due to go into effect on April 1. The warehouse tax repeal was…