Moving Words – Friend or Foe?
Timothy Brady “Trust not yourself, but your defects, make use of every friend and every foe.” – Alexander Pope” Many Van Operators have difficulty understanding the complexities of the different discounts in the HHG industry. This causes many of us to distrust discounts. Although household movers no longer use across-the-industry tariffs, each van line now […]
Moving Words – Competing for Talent
Timothy Brady “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan To paraphrase my previous blog, “Insanity” : Doing the same thing the same way while expecting different results currently describes the trucking industry, especially when it comes to driver recruitment and retainment. Admittedly, the moving industry does a far better job […]
Moving Words – Insanity
Timothy Brady “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results when, in fact, the results never change, is one definition of insanity. That goes for economics, too.” – Lawrence Kudlow Let’s look back at an article I wrote 16 years ago in 2006. Granted, a lot (understatement) has happened in those […]
Moving Words – Proposed Trucking Regulations
Timothy Brady “Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.” – Harry Day As we move into 2024, we need to stay cognizant of the continuing rules and regulations entering Enforcement or Proposed Rulemaking for 2024. FMCSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) UpdatesThe biggest move is the updated FMCSA (SMS) Safety […]
Moving Words – 2023 Trends
Timothy Brady “Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on.” – Mark Zuckerberg There are dramatic changes concerning where people live in the United States. These changes are influenced by retiring boomers, pandemic concerns, remote work vs. on-site, and the current economic and political uncertainty. All of this […]
Moving Words – Profit
Timothy Brady “Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.” – Carlos Slim Did it really pay for itself? is not the question you, as a frugal and wise business owner, should ask himself or herself. Because if all it did was pay for itself, it means you’ve […]
Moving Words – Ambassadors
Timothy Brady “An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.” – Walter Bagehot In any retail store or car dealership, employees are the major point of contact for the customers who come in to purchase items from a particular business establishment. They’re the folks who spend the most amount of time […]
Moving Words – AB5 Update
Timothy Brady “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” – Albert Schweitzer The injunction that kept California’s independent contractor law, AB5, out of the state’s trucking sector is officially dead. In a hearing on August 29, 2022, Federal District Court Judge Robert Benitez formally lifted the injunction […]
Moving Words – Inspection
Timothy Brady “A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.” – Arthur Bloch Here are the results from the 2022 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance International Roadcheck Inspection Blitz. You should find some interesting take-aways to consider from this information. For instance, how do your van operators and vehicles compare to these […]
Moving Words – Eggs
Timothy Brady “A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket” – Miguel de Cervantes In this blog we’re going to discuss a fundamental topic from business 100, however, when the going gets tough during an inflationary or recessionary period we sometimes need to be reminded of practices that can potential derail […]
