Systems Integration
Three times a year, while conducting our benchmark surveys, we ask our readers how many sales channels they operate and each time, their lists grow longer.
Operations & Fulfillment
Patterson Dental Acquires AbilityOne
Patterson Dental is branching out. The $1.6 billion cataloger of dental and veterinary supplies is entering the physical and occupational therapy markets
Opinion and Response
Mourning the Late Great Kate The world was saddened by the death of legendary actress Katharine Hepburn on June 29. Geoff Batrouney, executive vice president
TAKE TWO
When the holidays approach, you’ve got to ramp up, even during an economic downturn. Whether you prefer to put the pedal to the metal or to sit idling
Continental Divide
Caution, not creativity, has characterized most U.S. companies in the past couple of years. But at a time when risk taking is minimal, marketers are also
Golden Age of Fulfillment
DIRECT-TO-CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT has come a long way in the last decade. Or has it? Some of the clearest clues to the history of the industry lie in the
Vital Signs
Numbers are a significant part of prevention these days after all, people change their entire lifestyles on the basis of numbers such as blood pressure
Made in Buffalo
BUFFALO, NY, is known today for Buffalo wings, Lake Erie, and some of the nation’s most punishing winters. Few remember the time when the City on the
Herculean Effort
A new study from the firm that first used the phrase supply chain management, Booz Allen Hamilton, suggests that the discipline is still far from mature.