Welcome To Our Series on Moving and Packing Tips

Welcome Back To Our Series on Moving & Packing Tips

Today we are going to talk about another very importanty room in the house, The Family Room.  We know your house would not be the same without your family room in place, so today’s video covers how to effectively pack and ship all your family room possessions safely and easily. 

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Today we are going to cover The Dining Room, a room notorious for breakable items. We will cover how to pack this room for safetly and efficiency to make sure your plates and dishes all arrive in one piece.

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A key service, designed for key employees.

In today’s world, quality people are most often a company’s number one source of competitive advantage.  It stands to reason the costs associated with recruiting, relocating and compensating top talent represents a substantial corporate investment.  So it is every company’s advantage to make sure the process of relocating a key employee and their family to a new home is done with an extremely high level of professionalism, care and service.

Now there’s an easy, cost effective program for doing just that.  It’s called the White Glove Relocation Solution, a premium, personal moving and logistics planning service.  White Glove Relocation Solution, a premium, personal moving and logistics planning service.  White Glove Relocation Solutions transfers the stress, the details, the work and the physical inconvenience of moving from the family, to a trained, experienced professional.  The result is an employee who feels more appreciated; a family who feels more secure; and an employer who knows their investment is protected.

White Glove Relocation Solutions Benefits

Benefits To Transferee:

• Ability to focus on new job
• Confidence that family is in great hands
• Reduction of stress
• Assurance they’ve chosen the right employer

Benefits To Transferees Spouse:

• Easy
• Safe
• Stress-Free
• Supervisor acts as a liaison, and confident during the actual move
• Ability to focus on family aspects of the move; schools, home, child issues

Benefits To Employer:

• More satisfied, focused employee
• Enhanced employee retention
• Improved employee productivity
• Affordable, easy, accountable service
• Protects your investment in key employees

(Phoenix, AZ, October 8, 2009)

S&M Moving Systems was recently honored for outstanding performance by Cartus at its 2009 Global Network Conference held October 5-6 in Chicago. Each year, Cartus recognizes the companies and individuals that have worked to provide extraordinary service to its international customers and clients. S&M Moving Systems was awarded the Global Network Commitment to Excellence Platinum award for its exceptional service results. This award is presented to the Global Network service provider who demonstrates excellent knowledge, principles, trust and service as selected by Supply Chain Management.

S&M Moving Systems maximizes client satisfaction by incorporating a Prime Account Model which integrates clients global transportation requirements for multiple commodity lines while providing customized web based solutions that offer real time tracking. Innovative programs like S&M Moving Systems ShockWatch™ have also reduced claims by over 65% and proven so successful companies like Cartus incorporate this program into their service model. Additionally, S&M Moving Systems was also recently recognized by United Van Lines as its largest international agency. “Taking into account the program’s tough selection criteria and performance standards, being a part of Cartus’ Global Network is an honor in and of itself,” said Steve Todare, President, S&M Moving Systems. “We embody the company’s dedication to providing high-quality service and are grateful to have received this prestigious designation as it only further enhances our commitment to world-class service.”

About Cartus

Through our extensive network of service providers, Cartus Global Network delivers the highest level of performance, consistency and cost savings to our clients in over 150 countries on six continents. Cartus Corporation is the premier provider of global mobility management and workforce development solutions serving the corporate, government and affinity markets. Through its industry-leading outsourcing, consulting, intercultural and language training, Cartus helps the mobile workforces of organizations of all sizes achieve success worldwide.

With 50 years of experience, Cartus helps clients achieve cost reductions and enhances service performance to accomplish their organizational objectives. Cartus, formerly known as Cendant Mobility, is part of Realogy Corporation (NYSE: H), the world’s leading real estate franchisor which has a diversified business model that also includes real estate brokerage, relocation and title services.

Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., Realogy has more than 15,000 employees worldwide.

Visit www.cartus.com and www.realogy.com for more information.

About S&M Moving Systems

S&M Moving Systems is known for consistently building global relationships that bring value to our customers, making us the choice for customized solutions for relocation, transportation and logistical services. With locations in California, Arizona and New Mexico, Costa Rica and Malaysia, S&M Moving Systems is a leading Domestic and International agent for United Van Lines/UniGroup providing service to thousands of customers each year. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, S&M Moving Systems has over 400 dedicated professionals who provide quality service every day.

S&M Moving Systems now makes staying in contact with our customers easy with updates now available using Twitter. http://twitter.com/smmoving “Twitter continues to gain popularity as a way for people to stay in touch with family, friends and companies & the services they’re interested in hearing from,” said Garrett Miller, Director of Global Business Development. “Keeping our customers updated instantly is a great opportunity to connect and keep people informed on what S&M Moving Systems is offering.”

To receive regular updates on Twitter for S&M Moving Systems, go to http://twitter.com/smmoving. Updates will include information on new services, along with notifications for special events and upcoming education and training programs.

About S&M Moving Systems

S&M Moving Systems is known for consistently building global relationships that bring value to our customers, making us the choice for customized solutions for relocation, transportation and logistical services. With locations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Costa Rica and Malaysia, S&M Moving Systems is a leading Domestic and International agent for United Van Lines/UniGroup providing service to thousands of customers each year. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, S&M Moving Systems has over 300 dedicated professionals who provide quality service every day. Visit www.smmoving.com for more information.

S&M Moving Systems was recently recognized as the #1 SAM (Store and Move) Dealer of the Quarter for Q1 2009.

This program recognizes SAM dealers who provide quality service to every customer they encounter.  These requirements “raise the bar” recognizing and rewarding dealers performing at the highest level in their representation of SAM (Store and Move).  In order to qualify for recognition as SAM Dealer of the Quarter, a dealer must own a minimum of 30 containers and be at, or above, the SAM network average on all six of the following objective criteria for the quarter:

• Customer satisfaction score
• Container utilization percentage
• Percentage of orders with source “saw container”
• Percentage of orders that are “dealer generated”
• Percentage of ETAs assigned on time
• Percentage of tasks marked complete on time

Nathan Brinker, Phoenix, AZ, along with Clay Goodman, Jim Hillstead, Mike Palos and Quin Harker, Fremont, CA have achieved the United Van Lines’ Master Club Award. S&M Moving Systems is an agent of the worldwide household goods transportation company.

United’s Masters Club is a reward and recognition program for agency sales representatives for exceptional sales achievement during the past year in five business segments – corporate account household goods, residential household goods, special products (includes special commodities, trade shows and electronics), international and total revenue. This year, 271 eligible United agency sales representatives qualified for the Masters Club.

United Van Lines, with headquarters in suburban St. Louis, is one of the nation’s largest household goods movers and maintains a network of 1,000 affiliated agencies in 135 countries. More information about United and its serves can be obtained through the company’s web site at www.unitedvanlines.com. More information on S&M Moving Systems is available at
www.smmoving.com.

S&M Moving Systems has joined the Facebook revolution as an additional way for clients to stay connected on the web.  “Facebook is a popular networking site and continues to attract new users every day,” said Garrett Miller, Director of Global Business Development. “Being able to instantly update people who are interested in our services is important for today’s fast paced technology-savvy environment. Facebook allows us a unique way for us to keep people informed.”

To receive regular updates on your Wall from S&M Moving Systems, go to www.facebook.com, search for keywords www.smmoving.com and select “Become a Fan.” Updates will include information on new services, along with notifications for special events and upcoming education and training programs.