Ground Zero-Based Budgeting
Rich Lauer, president and CEO of Spiegel’s Groveport, OH-based Distribution Fulfillment Services Inc., says that the only thing you ever know for sure
Warehouse/Distribution Center
Material Handling Benchmarks
Our second annual survey of material handling practices, conducted after the Sept. 11 tragedy, shows mixed results. The bad news is that for the most
Storehouse: Bottomed Out
If good sales cover a world of evils, then perhaps falling sales reveal myriad opportunities for today’s retailer. Or so we tell our clients who perceive
Sense and Sensibility
A lift operation enhanced by an obstruction sensing system is a new offering by McConnellsburg, PA-based JLG Industries, Inc. The self-propelled vertical
Pick of the Bunch
What do exotic produce and third-party logistics services have in common? Their buyers are picky. This year, companies that use 3PLs are examining the
Honey, I Shrunk the Dot
There is the real world, and there is the electronic world. Tech shop findtheDOT, Inc., based in Oakland, CA, offers a technology designed to connect
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
If you’re still chasing CRM, ERP, SCM, VIM, TIM, and what have you, you’re barking up the wrong tree. None of these much-heralded applications have had
The Whole Shebang
When you finally make logistics VP, you have it all and you get to do it all. In its 2001 survey of career patterns in logistics, The Ohio State University
Break Time
There was a time when most goods sold in this country were made in this country when you received a faulty shipment, you could send it back. But now that
NOW HEAR THIS
HE STRAPS ON A SMALL WIRELESS TRANSMITTER, adjusts a headset, and he’s off. Is he a salesman setting out on a road trip in a state that prohibits hand-held