This blog has already spoken of the infrastructure dangers that might face your fleets on winter roads, but in addition to those physical elements, what about the larger problems you might find in your path due to the massive Christmas Crush? 

Even if you aren't shipping or managing important materials, your business might be faced with traffic delays caused by those who are, especially when it comes to rush delivery jobs that might tie up the planes and trucks needed to transport packages even further.

And though there's been a lot of press about buying, the last week, in which "deadlines" start cropping up in the news, can finally put both business and consumer priorities into perspective.

The hassle of this time of year might be enough to prompt a rescheduling of any major trucking your business will need to accomplish. Apple, for example, has announced that it will ship its new Mac Pro this February, perhaps to help escape these kinds of hassles and keep its processes running smoothly.

Times writer Salvador Rodriguez has some other theories for why this could be, one of which could apply to other domestic businesses.

"The new machine is the first Apple computer to be built in the U.S. in a long time, so there's a good chance Apple is still fine-tuning the domestic assembly process," he writes. "That may have caused some shortages."

So, in addition to the problems posed by heavy amounts of shipping and travel, the state of your new business can be managed better with some manufacturing business software that allows for this flexibility. Specifically, Microsoft business software can be a way to stay integrated with mainstream solutions.