Carbon Copy

| Roger Sklar

The need to grow a company in the international marketplace is a challenge that U.S. firms increasingly realize they must face. Since, after all, they

SQUARE PEGS

| Michael J. Wells

This is not an IQ test it’s the kind of situation that arises in DC design and layout all the time. Choosing the correct slotting strategy for a new facility

great expectations

| Mark De Chambeau

A woman goes online to order a pair of black pumps. She enters women’s shoes into the search engine and chooses a site well-known in ladies’ fashion circles.

Variety Pack

| MCM staff

It can’t be a coincidence that in just one week, I’ve seen three major articles on diversity, in publications as different as a technology research report,

PC Connection buys MoreDirect

| MCM staff

Computer reseller PC Connection has acquired $219 million MoreDirect, a Boca Raton, FL-based e-procurement supplier of IT products to businesses and the

Vanilla Days

| Ron Hounsell

Three components are crucial to defining requirements for a new software application: 1) documenting existing processes; 2) assessing the functionality

Military Intelligence

| MCM staff

In the past seven years, the U.S. Army has cut average domestic delivery times from 15-20 days to six, slashed order and ship times for repair parts by

RADIO ACTIVITY

| Larry Kahaner

Radio frequency has begun to revolutionize warehouse operations, and its application to truck fuel management is no exception. When fuel management systems

2002: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT?

| Jeff Morris

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. 2001 was to be the year when colonists on the Moon discovered a black monolith, which emitted an ear-piercing signal