The Software Corner

| Ernie Schell

The director of Ventnor, NJ-based consultancy Marketing Systems Analysis, Ernie Schell takes a quarterly look around the changing software landscape for MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT/OPERATIONS + FULFILLMENT.

The State of Online Security: Not So Good

| MCM staff

Half of all Websites are vulnerable to database attacks, according to security data collected from 27,000 ScanAlert customers for a recently published report. Forty-five percent of Websites had a serious database vulnerability

10 Steps to Smoother System Selection and Implementation

| Curt Barry

Systems selection and implementation is serious business, and no one wants to make an already complex process more difficult or more costly. Over the years, we’ve determined some principles to follow during an implementation project that will significantly improve the chances of success for all parties concerned.

The Ins and Outs of World-Class Order Selection

| Sam Flanders

You don’t always have to spend a lot of money on a new piece of automaton or software to save significantly in your order selection operation. In fact, many costly systems rely on one or more of the very same process changes we’ll discuss here. By deploying one or more of these ideas, you can sometimes dramatically increase your labor efficiency (by 50% or more) and do it without any substantial risk or expense.