Laying It All Out in the Distribution Center
This was written recently by Multichannel Merchant’s Melissa Dowling
Your warehouse layout plays a huge part in the effectiveness of your operation, says Curt Barry, president of operations consultancy F. Curtis Barry & Co., At a session during the NCOF show in Las Vegas in March, Barry detailed some of the steps to reviewing a distribution [...]
Contemplating A Water Bottle
On vacation last week, I was sitting on the shoreline of Maine, kind of daydreaming and drinking a bottle of water. I noticed that the Poland Spring bottle seemed somehow different. It was thinner plastic, and had a few more ridges to hold on to it with. On the label I found:
Eco-Shape Bottle
Poland Spring
Our bottle [...]
Going for the Green in the Multichannel Industry
While Al Gore may have won a Nobel Prize and an Oscar for bringing global warming into the spotlight, let’s not forget that many ordinary Americans work equally hard every day to lessen their impact on the environment, as do many multichannel companies, without hope of any such reward or acknowledgment.
Take, for instance, two of [...]
Losing Competitive Edge: Sharper Image Cuts Back DC Operations
Along with announcing a 31% decrease in revenue for the first half of this year compared to last year, San Francisco-based Shaper Image this week announced that it will close its distribution center in Richmond, VA. The specialty electronics and gadgets retailer is touting the move as part of a strategic plan to cut [...]
ERP Software in the Multichannel World
This is an excerpt from an article written by Bob Betke. You can read the full article here: ERP Software in the Multichannel World.
Multichannel business managers frequently voice the desire to have one system or software package that is capable of managing the entire enterprise, encompassing all functional areas. Enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems have [...]
