The Ones to Watch

| MCM staff

As economic uncertainty becomes part of the way we do business, it’s impossible to even speculate what the next few months will bring, let alone the next

Opinion and Response

| MCM staff

HAVING HIS SAY A Guide to Grassroots Action Chris Bradley, president of Portland, ME-based bedding cataloger Cuddledown of Maine, on acting locally to

Chapter 6: Training Curriculum

| MCM staff

In their book Customer Service and Human Experience, Drs. D’Ausilio and Anton, who believe that core competencies should be customized for each client,

Contact Center to Fulfillment: It’s Logically Seamless for ClientLogic

| MCM staff

Read O+F’s recent interview with Amit Shankardass, Solution Planning Officer for business process outsourcer ClientLogic. Topics covered include the role of business process outsourcing, the current economic outlook, new technologies such as RFID and SMS, and the nitty-gritty economics of the growing phenomenon of offshore job migration.

As Good as It Gets

| Jeff Morris

Let’s say you’re in the market for a computer and walk into a Best Buy, Circuit City, or Office Depot store. Chances are, you’ll find the most popular

Moving Forward in Reverse

| Jeff Kline

LAST JUNE FEDEX GROUND EXPANDED its return options for catalog and online retailers by introducing a new Consolidated Return Service. This service targets

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

| Bennett Voyles

Since the end of the boom, the U.S. economy has often seemed stuck in a kind of limbo not quite sick, yet not quite well either. It’s a condition that

Sex and the City

| Rama Ramaswami

FREEBIES LIKE RUBIK’S CUBES, T-shirts, mugs, and Godiva chocolates adorned the tables. At least ten different desserts beckoned. People ate as they milled