Taming the Beast

| Timothy Van Mieghem

International logistics for direct-to-customer businesses – boosted by the popularity of the Internet – adds many variables and serious risks to inter-country

Run for Cover

| Rama Ramaswami

Everyone knows that customer service stinks. The press gleefully offers up statistics about the thousands of e-mails that go unanswered, the multitudes

ABC 123

| Terrance L. Pohlen

You’ve figured out your operations costs and allocated them correctly, as described in Part One of this article (November/December 2000). How do you use

soup it up

| John T. Giangrande

Turbocharge your facility with a snag-free systems retrofit What’s certain in this world besides death and taxes (apologies to Benjamin Franklin)? Lack

Alternative Media

| MCM staff

MARK, FORE, AND STRIKE The list of buyers from women’s apparel cataloger Mark, Fore, and Strike is now selectable by the home address of Internet buyers.

Alternative Media

| MCM staff

SIRIUS PRODUCTS TCI Direct is the new manager for the Sirius Products database of active buyers. These more than 650,000 buyers have spent an average

Alternative Media

| MCM staff

DESANTIS COLLECTION The more than 40,000 buyers from the DeSantis Collection catalog file are now managed through Edith Roman Associates. These buyers

Returns.com

| MCM staff

Return.com is a comprehensive return service provider with integrated solutions offering face-to-face servicing, returned inventory processing and streamlined