12-Point gameplan: The surefire way to implement ERP on time - Implementing an enterprise resource planning solution is one of the most complicated journeys facing businesses today.
Publisher: Apparel Industry Magazine     Author: Dean L. Sivara   

Analyzing the dollars and sense of offshore financing - The reluctance of U.S. banks to finance offshore equipment purchases is frustrating for equipment manufacturers and customers alike.
Publisher: Apparel Industry Magazine     Author: Lois Sakany   

Anti-Kmart? I Don't Think So! - Speaker and consultant Harry K. Jones, a life-long fan of Kmart, discusses how he has been accused of being anti-Kmart when he was simply expressing his outrage for the lackluster leadership team that has allowed one of the world's top retailers to be reduced to cheap fodder for editorial cartoonists and late-night talk show hosts.
Publisher: AchieveMax, Inc.     Author: Harry K. Jones   

Becoming a digital apparel company: A sea change with major implications - "Digital company" is not just a fancy term for a company with an Internet site. Being digital is not about IT. It is a business-driven issue that requires fundamental changes in an organization’s mindset and behavior.
Publisher: Apparel Industry Magazine     Author: Craig Zupan   

EDI: Antiquated or ready for a rebirth? - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), an information system devised to transmit data between companies through integrated computer applications, has been around for almost 30 years.
Publisher: Apparel Industry Magazine     Author: Alan Tingle   

Fashion Fast Forward - Meet Zara, the European clothing-retail phenom that's got more style than Gap, faster growth than Target, and logistical prowess that rivals Wal-Mart's.
Publisher: Business 2.0     Author: Miguel Helft   

Getting the goods there and back - Truckers take aim at cross-border shipping.
Publisher: Apparel Industry Magazine     Author: Holly Welling   

Global Powers of Retailing - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is proud to present our latest research in the retail industry, published annually in cooperation with STORES magazine, a subsidiary of the National Retail Federation.
Publisher: Deloitte & Touche     Author: Deloitte & Touche   

High Performance Retail - What Does Great Performance Look Like? - The principles of high performance retail are the principles of high performance business - and the 'point of sale' can encompass bricks and mortar, e-commerce, personal selling, b2b, mail order - anywhere your enterprise shows up for your customers.
Publisher: The CEO Refresher     Author: Rick Sidorowicz   

How art.com Uses ABC to Succeed - The dot.com mania is over, and surviving companies are turning to tried-and-true techniques like activity-based costing to build and maintain a successful e-tail business.
Publisher: Strategic Finance     Author: Thomas L. Zeller, David R. Kublank; and Philip G. Makris