Model Opportunities
FOR MANY CATALOGERS, the right customers may be just a modeling application away. Confronted with shrinking list universes, reduced response rates, and
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Woodworker’s Supply Buys Defunct Rival
At one point in the late 1990s, Lynn, MA-based Trend-Lines had annual sales of $230 million. The cataloger/ retailer of woodworking tools suffered a reversal
Live from NCOF: Small Warehouse Changes Add Up
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Woodworker’s Supply Buys Defunct Rival
The rise and fall of Trend-Lines, a cataloger/retailer of woodworking tools whose sales reached $230 million in the late 1990s, quietly ended on March
Twice as Nice
SURE, MCDONALD’S MAY BE DOWNSIZING its menu, but don’t let that fool you. When it comes to food, it’s unlikely you can have too much of a good thing.
Dealing with Problem Children
On the operations side of the business, catalogers all too often must contend with chronically tardy employees, workers too wracked with personal problems
Checking Accuracy
Q We plan to launch an employee incentive program to eliminate errors in the warehouse. To ensure that the right product is shipped, how can we motivate
Perfect Shipment
99.9% That’s Herbalife’s order accuracy rate, pre-inspection. Impressive, but not good enough when you’re intent on shipping the perfect shipment. So,
Acquiring a WMS
Every distribution center requires the functions provided by a warehouse management system (WMS) to facilitate inventory movement, from receiving and
RFID, Warmed Over
According to a popular myth circulating on the Internet, the new U.S. $20 bill contains a hidden RFID chip that will explode if the bill is microwaved.