Short Takes: Ordinary People

| Rama Ramaswami

It’s perfectly OK to be average unless, it seems, you’re looking for a job in a warehouse. Preliminary results of a study conducted by Miami University

Movers and Shakers

| MCM staff

Minneapolis-based Fingerhut Cos. made five executive appointments. John Christiansen, formerly vice president, e-commerce marketing, was named senior

Movers and Shakers

| MCM staff

Minneapolis-based Fingerhut Cos. made five executive appointments. John Christiansen, formerly vice president, e-commerce marketing, was named senior

Nightmare on Main Street

| Curt Barry

Best fits will meet 70%-80% of your needs before modification Here’s an operations and fulfillment professional’s nightmare: After months of research

Operations and Management: Keep on Truckin’

| MCM staff

Steve Harris, senior vice president of Middlebury, VT-based warehouse design consultancy Bread Loaf Corp., defines a smart warehouse as one that minimizes

Market Sector Report: Tuning in to Electronics

| Paul Miller

Consumer electronics margins typically average 15%-20%, vs. 25%-30% in other categories This is the third in a series of Market Sector Reports being published

FYI: FULFILLMENT: A SONNET

| MCM staff

Demand arises early, a prospect to a vendor;Relentless hunger gnawing at its rest,The warehouse glitters brightly, replete with trinkets’ splendor,Replenished,