In the moving industry, you see a lot of government oversight that tend to interfere with free trade. A lot of the transportation regulations date back to an era where belongings were transported by train. While it is true these agencies “protect” the consumers by dealing with the bad eggs in the moving industry, they also disrupt and hinder competition by companies that mean well and believe they know what’s best.

Attention to detail is very important when it comes to business. For many customers it’s all the small things that add up to a great experience with your company. As a business owner you are generally aware of this fact. However not all details are valuable places to focus in reaching optimal success. Maximizing your effectiveness requires you to be vigilant and avoid the minutia trap. If your find yourself obsessing over small details so much so that it hold up getting value out of your current efforts, then you are caught in the net. So what is this minutia net and how do you get out of it?

If you are a start-up moving company, or have been in business for a long time, chances are you have some kind of software or program that helps you run your business. The unfortunate part about it is, no matter how modern technology becomes, you will still have issues, at some point or another. The trick is not to freak out about it, it makes techies lives much, much easier.

MovePoint Software has always had the best reputation when it comes to making big moving companies even bigger. But on July 4th 2012, MovePoint Software tried something new. We had our first ever Independence Day promotion, and a new, faint voice was heard under the large corporations. Smaller and younger moving companies gave outstanding feedback and suggestions as to how MovePoint can help them, too.

There are those in almost every office that ooze negativity. This is probably because they don’t like their jobs, they feel they are being treated or that there home life is in bad shape, whatever the reasons may be, it is infectious. But, sometimes people who are normally positive become negative towards a task or person, and there may even be a legitimate reason that they are angry. There are a few great approaches for dealing with those that aren’t normally negative.

This past January, the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) issued a final ruling restricting the use of mobile telephones by interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. Under the new set of regulations, drivers are not permitted to reach for, dial or answer a mobile phone while on the road. The new ruling, while greatly restricting mobile phone use, does not affect the use of hands free devices. Tools like CB Radios, GPS and Fleet Management systems are also being excluded from the ban.