Supply chain issues are again impacting businesses worldwide. These disruptions could impact your school's ability to deliver critical course materials to students this fall.

As your partner in education, RedShelf is prepared to help you create an endless aisle by providing inventory on demand. Here are five tactics for mitigating or eliminating supply chain risks with RedShelf: 

1. Join the Inclusive Access (IA) Movement: Now is the time to launch an IA program, or to expand your current program to additional departments and courses. In addition to significant cost savings, IA provides unlimited inventory and instant access for every student (lowering the stress of finding course materials leveling the economic playing field). 
   
   
2. Maximize In-Store Availability: Review your adoption list and ensure that every one of your titles is available digitally through your store and/or white label website. With nearly 1 million titles from 10,000+ publishers, RedShelf likely has every title you need.
   
   
3. Secure Access Codes: If your campus adoptions include bundles (i.e. looseleaf materials packaged with a courseware access code), consider splitting the contents. Send us a list of adopted courseware and we’ll help you make it available ASAP.
   
   
4. Think Digital-First: Encourage faculty to make digital versions of texts the primary option for students, leaving traditional print as a secondary, special order option.
   
   
5. Increase Awareness: Leverage in-aisle marketing assets to capture revenue even when physical inventory is unavailable. Order free shelf tags, posters, and other digital promotional materials through the RedShelf online storefront.