Does the glass ceiling still exist? Women now hold about 25 percent of the management positions in the petroleum sector, according to Women in Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector, but most of them are employed in lower-level management positions, not as senior executives. However, some women have broken all the barriers, and serve as leading executives…
States around the country are passing or attempting to pass legislation to try to fill state coffers, but many businesses feel that the result is simply going to be driving business away. The issue has become a three-way battle among legislators looking for new ways to bring in cash for projects such as road improvements,…
Are we loosing or gaining momentum in the manufacturing sector here in the U.S.? If you ask the Institute for Supply Management, things are looking pretty good. They stated recently that their PMI, or Report on Business, climbed 0.3 percent totaling out at 55.7 percent in the month of August, reaching its highest peak of…
More good news on the economic front shows growth and strength even outside the encouraging sector of manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM has released their Non-Manufacturing Report on Business indices since January 2008. August of this year showed some of the highest readings since the report was launched. The indices used to measure…
Consumers are relying more and more on purchasing merchandise online. One of the top online industries for selling merchandise is Amazon, and with online sellers’ competition fierce, Amazon is searching for a better way to service their customers by introducing same day delivery, but how would this goal be achieved?
With so many people looking for jobs, it’s amazing that the demand for truck drivers is so high. The oil and gas sectors are gaining momentum, leaving the need for truckers soaring. Companies are desperate to find certified drivers. Now that the older generations are retiring; there aren’t enough new graduates for the business.
Several economists and market analysts are predicting strong growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector as the country leads the rest of the world out of the deep recession which has nearly crippled growth in most developed nations over the past several years. The Institute for Supply Management index rose to 55.7 percent during the month…
Motorola Solutions has released a new report entitled, “Warehousing 2018: From Cost Center to Growth Center” wherein they define and predict the changes expected in the industry. Among their predictions, distribution centers are expected to get bigger, while the use of cross docking and task interleaving is expected to be on the rise. The report was…
Operating a big rig is a dangerous endeavor. On average, 905 truckers die each year for a ratio of 27 trucker deaths for every 100,000 drivers. Truckers account for about 12 percent of all traffic fatalities. According to numerous research reports, truckers can reduce their chances of dying in a crash by 50 percent if…
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a new report based on the group’s research last September. The new report, entitled “Behind the American Export Surge: the U.S. as One of the Developed World’s Lowest Cost Manufacturers,” predicts the U.S. has already started to see gains in manufacturing over competitive nations in Europe and Japan, and…