Power Broker
SPECIAL SERIES FORECASTING, PART 2 Shortly after Scholastic Inc. started using new workforce management software at its Missouri-based customer contact
Operations & Fulfillment
BUYER’S REMORSE
Would you buy a conveyor at what seems like a fabulous discount? Of course you would. It’s a great deal, and the machine should work just fine, right?
Global Retail Study Sounds Somber Note
What do Argentina, Hong Kong, Venezuela, and the United States have in common? According to a study from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu/Stores titled 2003 Global
Paper Update: Expect More Price Hikes
After January’s modest increase in paper prices, most mills in February proposed increasing the prices of lightweight coated (LWC) and supercalendered-A
Opinion and Response
CATALOGS WE LOVE Even if you never grasped the basics of the Dewey Decimal System, you’ve got to love the Gaylord catalog of furniture and supplies for
Gentlemen Prefer Brown
More men than women use UPS as their shipping company when they buy online. Women like UPS, FedEx, and the USPS more than men do, and are more likely
Ape in the Warehouse
PRIDE OF AMERICA (POA) supplies U.S. emblems and medal paraphernalia to customers worldwide. Labor costs associated with picking inventory were almost
Sneaker Solution
IN THE FIERCELY COMPETITIVE, uncertain world of Internet liquidation, Overstock.com uses what COO James Hyde calls the sneaker solution to keep the warehouse
A Users’ Guide to Warehousing
EVERY JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, I have the privilege of conducting the Annual Warehousing Forum with several dozen distribution and operations professionals
DHL to Acquire Airborne’s Ground Service for $1.05 Billion
DHL Worldwide Express and Airborne Inc. are making no bones about it; they are going after UPS and FedEx as a result of a definitive merger agreement