Roundup: Catalog Fulfillment and Operations

Conclusion

Regardless of whether you want to tweak your current warehouse management system or do an overhaul of your entire order management system, get actively engaged in IT planning. Requirements for a successful plan include assessing what you currently have, what other industry leaders and competitors have, what you need now and your desires for the future. (For more on this, see “How to Assess Your Catalog Systems Options,” pg. 24.) Only after a careful evaluation can you effectively plan and budget for the development of in-house systems or select and implement the appropriate commercial systems.