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TO-INCREASE, A provider of Microsoft Dynamics solutions for retailers and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, pro- vides retailers with proven supply chain management strategies to consider this year with its latest blog post, “5 Re- tail Supply Chain Management Strategies.” For inspiration in writing the blog post, author, Will Roche, industry market development director at Mi- crosoft Dynamics, draws on more than 30 years of Infor- mation Technology experience, most heavily in retail. “Anyone who has ever worked in a retail setting understands that the journey from raw material to finished product can be long, and oftentimes fraught with peril,” Roche says in the post. “Supply chain problems can be as innocuous as a hand- ful of products being damaged during shipping, to as major as a hurricane swallowing up a supplier’s operations.” Each of the five supply


chain management strategies shared by Roche in his post are designed to enhance efficien- cies across the supply chain, while proactively addressing any potential problems. The five retail supply chain man- agement strategies detailed by


Roche include: continued on page 121


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