Amazon Emphasizing Catalogs, Inserts Instead of TV Ads for Holiday
Seattle–Online behemoth Amazon.com has announced it has retired its traditional holiday television advertising campaign this year. The company will no
Operations & Fulfillment
Pick of the Bunch
What do exotic produce and third-party logistics services have in common? Their buyers are picky. This year, companies that use 3PLs are examining the
opinion & response
Plane Crazy Publicity Stunt Some 73 years after Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the U.S., a plucky dentist from Sonoma, CA, re-created
NOW HEAR THIS
HE STRAPS ON A SMALL WIRELESS TRANSMITTER, adjusts a headset, and he’s off. Is he a salesman setting out on a road trip in a state that prohibits hand-held
Sense and Sensibility
A lift operation enhanced by an obstruction sensing system is a new offering by McConnellsburg, PA-based JLG Industries, Inc. The self-propelled vertical
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
If you’re still chasing CRM, ERP, SCM, VIM, TIM, and what have you, you’re barking up the wrong tree. None of these much-heralded applications have had
Honey, I Shrunk the Dot
There is the real world, and there is the electronic world. Tech shop findtheDOT, Inc., based in Oakland, CA, offers a technology designed to connect
Break Time
There was a time when most goods sold in this country were made in this country when you received a faulty shipment, you could send it back. But now that
Rabbit, Run
The promise of Web access to any information is in theory a great idea, but there have been many obstacles which have made it very difficult to get immediate
The Whole Shebang
When you finally make logistics VP, you have it all and you get to do it all. In its 2001 survey of career patterns in logistics, The Ohio State University