SAP to Acquire hybris

| Erin Lynch

In what SAP is calling an effort to deliver the next-generation ecommerce platform, the software firm has announced plans to acquire the Swiss-based omnichannel technology company hybris.

SMBs Getting Serious About Order Management Systems

| MCM staff

GoECart CEO and founder Manish Chowdhary sits down with Multichannel Merchant senior content manager Tim Parry at IRWD 2013 and talks about order management systems. Not only are small- to medium-size merchants getting serious about order management systems, they are looking to manage orders across channels, such as marketplaces.

Take a Look Inside UPS’ Worldport

| Erin Lynch

The United Parcel Service’s Louisville, Kentucky processing center, also known as Worldport, moves 2,000 packages every 17 seconds. Worldport is a 5.2 million-square-foot processing facility which includes 70 aircraft docks and 155 miles of conveyor belts that move packages from 220 countries and territories. In this video from Engadget, you will see how exactly they pull off such a feat including sorting up to 416,000 packages an hour.