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An Oregon shoe reseller orchestrated a sweeping fraud scheme that cost customers and banks more than $80,000,000, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Prosecutors say 42 year-old Michael ...

If nearly half of your customers were irritated by a business practice, would you treat it as urgent? Customer satisfaction is a key driver of financial performance, yet many companies in service ...

Illustrating physics problems with Web VPython in Python. Learn how to build clear 3D visualizations for motion and forces, and bring physics concepts to life with interactive animations and simple ...

A routine trip to Goodwill quickly caused strong reactions after a shopper spotted a stained-glass floor lamp that was priced at $159.99 — a figure that they felt was far too high for a thrift store.

Abstract: This study addresses a variant of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) with customer priorities. In the variant, we assume the hard priority constraint where customers should be served in a ...

The current era of efficiency and optimization has ushered in AI assistants and automation to help get the job done faster. While these tools undoubtedly accelerate performance, companies should not ...

In the day-to-day operations of running a business, losing sight of the mission and the problems of your customers can happen gradually, without notice. The success of a business is directly related ...

I recently read a book to my 4½-year-old daughter that I immediately took out of her room and decided never to read again. That children’s book reminded me of an assignment I once had at the ...

Some artificial-intelligence deals have raised eyebrows, and JPMorgan analyst Mark Murphy used the earnings call to ask Microsoft's management about the "new era where the contractual commitments from ...