Industry Insight – IAM https://iamovers.org International Association of Movers Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:45:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://iamovers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-iam-favicon--32x32.png Industry Insight – IAM https://iamovers.org 32 32 Opportunities To Improve Service Member’ PCS Experience https://iamovers.org/white-paper/opportunities-to-improve-service-meember-pcs-experience/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:33:35 +0000 https://iamovers.org/?post_type=white-paper&p=10985 In general, the International Association of Movers believes that an adaptive and modernized tender-based program is the best way to keep improving the moving experience for service members. After six years from the first request for bids to execution, the Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) never moved even 10% of shipments in any period. Meanwhile, the tender program kept delivering.

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]]> Understanding Cost Pressures in the Moving Industry (2020–2025) https://iamovers.org/white-paper/white-paper-understanding-cost-pressures-in-the-moving-industry-2020-2025/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 20:01:48 +0000 https://iamovers.org/?post_type=white-paper&p=10905 Prepared by the International Association of Movers (IAM) – August 2025 Since 2020, the global moving and storage industry has faced sustained cost increases across nearly every operational input. From trailers and insurance to labor, fuel, and warehousing, costs have risen by as much 80%. These economic shifts shape how movers retain staff and make long-term investments.

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