Rapid industry advances are creating new ways for commercial operators to enhance their shipping and carrier services.

With its exclusive license to supply promotional merchandise to the nation’s ballparks, BDA faces a massive challenge in meeting requirements for product quality and on-time delivery.

As its jingle says: “Ace is the place with the helpful hardware folks.” But in a store with frequent stockouts, customer service can only go so far.

The demand for electronics products is strong. Too bad manufacturers can’t keep up.

Milan, Rome and other major Italian cities pose huge logistical obstacles to deliverers of product ordered online.

The grower-owned cooperative seeks to expand visibility of its product “from farm to fork,” in a pilot program undertaken with SAP and a group of supply-chain partners.