As a business owner or manager, you need to encourage your staff to perform. If you instill fear into them at the mere sight of you, it is possible you are approaching managing people in a negative way. The art of gaining the respect of others might be a low priority, but if you have respect instead of fear, you might get more productivity out of your team.

Times have changed and this is true of many people who have worked in the moving business. There is no need to have boxes of paperwork for each client that comes through the door, and the sales teams and the accounts departments no longer need to have shares in the paper industry to reduce the cost of the company’s stationery requirements.

Changes are occurring in the moving business. It is sad that many of the old practices lost by moving forward are not replacing some of the skills lost as staff members age. It is not an industry that is able to attract the young men and women who are comfortable to sit behind the wheel of a removal vehicle.

It is important to remember that as each year passes so, too, does the technology advancement in many areas. This improvement allowed the TOPS system in the military movement area for family and equipment to move to a new and exciting system called DP3 or Defense Personal Property Program.

Moving personnel in the military and their personal possessions is not something that is new. The need to move military and their families to their new units has been happening for many years, with different names and different actions, which have all been an improvement on the preceding systems used.

If you are considering moving military families or outsized items for military operations, then being familiar with the common terms that are often used is going to save you time and money. It can also help explain who is going to pay the bill, ensuring that your expenses are covered and you are fully aware of the activity expected of you and your moving business.