Amplifier

The online news magazine of Atlas® World Group.

November 14, 2016

Atlas® Van Lines Agents think ‘the bigger the better’ when it comes to spreading awareness about food insecurity. In partnership with Move For Hunger,™ a nonprofit that encourages donating food instead of moving it, our moving and storage companies are sharing the message from the largest billboards...

November 13, 2016

What if you could walk through your customer’s home from the other side of the world? Or see every text message thread from your customer throughout the move? Or get immediate feedback for improving service on a move while it is taking place? You Can.

July 28, 2016

The election year brought the Atlas World Group family to Washington D.C. to attend the annual Society of Human Resources (SHRM) Conference and Exposition. From June 19 – 22 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, an estimated 1,800 human resources professionals spoke with Atlas representativ...

May 31, 2016

Three Alexander’s Mobility Services locations participated in Make-A-Wish Foundation’s annual Walk for Wishes, a series of regional two-mile walks that raise money to grant wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. The Tustin (207), Portland (0210), and Dallas (0218) locations do...

April 25, 2016

People who go new places® with Atlas share their experiences.

April 22, 2016

Since 1968, Atlas Van Lines has annually surveyed corporate relocation professionals on their views, policies, and practices to better understand changes taking place in the industry. Our results for the 2016 Corporate Relocation survey are here, and they provide an in-depth look at the most notewor...

April 17, 2016

Final mile service and LTL transportation may seem as compatible as oil and water. But Atlas Logistics is showing how the two can combine and open a new avenue of booking opportunities for Atlas Agents. Call it hybrid thinking—seeing a familiar problem in a new way and using dissimilar ideas to solv...

April 13, 2016

Allocation problems may not rise to the level faced by the crew of Apollo 13. But they can happen, and when they do, they are almost as dire.

April 12, 2016

Only a few months into 2016 and AMJ Campbell Vancouver (8841) has already won multiple awards. Recently, the company was honored with both the 2016 Best of Vancouver Award and the HomeStars Giving Back Award for their service to customers and the community.

April 12, 2016

For the third consecutive year, and for the fourth time in the past five years, NAV CANADA has honored Atlas Canada with the Supplier Recognition Award of Excellence. Fred Haladay, Senior VP and Chief Commercial Officer, accepted the award at the Supplier Excellence Luncheon hosted by NAV CANADA in ...

April 12, 2016

It’s an ordinary Saturday morning for Mike Baker, Regional Director of Business Development with Atlas Logistics. He gets a call from Jeremy Redd, who oversees shipping at eLuxurySupply. Jeremy has a question about a Less than Truckload (LTL) shipment of bedding bound for an Amazon distribution cent...

April 12, 2016

Cornerstone Relocation Group® may technically be a relocation management company, but it does much more than “manage” relocation. Cornerstone makes connections. And the most important connections are the ones Cornerstone makes while transferring employees. Here are stories of two connections among t...

February 8, 2016

Migration numbers reveal interesting patterns. From January through December 2015, Atlas Van Lines in the U.S. and Canada performed 77,705 household goods moves between states, provinces, and across the border. In general, the mosaic pattern of migration trends shows compasses pointing south, with a...

January 4, 2016

Paxton Van Lines (1610), in conjunction with Denmark-based Maersk Lines, participated in the 2015 American Turkish Friendship Association Syrian Refugee Blanket Drive. With the help of 35 Paxton employees and drivers during November and December, the blanket drive started with the delivery of 4,000 ...

December 29, 2015

Atlas heats up attendance, education, and charitable efforts in the desert The 68th annual Atlas World Group Convention visited Tucson, AZ this past November and we reckon it drew quite a crowd. Over 650 attendees consisting of Atlas Agents, Atlas subsidiaries, and preferred suppliers gathered at th...

November 22, 2015

MAKING YOUR BUSINESS BETTER EVERY DAY AtlasNet® is the set of information tools designed and continuously improved to help Atlas Agents remain the strongest entrepreneurs in the moving and logistics business. When you see the AtlasNet icon, you can expect to be hearing about the latest tools that ar...

November 22, 2015

Over the last year and a half, the Amplifier® has reported on how Atlas leadership is facing the future. We looked at forces squeezing the industry: pricing, capacity, and compliance. We wrote about the design of a five-year plan, Vision 2018. Most recently, we trained our sights on value as a key d...

November 9, 2015

A major New York bank pays $14.8 million to the SEC to settle allegations of corruption for handing out internships to relatives of foreign officials. An infant formula manufacturer agrees to pay $12 million after its Chinese subsidiary made improper payments to influence healthcare professionals to re...

November 9, 2015

Earlier this year, Atlas® Canada embarked on a strategic drive for synergy between Canada and the U.S. That effort recently took a giant step with “The Power of Learning.” On October 20 and 21, Atlas Canada Agents met in Toronto to gain familiarity with advanced Atlas systems for doing business.

November 9, 2015

Atlas® Terminal Company (ATC) is quickly becoming a one stop shop in the transportation industry. Their business is fueled by equipment sales, including tractors, trailers, straight trucks, pack vans, and lift gates, as well as their full-service maintenance and repair facility. Providing these serv...

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