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In business, as in life, contradictions abound and seeming contradictions can live together happily. At first glance, the two technology stories in this
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Overpaying Is Not Dignified
IT MAY SEEM IRREVERENT to buy funeral supplies over the Internet, but as the aging U.S. population gives renewed impetus to the funeral business, sending
This Year’s Must-Have: A Warehouse Management System
Looking for a WMS? This could be the best time to buy. A mature but stable market, with falling prices and more feature-rich, reliable applications to
Operations and Management: The Back End Comes to the Forefront
In 1983, Reagan was in the White House, Dallas was on the TV, Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean was on the turntable, and mail order was still mail order.
Operations and Management: Systems Then and Now
The catalog management software (CMS) systems on the market in the early 1980s were outgrowths of systems that catalogers had written inhouse or contracted
Live From NCOF: Catalogers Should Benchmark for
Today’s warehouse and distribution center managers are under the gun. Not only are they faced with cost reductions and technology changes, companies are
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NEW LISTS HISPANIC CONSUMERS This 12 million-name Hispanic database includes 658, 956 Hispanic-American catalog shoppers. They have a median age of 32
The Top 20 Stories of the Past 20 Years
In an industry as broad as the catalog business one that encompasses merchandising, marketing, fulfillment, and what have you it’s tough to cull a definitive
Operations and Management: Blair–An Unlikely Innovator
Considering that 93-year-old apparel and home items marketer Blair Corp. didn’t even started binding its catalogs until 1995 (the company started as a
Live From NCOF: Catalogers Should Benchmark for ‘The Perfect Order’
Today’s warehouse and distribution center managers are under the gun. Not only are they faced with cost reductions and technology changes, companies are