AutoScheduler to present at CSCMP Edge 2022
AutoScheduler.AI, an innovative Warehouse Management System (WMS) accelerator, announces it will be presenting and exhibiting at the annual CSCMP Conference in September 2022. Keith Moore, CEO of AutoScheduler will present with Ron Sweet, Customer Supply Chain Senior Manager, Kimberly-Clark, “Smarter & Faster: Your WMS on Steroids with Decision Support,” in September 19, 2022, from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. At CSCMP, AutoScheduler’s Smarter...
ARA forecasts 3.5 percent increase for the rental equipment industry
The outlook for equipment rental revenue, comprised of the construction/industrial and general tool segments, has improved over the last quarter. The updated second-quarter forecast released by the American Rental Association (ARA) now calls for equipment rental revenue to exceed $47.8 billion in 2021, nearly a 3.5 percent increase over 2020 and greater than last quarter’s forecast that called for a 3.1 percent increase this year....
Warehouse Safety Focus of IWLA Fall Event in Atlanta
As the only trade association focused on the third-party warehouse logistics industry, the International Warehouse Logistics Association created the IWLA Warehouse Safety & Risk Conference. This annual event, coming to Atlanta, Georgia on September 8th and 9th, highlights how warehouse operators can keep employees – and the materials they handle – safe. The IWLA Safety & Risk Conference focuses on risk control and safety, best...
Port of Long Beach exempts Natural Gas Vehicles from Clean Truck Fund Rate
Low-NOx trucks seen as a bridge to zero-emissions operations The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday voted 4-1 to approve an exemption from the Clean Truck Fund Rate for the cleanest natural gas-powered trucks, as a transitional step to a future when zero-emissions cargo trucks are widely available. Natural gas trucks are lower emitters of nitrogen oxides, a building block of smog, and provide a step toward cleaner air...
U.S. Rail Traffic for the week ending March 20, 2021
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 20, 2021. Comparisons of the current week with the same week in 2020 are inflated because of the widespread economy-wide shutdowns — and a subsequent large reduction in rail volumes — last year at this time. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 513,325 carloads and intermodal units, up 11.6 percent compared with the same...
Reddaway Driving Academy provides Driver Training Apprenticeships
Reddaway, an industry-leading less-than-truckload (LTL) service provider in the western United States and Canada, is proud to announce the Reddaway Truck Driving Apprenticeship. The apprenticeship is a one-year training program where interested individuals can earn a Class A license and driving experience while being paid a wage that includes benefits. After students successfully complete the apprenticeship, they have a job at...
More thoughts on the future
I recently attended the 10th Annual DuPage County Regional Business Outlook in Oak Brook, Illinois, with the keynote speaker being Howard Tullman who is the Executive Director of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology. I listened to Howard’s presentation last year and found it fascinating and was glad he returned this year. As you can guess Howard went through...
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