Clocking Output
THE KEY TO IMPROVING distribution center productivity is to trim the too much time spent on each step, excess shipping charges, and redundant processes
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Virtual Realpolitik
For all the talk about the importance of the Internet in this year’s elections, there’s been precious little research on just how much influence the Web
Keep in Touch
The marketing agency Jack Morton Worldwide rather hysterically defines the ideal shopping transaction as a heart-thudding emotional experience for the
E Is for Easy
The e-tailing group has published the results of its 6th Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, conducted in the fourth quarter of 2003. Using ten must-have
Service and Style
COMMON WISDOM HAS IT that the 55-plus age group and the Internet are like apples and oranges they don’t mix well. But it’s not necessarily so. Appleseed’s,
Six Steps to Savvy Project Planning
I confess to struggling a bit with the best way to make this material useful. Budgeting for material handling equipment is so intimately tied to the specifics
Productivity Measures
RICHARD A. ANDREWSPresident, Efulfillmentcanada.com The key in measuring productivity is determining what should be measured. For fulfillment processes
Dear Miss Lonelycarts
It’s not always easy to communicate with your third-party logistics providers. Most of them are more comfortable in front of their computer screens or
They’ve Got Personality
Jeff Morris got it absolutely right in his hilarious take on the state of call centers in this issue (p. 20) confused, harried, and bamboozled by what
WMS Boosts Facility Performance
Warehouse management systems have become more common than not among manufacturers, retailers, and 3PLs. At least that is the case among the 131 respondents