Care Package

| Bennett Voyles

Unless you ship jewelry or pharmaceuticals, package security probably doesn’t rank too high on your list of worries. Maybe once in a while a packer gets

Designing Merchant

| MCM staff

You may have noticed that lately we’ve been paying more attention than ever to customer service which companies do it well, why it’s so important, and

Proactive Service

| Rama Ramaswami

GONE ARE THE DAYS when running call centers as they were known back then was mostly a matter of policing order entries and making sure agents met productivity

Critics’ Choice

| MCM staff

This year’s Order Management Software Review includes grades and ranks for each major software function from the vendors’ own perspective, giving you

COMING AROUND

| MCM staff

U.S. companies spend about $43 billion a year or 4.5 % of all logistics costs on handling returned merchandise, reports AMR Research Inc.

MORTAL COMBAT

| MCM staff

Infighting, bad-mouthing, and office politics typically add 40% to 70% to the level of effort required to carry out any given task, reports CLM.

Out of Order

| MCM staff

Steve Dethlefs, DC ManagerPendleton Woolen MillsPortland, OR Our fashion merchandise is basically perishable, so our planning is tight. We don’t want

India Inc.

| MCM staff

There’s no rubbing out India’s growing presence in international business. The country’s dominance in business process outsourcing is spreading far beyond

DIMensional Precision

| Barbara Arnn

It’s not just for carry-on luggage any more size and weight restrictions are getting tighter everywhere. Recent changes by major freight carriers to the