Pay as You Go
OrderMotion from Transaction Smartware Inc. is a fully functional order management system with essential inventory management and fulfillment capabilities.
Ernie Schell
Independent, Bundled, or Coupled?
With e-commerce playing such a vital role in catalogers’ marketing mix, the methods used to manage Websites are now critical business issues. No strategic
ICE Flow
Although object-oriented, component-based (OO/CB) systems development has rarely lived up to its promise, iCentrix in Salem, NH, has done an outstanding
All Grown Up
We all have to grow up someday, but most of us remember the carefree innocence of childhood, the oft conflicted soul-searching of adolescence, and the
Natural Selection
There are very few SQL Server/Windows applications in the catalog management software field. Natural Order from Indianapolis-based Natural Solutions is
Apropos Ascending
Multichannel marketing is hot these days, but few systems vendors make the required commitment to enable retail, Internet, and catalog sales equally.
Once Upon a Time
This column, my last on systems for Operations & Fulfillment, is about transitions. In the months to come, I’ll be writing on applications, but I want
It’s in There
Dream on, about the warehouse infrastructure that you’d love to have but can’t afford, about the new systems that you’ve been told will save you money
Working Gear
Measurements are the lifeblood of all successful direct-to-customer businesses. Knowing what data to measure, what analytical tools to use, and then using
A Rose Is a Rose
Most new technology firms have trouble stating what they do The technology marketplace is rife with weeds posing as exotic flora. Razor-edged grasses