Alloy buys Old Glory

| Mark Del Franco

Teen apparel cataloger and marketing services provider Alloy has acquired Westbrook, CT-based Old Glory Boutique Distributing, a cataloger of rock music-related

Opinion & Response

| MCM staff

From Dictation to Dick Tracy Layoffs are no laughing matter, but for some they bring about change for the better. Just ask Margaret Thompson, a former

New Design, Old Punch

| MCM staff

Traditionally, the end of the year is a time for wrap-ups, but I think you’ll forgive Operations & Fulfillment if we skip looking back at the painful

Visions of Sugarplums

| Rama Ramaswami

Wish fulfillment? That could be what your operation desperately needs this holiday season. According to retail analyst Ken Cassar of Jupiter Media Metrix,

Pay as You Go

| Ernie Schell

OrderMotion from Transaction Smartware Inc. is a fully functional order management system with essential inventory management and fulfillment capabilities.

Pick One

| Ron Hounsell

Once you have developed RFPs for a software solution, sent them to the leading candidates, and gotten them back, the hardest work, making a choice, begins.

Stately Pleasure Domes

| Rama Ramaswami

Not too long ago, if you had a kiosk, it was probably a dusty old cardboard box lurking in a dark corner of your store (a far cry from what the word signified

SOFT TOUCH

| Ravi Madala

It’s not the ancient wisdom of the East to choose a process to conform to its environment; it’s just common sense. In bonsai gardening, tending a tree

Help Yourself

| Liz Kislik

Has it struck you that personal service seems to be diminishing, if not outright disappearing? Companies rely more and more on tools like interactive