The company can manage its profit margins by raising prices on select items and by using a more flexible inventory and supply chain model to respond to cost pressures and new opportunities as they arise.

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Sixty percent of pharmacists are now female, for example, a sharp increase that coincides with the rise of chain pharmacies offering flexible hours.

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Instead, you must first carefully consider both savings and convenience factors before deciding which gas credit card ultimately best fits your lifestyle: one tied to a certain chain or one providing more flexible benefits.

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One chain may run lean to keep inventory costs low, whereas another may be more flexible to enable it to respond to new opportunities as they arise.

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The product also boasts a flexible and innovative distribution channel, as Max Life has signed an agreement with a national retail chain, I-SERV, to let policyholders manage their policies at 12, 500 of its stores.

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With a flexible operation, Niagara can do minimum private-label orders of 20, 000 bottles, supplying a chain of Costcos or a single casino.

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