Salary Survey

| MCM staff

Catalog Marketing manager, business-to-business Equivalent to a product manager in a consumer packaged goods environment, the marketing manager for a

Jumping Ship

| MCM staff

Whether you rightshore, multishore, or just plain offshore your operations, you’re part of a trend that’s accelerating despite or perhaps because of the

Dot.Comeback

| MCM staff

A company that neglects its website may be committing commercial suicide. A self-serving dot-com platitude from five years ago? No that’s the respectable

Absolut Efficiency

| MCM staff

DESPITE BEING TUCKED AWAY in the tiny Swedish coastal town of hus (pop. 10,000), V&S Absolut Spirits exports like a global giant. The spirits manufacturer

Facility Maintenance checklist

| Bill Kuipers

The most important starting point in any maintenance program, though it’s often overlooked, is to identify the greatest risks to your ability to operate.

When Five Equals Two

| MCM staff

Distribution center math just became simple. According to Mike Kotecki, senior vice president at Milwaukee-based HK Systems Inc., five technologies have

Kitchen Sink Included

| D. Douglas Graham

RETAILERS OFTEN PUSH PRODUCT the way disc jockeys promote rock and roll they play the hits. But this hit-focused merchandising tends to underrate the

Ordering Out

| MCM staff

SOME COMPANIES KEEP ORDER FULFILLMENT and control at home, while others turn to outside contractors for creative, custom-made solutions to handle all

Business as Usual

| Rama Ramaswami

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE that only a few years ago, selling products online was rare for most retailers and a downright impossibility for some. Today, you’d