What is Microsoft Business Solutions overall strategy for supply chain management?
Schn: Our overall strategy for SCM is to offer integrated solutions that work together in support of the goals and aspirations of small and medium manufacturers and distributors – allowing them to focus on core competencies. We recognize and respect the fact that different businesses operate differently. What Microsoft Business Solutions is committed to is empower its customers on their own terms, on their own schedules, and within their budgets. Worldwide, the marketplace – and the competition – is intense. Customers have an unprecedented range of choices, manufacturing and distribution processes are increasingly complex, and small and medium businesses are more vulnerable to large corporate conglomerates – with significant IT budgets. Not surprisingly, the supply chain is more critical to our customers now than ever before. Accordingly, we’re fully engaged in researching ways that technology can manage their supply chains with as much flexibility and agility as possible. Bottom line
