According to Soundview Business Solutions, “The focus of management in any business is on recruiting and developing employees who are highly productive and meet the goals of the organization. While there is no magic formula for management, there are several common sense approaches that help both managers and employees find common ground and a relationship […]
U.S. West Coast contract negotiations could go one of two ways when the International Longshore and Warehouse Union convenes a caucus in San Francisco in the week beginning Dec. 15. The article can be found here: http://shar.es/131TlF
Fed Ex wins latest battle against teamsters at its Louisville KY terminal. For more on this story, see the latest article from Transport Topics: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=36714
A recent survey by Smart Manufacturing Technologies found that forty percent (40%) of the manufacturers they surveyed had zero visibility into their manufacturing processes; in other words they are working in the dark. The survey went on to say that nearly 10% of the respondents spent half of their day looking for equipment and products. […]
A new crisis has emerged at 29 West Coast Ports. According to supplychain247.com, “three weeks after initiating a coordinated series of slowdowns that have mired the major West Coast ports of Tacoma, Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach, the ILWU has pushed away from the bargaining table.” The article reports that the International Longshore […]
