Labelmaster recently conducted a survey of its core business clients – shippers of hazardous materials (referred to as dangerous goods or DG) – to determine their thoughts about working with the occasionally complex sets of regulations governing this important logistics function. Among the findings, some 56% percent of respondents agreed with the statement “…even Einstein would have difficulty understanding 49 CFR shipping requirements,” while 59% noted the inherent challenge of simply keeping pace with the changes and modifications in regulations as time passes.
In reality of course, the question about Albert Einstein is a bit of hyperbole. The brilliant physicist and teacher would probably not have any trouble understanding the rules. Why? Amidst his genius, his other quite practical qualities were his meticulous attention to detail and his organized and methodical nature, no doubt real benefits when formulating the theories that continue to help explain the basic physical nature of the world around us today. We may conjecture that these qualities would also prove very useful to him were he to reappear today as a dangerous goods professional.