talking heads

| MCM staff

The emperor has no clothes! The is out in the open. The Internet is at a crossroads. It is readily apparent that there is very little future for e-commerce

Reinvent the Wheel

| Linda Formichelli

Merchants have been using customer relationship management since they first set up shop in clean, well-lit caves thousands of years ago. They knew, for

FREEZE FRAME

| Rama Ramaswami

Nothing much may be a perfectly fine answer to give to an old friend who calls to ask whassup. But if that’s how you describe what’s going on in your

For Whom the Bell Rings

| Curt Barry

Prices for scheduling software start as low as $30,000 Scheduling staff for your customer contact center is much more than simply plugging your customer

Rapid Transit

| MCM staff

These speedy cost-savers may just be the ticket to race through picking tasks PTL units cost about $200 per light position, and are most often used for

opinion & response

| MCM staff

Sour on Service I am a subscriber to Catalog Age and an inveterate catalog shopper. I was also the owner of a mail order fabric business, Jelhlor Fantasy

Every Little Thing

| Bill Kuipers

Staff at all levels must track and report measurements daily Here’s a different approach for you: Instead of spewing out more grand advice about all the

Sex, Lies, and Wrestling Matches

| MCM staff

Those of you who frequent eBay know that the relics of dead dot-coms have become hot sellers. Dealers pay tidy sums for defunct stock certificates, signs,

Football Season

| Karl B. Manrodt, Ph.D.

Whether you’re a star quarterback or a less glamorous order fulfillment manager, getting back to the basics is key to performance and performance measurement.