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The Power of Impactful Employee Incentive Programs & How To Measure Their Success

WorkWave

The labor market in 2024 is exceptionally competitive, particularly in residential and commercial service industries such as lawn care, plumbing, pest control, HVAC, contractor and more. as of March 2024. Get Qualitative Feedback An employee feedback platform can be used to conduct pulse surveys and gather valuable insights.

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Net Hiring Intent for Transport and Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

The latest data from Manpower Group reveals that the net hiring intent for businesses in the UK’s Transport and Logistics sector is +21% (for this current business quarter – Q2 2024). Notably, 35% of all those businesses surveyed and planning to hire in this quarter say they will be recruiting ten or more employees.

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Could gamifying music in warehouses unlock morale and boost efficiency?

Logistics Business Magazine

Almost nine in 10 warehouses pop on the tunes for their workers, as a survey of employees by music licensing company PPL PRS found that of those that don’t, the majority (89%) wish they did. Over half (55%) of warehouses are playing pop – but a tenth of the workforce would rather listen to rock.

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Top 10 SCM Trends for 2024

Logistics Business Magazine

Ralf Duester, board member of the Bochum-based SCM software specialist Setlog, shows which trends will be important in 2024. At a glance: The top ten SCM trends in 2024 1. Open-source software is increasingly convincing In detail: The ten most important SCM trends in 2024 1. Skilled labour shortage forces action 2.

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The Weekly Freight Report for September 8th, 2022

FLS Transport

In a logistics industry survey by CargoX, there are many reasons logistics companies do not quickly adopt the use of electronic trade documentation. The CTA estimates that by 2024 there could be nearly 50,000 truck driver vacancies. We support our employee’s professional growth through intentional mentorship and training.

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What Does No-Contact Delivery Mean?

WorkWave

And you should train employees to check for customers’ preferences before they deliver the order. If customers take a follow-up survey on their delivery experience, they’re going to rate the delivery category more poorly. They can select no contact delivery within an app or web browser during the ordering process.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Police in Hagerstown are deploying a surprisingly large fleet of low-cost drones and training more than 20 percent of the department’s officers on how to fly them. billion between 2022 and 2024. In the past two weeks, Hagerstown police report they have seized at least 15 illegally operated motorcycles and made multiple arrests.

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