Four Days in February
‘Tis the season no, not that one. It’s February, and time for us editors to be busy, if not jolly, planning how to balance editing, writing, and travel
Warehouse
Tipping Point
Technology does not have a life of its own. That seems to be the message of a new forecast from Forrester Research describing a statistical pattern that
IT Budgets to Stay Flat This Year
THE UPCOMING YEAR will be far from stellar for IT vendors, according to an AMR Research survey on technology initiatives. One hundred respondents from
Good Move
EVERY NOW AND THEN something goes really right, as it did recently when a client of ours performed a highly successful move of its distribution operation.
Help for Beleaguered Operations Managers
THE YEAR WAS 1993. Dot-commers were still in grade school, corporate greed hadn’t made international headlines, and planes were safe to fly. Yet, operations
Whole Nine Yards
FANBUZZ INC. WORKS HARD for its money. No mere fulfillment house, the company provides a range of turnkey solutions that cover everything from scoop to
Paper Update: Prices Hikes Likely as Demand Rebounds
The increasing demand for paper is certainly an encouraging economic sign. But for catalogers the good news has a downside: Increased paper demand generally
The Graveyard Shift
It’s a common verity that a magazine staff tires of a design long before the reader does. In fact, I’d hazard a guess and say most readers don’t even
Natural Solution’s Dream Schemes
ONE OF THE PERENNIAL CHALLENGES that catalog order management systems must face is how best to accommodate the dozens of parameters that each company
Tour de Force
Whether your taste runs to scarves based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs or to Peter Hewitt’s ribbon vases, chances are you’ll find just what you’re looking