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End of Life for BarTender® 2016

BarTender® 2016 and older versions will soon expire from support. Unless customers have an extended end-of-life plan, Seagull Scientific will no longer take support calls for 2016 and older after April 30, 2023. Upgrading to the newest version of BarTender provides: Rewritten and redesigned print portal. Comprehensive security and auditable processes. New librarian workflows with improved […]


Best practices that distributors want

The relationship between manufacturers and distributors can be complicated at times. The heavy reliance on each other to move products and the continuous care and feeding in a rapidly changing environment, can create tension and weaken this relationship.  Through years of experience working with distributors and manufacturers, some best practices have been identified that may […]


Teaching manufacturers how to fish with e-commerce

Many manufacturers are looking to get into the e-commerce game and to do so, they can go about it one of two ways: Do the work themselves while hoping to figure it out as they go along and stare at a huge learning curve. Hire a marketing firm to do the work for them. The […]


Manufacturers take their business online

“According to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the period between February and March 2020 say 35.5% of manufacturers experienced supply chain disruptions, and 78% felt uncertainty around the pandemic and worried that it would impact their business.” When we talk about the supply chain, it is the whole chain that includes distributors, wholesalers, warehouses, […]


Man becomes a physicist at the age of 89

Manfred Steiner, a Rhode Island resident, achieved a lifelong goal after spending nearly two decades working towards and a lifetime thinking about becoming a physicist at the young age of 89. “Steiner cherishes this degree because it is what he has always wanted—and because he overcame health problems that could have derailed his studies.” Growing […]


The impact of a good or bad review

When looking into a new product or service, many consumers will go straight to reviews; Google, Facebook, or Yelp hoping to glean information that will help them make a good decision, so the impact of a good or bad review can be significant. Companies invest time, effort, and often money, to ensure their products and […]


3M helps identify and stop sale of 1 million fake respirators

In the height of COVID-19, where respirators and N95 masks were in high demand, 3M teamed up with US Marshals to stop the sale of 1 million fake respirators. Not only are manufacturers focused on the quality and supply chain of their products, but they must also be aware of those who may be falsely […]


Building trust through transparency

As online grocery shopping saw increasing popularity during the past year, it provided food retailers the opportunity to “increase transparency efforts that build shopper trust.” View the article from Progressive Grocer. “According to a new report from the Food Industry Association (FMI) and Label Insight, 81% of shoppers say transparency is important or extremely important […]


Location, location, location

  UPS has launched a new platform that “innovates warehouse placement decisions through analytics and data”. This application utilizes historical data by accessing data directly through integration with a company’s e-commerce carts or companies may choose to upload this information themselves. With UPS’s Ware2Go and the new platform, Network Vu, users of BigCommerce and Shopify […]


Expect the unexpected.

    When working with customers, businesses expect certain systems to perform like clockwork, yet this doesn’t always happen. Successful companies must expect the best, but plan for the worst, and have the ability to act quickly. Such was the case for a Cloud computing firm in France.  Numerous companies and websites suffered outages and […]