Moving Words – Electric Vehicles Part 2 (Pros)
Timothy Brady “Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.” – Alek WekIn the first Moving Words blog article for this month (March 2022), we discussed some of the negatives involved with moving your local moving fleet into Electric Commercial Vehicles (ECV). In this article, we’ll discuss the benefits of […]
Moving Words – Electric Vehicles Part 1 (Cons)
Timothy Brady “I think everything has its own pros and cons.” – Anushka Sharma There’s a lot of discussion today on whether it’s time to start replacing some of the vehicles in a mover’s fleet with an Electric Commercial Vehicle (ECV). While there have been several advancements in the technology of the ECV, along with […]
Moving Words – Jargon
Timothy Brady “I think we invent jargon because it saves time talking to one another.” – John Maynard Smith Just like any industry, trucking and moving has its own jargon. My bet is most people reading this list will know the definition of each term listed. And some of you will have a better definition […]
Moving Words – Digging Out
Timothy Brady “If you dig a hole and it’s in the wrong place, digging it deeper isn’t going to help.” – Seymour Chwast As we enter the 8th quarter since the beginning of the pandemic in February/March of 2020, and the beginning of the 3rd year since the drop in available workers and the Great […]
Moving Words – Micromanaging
Timothy Brady “Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.” – John Rosemond Micromanaging people (and their time) is extremely detrimental to the success of a business. However, it is far easier to micromanage than to delegate. And the smaller the business, the more difficult it becomes to not micromanage. The […]
MoversSuite Release – 2022 R02
MoversSuite 2022 R02 is available! This release features many enhancements and changes to improve MoversSuite. MoversSuite now integrates with ADP to send crew punch activity to ADP for further payroll processing. If you are interested in learning more about this integration, please view the ADP Integration page for an overview and setup information. You can also […]
Moving Words – Moving Forward
Timothy Brady “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney 27.1 million Americans moved from one home to another home in the last year, according to new data from the US Census Bureau. That equates to just 8.4% […]
Moving Words – Down, Not Out
Timothy Brady “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali Here’s the scene—the boxer is on the mat, his opponent has been sent to the corner and the referee is standing over the downed fighter, counting 1, 2, 3, 4 on his way to ten. As […]
Moving Words – Myth vs Reality
Timothy Brady “A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.” – Alan WattsThe moving industry historically has been better at retaining its van operators and movers; however, since the Great Resignation of 2020 and 2021, the industry has experienced the winds of change. As older, experienced […]
Moving Words – Brain Drain
Timothy Brady “If that employee had unique expertise in a specific area, losing him could be a serious threat to your organization.” – Chris Cancialosi As a moving company dealing with the pandemic-driven exodus of seasoned and experienced van operators, you need to think ahead to stay in front of your competition. Two of the […]
