You need to make sure your moving businesses is up to date with policy changes and implementations, which could have an effect on your business. You must be aware of any potential changes that could help or hinder your future business plans. Congress is taking the first steps at two policies, which could affect moving businesses.

It is important for moving companies to see an overall picture of the industry to find out as a whole how it is progressing. It can highlight the areas that might be seeing a reduction in growth or, alternatively, improvement each year. A survey of the moving industry is offered to all members of the IAM and the results play an important factor in seeing if businesses are moving forward after a few difficult years.

It is difficult to predict the amount of movement in the military that will occur each year. Typically in the summer, there is a high volume of movement, but this could be greater with the recent changes implemented in the Department of Defense.

It is important when you are looking at improving the positive parts of your moving business, you also consider the other end of the spectrum where a problem occurs and damage happens to a client’s property. At some point you are going to have to look at damages that happen to customer items. This is just part of the moving industry because accidents happen.

As with all government bodies, the FMCSA is always looking to ensure the safety of the people using the highways across America, and this includes commercial drivers too. They are looking to address some of the issues that the AMSA and their members have campaigned for, mainly a change in the law to make the situation as fair as possible.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) can seriously affect a person’s ability to drive.  A person can’t fall asleep at the wheel because it is an accident waiting to happen. The FMCSA has issued an informative bulletin, which highlights and clarifies its position on the difficult subject of sleep apnea. In 2000, the FMCSA released the criteria […]