Using Business Intelligence Solutions to Hone Strategies

| Curt Barry

Among the many potential benefits of BI: Honing inventory and reducing costly back orders; a better understanding of the costs of core (never-out) products within broad SKU assortments; and a better understanding of merchandising and marketing results by catalog and digital channels.

How to Reduce the Order Management System Learning Curve

| Curt Barry

Your project plan to install your new Order Management System (OMS) should have tasks and assignments for developing training materials and standard operating procedures. Here are some ways that your company can shorten the OMS learning curve.

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Twelve Qualities of a Great Inventory Planner

| Paul Angelos

Inventory planning sometimes seems might seem like a no-win proposition. But Paul Angelos will show you in this first installment the key professional qualities inherent to the most successful inventory planners.

Eye on OMS Systems

| Ernie Schell

The hot topic in systems is the July 1 deadline for meeting the requirements of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI-SSC) and its

Best Practices for Returns Processing

| Bruce Tompkins

Reverse logistics is a crucial and growing part of the supply chain process, but many companies fail to measure their returns process with the same rigor they use for outbound distribution.

Listen Up

| MCM staff

We all know the drill. An order comes in, and the picker has to wade through sheets of labels to know what to pick. It takes time, and he also has to report that it’s complete. But there’s another way. The worker gets the order through a headset. When he’s finished, he says