Archive for September, 2008

Best Practices in Multichannel Operations & Fulfillment – Our New Book

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Business Management – including “Developing Your Corporate Dashboard [...]

Call Center Services, Forecasting & Inventory Management, Strategic, Financial and Operational Planning, Warehousing Distribution Planning

MICROS Acquisition of Fry Moves Multichannel Applications Ahead

Last month, MICROS Systems, Inc., whose MICROS-Retail group provides point-of-sale, loss prevention, and cross-channel functionality to more than 90,000 retail stores worldwide, announced the acquisition of Fry, Inc., which has been designing and developing e-commerce applications since 1994.
I think the industry has a real potential powerhouse in the MICROS-Retail and Fry merger, and I am [...]

Merger and Acquisition, Multi-Channel Business Systems, State of the Industry, e-Commerce

Industry e-Newsletter from ACMA

Dear Members and Friends:
It has been a couple of months since our last industry general update. While the summer months are typically a slower time, this period has been anything but. The pace of change at the USPS continues to accelerate with numerous issues that affect cataloging moving one way then the other, [...]

Freight Costs, State of the Industry, Strategic, Financial and Operational Planning, Vendor Press Releases

Checklist of Active Postal Issues from the ACMA

This list outlines some of the more important issues ACMA is currently following and intervening in on behalf of its members. This summary does not supplant more detailed information on requirements mailers must comply with nor fully describe ACMA’s position on the issues but provides an overview of items you should be familiar with.
MOVE UPDATE: [...]

Freight Costs, State of the Industry, Strategic, Financial and Operational Planning