PC Connection buys MoreDirect
Computer reseller PC Connection has acquired $219 million MoreDirect, a Boca Raton, FL-based e-procurement supplier of IT products to businesses and the
Distribution Center
PC Connection settles Microsoft suit
Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection says it has settled a trademark and copyright infringement brought by Redmond, WA-based computer giant Microsoft. Microsoft
Storehouse: Stockpiling Stuff
Retailers are working more closely with suppliers and customers to keep the right items in stock at the right time, reports a recent inventory management
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Perfect measurements don’t have to be out of reach. If your productivity and efficiency numbers have zero sex appeal, the solution isn’t a drastic overhaul.
Working Gear: Catalog/Order Management Software Review 2002
Just as direct-to-customer software has become a mature product, the recession is causing slower sales, fewer installations, and layoffs and reorganizations
Operations and Management: To Lease or to Buy?
Like consumers shopping for a car, catalogers often debate whether to lease or buy a new piece of equipment for their distribution centers. Sure, you
Military Intelligence
In the past seven years, the U.S. Army has cut average domestic delivery times from 15-20 days to six, slashed order and ship times for repair parts by
RADIO ACTIVITY
Radio frequency has begun to revolutionize warehouse operations, and its application to truck fuel management is no exception. When fuel management systems
Vanilla Days
Three components are crucial to defining requirements for a new software application: 1) documenting existing processes; 2) assessing the functionality
Storehouse: Sofa Unfurls Bed, Chases Woman!
In a retail environment where the pinnacle of customer service is a no-questions-asked return policy, the challenges of handling retail returns can become