Strengthen Your Strategy by Getting a Grip on Your Material Handling Equipment Costs
By Keith Trumbull
Does your organization have equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks and scissor lifts? Your goal should be to manage these assets as effectively as possible. Understanding associated costs is the first step toward greater productivity at lower cost. At Element, we’re focused on making capital work for clients. Our clients often tell us these direct and indirect costs can be difficult to capture. To better understand your organization’s asset costs, explore these seven factors:
The Staggering Cost of Making an Auto Insurance Claim
Here’s one more incentive to practice safe driving techniques with a religious fervor. Filing a single claim of $2,000 or more will cause an average motorist’s car insurance premiums to skyrocket by 41 percent, according to a recent study conducted for the website InsuranceQuotes.com.
And that’s just the national average. The study found that residents of California are subject to the stiffest penalties for, well, taking advantage of coverage for which one already pays dearly, with a single claim triggering a budget-busting 86 percent average rate boost. Those living in Maryland tend to suffer the mildest financial hardship after filing a car insurance claim, with a typical jolt of 22 percent.
Top Auto Picks for 2015: Kiplinger’s Rankings
Kiplinger's Personal Finance released it's top selection of cars, trucks and SUVs in various price categories for 2015.
Here are some highlights of what they selected:
Cars Under $20,000
• Best New/Redesigned Car: Honda Fit
• Best-in-Class: Mazda3
Seven Reasons Cheap Oil Can’t Stop Renewables Now
Oil prices have fallen by more than half since July. Just five years ago, such a plunge in fossil fuels would have put the renewable-energy industry on bankruptcy watch. Today: Meh.
Here are seven reasons why humanity’s transition to cleaner energy won’t be sidetracked by cheap oil.
1. The Sun Doesn't Compete With Oil
The Pros and Cons of a Driverless Future
It may seem as if the only arguments against self-driving cars come from two kinds of people – those fearful of any scenario where they might have to forgo control behind the wheel and those who distrust all technology out of hand.
There has been little discussion about the potential downsides of a driverless future, but a new study has pointed out some potential flaws in this looming auto utopia.
The upsides seem pretty self-evident.
