Most of our businesses have not escaped the impact of the recession.   Some have had a severe downturn while others have had a more moderate negative effect.
Regardless the current overwhelming forecast of the economists that study these things is that we are coming to the end of the recession and, although recovery will be [...]

These days it appears that the entire world is pushing us to do more and more on the internet.  Many small businesses feel as if they are being dragged kicking and screaming to levels of technology that is too expensive, too complicated, and too difficult to manage.  Perhaps. 
In today’s world, however, there are solutions for [...]

B2B supply chain expert, Dr. Adam J. Fein, has authored a report, Technology In Distribution.  The report is the result of study conducted in the fall of 2008 and provides much insight into the technology spending and plans for distribution companies during 2009.
Identified key findings include:

clipped from www.distributiontrends.com

The wholesaler-distributors in our sample spend [...]

Every time a new disastrous report comes out about the current salmonella outbreak, I think of all of the food businesses that are in the unenviable situation that they can’t trace the sales of specific items to their specific customers.  In other words, “Where’s the peanut!“ 

My friend, Mike Glover, has told me many times, “Cash is cash and everything else is something else.”
That may seem like an odd quote for an inventory management blog, but if you are like most inventory intensive companies, much of your cash is tied up in inventory.  The good news is that with a disciplined [...]