Take Your Pick
Below, vendors pick their newest and hottest products: FKI LOGISTEX REAL TIME SOLUTIONS, EMERYVILLE, CA The EASYpick Voice system features multi-functioning
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Avert Anxiety
Could it be that that awkward annual event, the performance evaluation or review, might become less awkward if supervisors did more reviewing? A new publication
Send in the Clowns
At turning points in our lives, we often step back and reexamine, to use a clich, who we are and all too often, the answer to that question comes as a
Blend Ambition
SHANGRI-LA, OHIO Blended call centers have really changed the whole industry, says Steve Bland, CEO of Acme Telemarketing Co., as he looks out from his
CHANNEL XING
The time: Four years ago. The familiar opening theme to that TV chestnut, Mission: Impossible, is heard, as our hero pushes the button on a tiny cassette
Employee Theft
IN AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMY and an extremely competitive retail climate, companies face a significant challenge to improve profitability and shrinkage continues
Catch of the Day
ONLINE GROCER FreshDirect launched its business using a seemingly simple strategy: fresh foods, made to order, at prices as low as 35% below retail. But
INDUSTRY STANDARD
Stanley Fenvessy’s contributions to operations still loom large nearly ten years after his death. During the late 1960s, and up to his death in May 1994,
Stop, Look, and Listen Up
ANY HOPE FOR SUCCESS in cultivating employees’ resilience (see People, O+F March 2003) depends on everyday managerial behaviors as much as or more than
Paper Update: Mills Are Quiet for Now
Because paper mills generally announce price increases two months in advance, no news is good news when it comes to paper prices. But although the mills