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The dry spell's over and there's money in the IT budget once again. You could blow it on software. Or you could integrate all of your systems and transform your business.
In just three short years, Southern Living at Home had hit it big. Orders for everything from firescreens to crystal stemware were pouring in at a rate of 10,000 a day. There was just one problem: that was about 7,000 more than the company could ship out. Fortunately, help was a phone call away.
Study after study has shown that companies that use a balanced set of financial and non-financial strategic measures outperform their less-disciplined rivals in both performance and management.
The workforce is changing, and the techniques that have worked in the past with older workers hold little sway with the generations that follow them: the Gen Xers and Gen Nexters.
Although they had been kicking around in research and development labs for years, it wasn't until the summer of 1974 that the bar code was unveiled to the public.
Compared to what's happening to the shipping public, many carriers are enjoying a day at the beach. To my way of thinking, the real "perfect storm" is the one brewing for shippers.
While most of the working world sees the dog days of summer as a time to kick back and relax, these same days mark the launch of the busiest season for distribution professionals.