A Passage to India
Should you move your call center off shore? As with any business decision, it comes down to weighing risk and reward. On the reward side, the advantage
Warehouse/Distribution Center
SQUARE PEGS
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
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
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
Computer reseller PC Connection has acquired $219 million MoreDirect, a Boca Raton, FL-based e-procurement supplier of IT products to businesses and the
PC Connection settles Microsoft suit
Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection says it has settled a trademark and copyright infringement brought by Redmond, WA-based computer giant Microsoft. Microsoft
Vanilla Days
Three components are crucial to defining requirements for a new software application: 1) documenting existing processes; 2) assessing the functionality
Military Intelligence
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
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?
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