Moving Words – Economics
Timothy Brady “Economy has frequently nothing whatever to do with the amount of money being spent, but with the wisdom used in spending it.”- Henry Ford With the lower rate pressures being placed on most segments of the trucking industry, what does this bode for the moving industry? Let’s look at what the logistics prognosticators […]
Moving Words – Farming
Timothy Brady “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Any farmer or gardener knows that without planting seeds, nothing will grow. But there are a whole lot of other tasks that must take place before you put the seeds […]
Moving Words – Nimble
Timothy Brady “Small businesses are more nimble and innovative than large corporations, and as a result are much more likely to develop the breakthrough ideas we need for global competitiveness.” – John Delaney Being a smaller moving company means you’re more nimble, giving you the ability to react to market changes more quickly than larger […]
Moving Words – Speed
Timothy Brady “I’ve always found the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” – Lee Iaccoca Many in the moving industry are concerned about the future of their current business models as the cost of doing business keeps increasing and rates continue to head south. However, with an ounce or two of […]
Moving Words – Tariffs
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” – M. Scott Peck Is it “Houston, we have a problem,” or “To infinity and beyond!” Given a choice between having a problem or looking forward to “Infinity and beyond,” the idea of ‘looking […]
Hydration
“Drinking water is like washing out your insides. The water will cleanse the system, fill you up, decrease your caloric load and improve the function of all your tissues.” – Dr. Kevin R. Stone, Physician Moving household goods, moving offices, doing ground deliveries, driving a truck, and all the myriad other physical tasks involved in […]
Moving Words – Speed of the Supply Chain
“The supply chain is really tricky.” – Elon Musk Ever wonder why shippers want deliveries yesterday? Or maybe your trucks have been rushed away from a trade show, not allowed time to check their load or make sure the load bars and straps are secure, only to drive past more trucks waiting to get loaded? […]
Moving Words – Robotics
You only do good work when you’re taking risks and pushing yourself. – Sally Hawkins As we continue the blog post on Risk, we’ll cover four additional business risks moving and storage companies face and the solutions to these perils. We’ll discuss when and how to issue credit to your customers, how to make sure […]
Moving Words – Risk II
You only do good work when you’re taking risks and pushing yourself. – Sally Hawkins As we continue the blog post on Risk, we’ll cover four additional business risks moving and storage companies face and the solutions to these perils. We’ll discuss when and how to issue credit to your customers, how to make sure […]
Moving Words – Cost Analysis
Timothy Brady “The only utility is that which people are willing to pay for.” Jules Dupuit (developer of the Cost BenefitAnalysis) We’ve all heard “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” But in the world of Moving, this seems to always be the case. Moving and storage is a challenging business with so […]