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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.
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Biden executive order on competition could impact rail shippers. NHTSA orders makers of automated vehicle systems to file crash reports. Southern…
President Biden’s executive order aimed at injecting more competition into freight railroads and ocean shipping could have a major positive impact on rail customers – assuming that everything proceeds according to plan. The July 9 order is a wide-ranging…
The ecommerce giant Amazon reported that it will no longer test job applicants for marijuana and announced the company’s support for The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act). The bill before Congress aims to legalize…
OSHA substantially changed its National Emphasis Program for Covid 19 launched earlier this year. For one thing, it is no longer designated as a NEP but instead is now termed an updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan, or IERP. Initially targeted was the…
Retail sales saw solid growth during June, increasing in most categories on a monthly basis and across the board on a yearly basis as the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic continued, according to the National Retail Federation. “Heading into the…
The South Coast Air Quality Management District in California has targeted the warehouse industry with a new emissions rule. The rule requires warehouses of greater than 100,000 square feet to directly reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and diesel particulate…
Ecommerce is expected to grow to represent a total of 26% of all retail sales in the United States by 2025, creating the need for an additional 330 million sq. ft. of distribution space just to handle the flow of shipments, according to the industrial real…
Employers are investing in employee training and development, according to a recent study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Society for Human Resource Management. “Even in a time of significant economic and labor market volatility, employers…
Even as vaccines appear to be defeating Covid 19 and more people return to work, employers are finding that they have to deal with the ongoing reality of an illness that in some cases simply refuses to go away. “Long haulers” is the new term for these…
The National Retail Federation has asked to meet with President Biden and other top administration officials regarding the challenges retailers face from continued supply chain disruptions arising from congestion at U.S. ports. The letter from NRF President…
Rail shipper groups and unions have raised concerns about the merger of Canadian National and Kansas City Southern railroads. They made it clear to the Surface Transportation Board that they opposed the creation of a voting trust in which KCS shareholders…
The future of warehousing and third-party logistics includes a healthy rate of growth and a more central role in supply chain management. That was one of the conclusions of the 32nd annual State of Logistics report published by the Council of Supply Chain…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Biden executive order on competition could impact rail shippers. NHTSA orders makers of automated vehicle systems to file crash reports. Southern…
President Biden’s executive order aimed at injecting more competition into freight railroads and ocean shipping could have a major positive impact on rail customers – assuming that everything proceeds according to plan. The July 9 order is a wide-ranging…
The ecommerce giant Amazon reported that it will no longer test job applicants for marijuana and announced the company’s support for The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act). The bill before Congress aims to legalize…
OSHA substantially changed its National Emphasis Program for Covid 19 launched earlier this year. For one thing, it is no longer designated as a NEP but instead is now termed an updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan, or IERP. Initially targeted was the…
Retail sales saw solid growth during June, increasing in most categories on a monthly basis and across the board on a yearly basis as the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic continued, according to the National Retail Federation. “Heading into the…
The South Coast Air Quality Management District in California has targeted the warehouse industry with a new emissions rule. The rule requires warehouses of greater than 100,000 square feet to directly reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and diesel particulate…
Ecommerce is expected to grow to represent a total of 26% of all retail sales in the United States by 2025, creating the need for an additional 330 million sq. ft. of distribution space just to handle the flow of shipments, according to the industrial real…
Employers are investing in employee training and development, according to a recent study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Society for Human Resource Management. “Even in a time of significant economic and labor market volatility, employers…
Even as vaccines appear to be defeating Covid 19 and more people return to work, employers are finding that they have to deal with the ongoing reality of an illness that in some cases simply refuses to go away. “Long haulers” is the new term for these…
The National Retail Federation has asked to meet with President Biden and other top administration officials regarding the challenges retailers face from continued supply chain disruptions arising from congestion at U.S. ports. The letter from NRF President…
Rail shipper groups and unions have raised concerns about the merger of Canadian National and Kansas City Southern railroads. They made it clear to the Surface Transportation Board that they opposed the creation of a voting trust in which KCS shareholders…
The future of warehousing and third-party logistics includes a healthy rate of growth and a more central role in supply chain management. That was one of the conclusions of the 32nd annual State of Logistics report published by the Council of Supply Chain…