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Undercover Boss explores the dark underworld of fulfillment

This week's episode of Undercover Boss gives us a behind the scenes look at a call center and fulfillment operation when they follow Michael Rubin, CEO of GSI Commerce. GSI Commerce provides outsourced sales and fulfillment services for companies like the NFL. If you order a jersey from NFL.com, it's actually GSI Commerce that takes your order and ships the merchandise to you. Most of us have ordered something online, via a catalog, or through a 1-800 number, but few of us have given much thought about what it takes to get the order to you.
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Lessons from Undercover Boss: A good employee is golden

The new CBS show, Undercover Boss, continues to provide great insight into American corporations and lots of blog fodder. In the show, the chief executive of a major corporation goes undercover and tries out five frontline positions within his company. (There hasn't yet been a female executive.) The latest episode features Joe DePinto, CEO and President of 7-Eleven. Joe comes off as the least clueless executive so far, but there are still some gems in this show that are great lessons for any business person.
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