

Now that we replaced shared files with cloud storage, accessing corporate information takes one click, and everyone knows where to get the latest updates and financial, inventory, and month-end reports. For example, marketing folks in Houston, Scotland, Norway, and Dubai collaborate on RFPs faster than ever using Office 365 video capabilities, Microsoft Teams, Office mobile apps, and OneDrive file storage. We use Office 365 apps to reduce silos and connect people everywhere. Shifting to this cloud-based tool set has had an immediate and tangible impact on the way we do business. Red Wing chose Microsoft 365 and Azure to advance these business strategies. When I came on board, our IT team wanted to support expansion into new markets, while retaining our corporate culture and delivering a workplace tool set that would empower 2,300 employees to excel in a digital world. warehouses, with an additional 45 global retailers and sales offices in Norway, Scotland, Dubai, and Japan. Today, we have 700 retail locations, two footwear manufacturing facilities, one tannery, and three U.S. Fifteen years ago, everyone who worked here lived in Red Wing, Minnesota. manufacturer is expanding globally in a retail space that’s stagnating at best. I also like that this traditional, midmarket U.S. That brand tenacity and the family-oriented culture of caring for customers-whose work boots are as important a tool as a hammer-attracted me to the company. In business for 115 years, Red Wing Shoe Company embodies its staying power in each pair of Red Wings produced. Today’s post was written by Marc Kermish, chief information officer at Red Wing Shoe Company.
