Malt-O-Meal Selects ESYNC to Serve Up Hot Supply Chain Projects!

| MCM staff

Toledo, Ohio- ESYNC, a leading supply chain consulting firm, has been selected by Malt-O-Meal to continue as a consulting partner for the definition, design and implementation of several supply chain execution projects. These initiatives include:

– Deployment of a best-of-breed Warehouse Management System (WMS)
– Process flow mapping
– Engineering redesign of the distribution center layout to improve throughput
– Custom design and development of a macro-inventory control module
– RFID Trading Partner Compliance solutions design and deployment
– Integration with existing MRP and TMS applications

Galavan Joins SOS Data Services

| MCM staff

John Galavan has joined SOS Data Services, WA-based full service direct mail and fulfillment organization as sales manager. Galavan worked for sales promotion and call center fulfillment organizations, TPI Promotional Marketing and All West Inbound …

Debunker Counters RFID Myths

| Jeff Morris

You’ve heard all about RFID: It’s scary; it’s friendly. It’s expensive; it’s affordable. What is the truth? Tom Dziersk, president & CEO of ClearOrbit Inc. (a Supply Chain Execution and Collaborative Supply Management software provider), is a widely published software and supply chain industry expert. Dziersk has compiled a list of five “myths” about RFID, and provided his explanations of the realities that counter those myths

Web to Facilitate Ethical Sourcing Initiative

| Barbara Arnn

Sweatshops. Child labor. The 19th-century world of substandard working conditions still is with us, as the global economy frequently depends on products and material produced in less-than-optimal conditions, even in unethically managed conditions. In the last few decades, as more and more manufacturing jobs have

Filson Sold to Former Polo Exec

| John Fischer

C.C. Filson, a Seattle-based marketer of upscale clothing, luggage, and leather accessories, has been sold to a former executive of Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. and an equity investment firm.

Tips for E-mail Tests

| MCM staff

Testing e-mail prospecting lists is in many ways the same as testing postal lists, says Don Buck, president of Milwaukee-based consultancy Buck Marketing. But e-mail testing has its own distinct challenges as well. Here, Buck offers a few suggestions to making your tests more effective.
* The first thing to do is decide what to test. Just because something is measurable doesn