The Real-Time Enterprise, the Real-Time Supply Chain

There is growing recognition that an improved flow of information and the ability to interact, seamlessly and in real-time, internally and with trading partners will provide significant benefits from both the operational and planning perspectives. CEOs, CFOs, and line managers, across a variety of disciplines, can all benefit from information that is up-to-date. Maintaining revenues and profits at an acceptable level are the core objectives of most executives. Without access to real-time information, many decisions are made too late or inaccurately. Marketing, logistics, sales, and every other organization must perform more effectively, and do with less, by making smarter decisions quicker. This can be accomplished only by obtaining the right information sooner to minimize costly mistakes. A real-time enterprise requires new applications and application services designed to immediately process information and highlight the changes reflected in that information. These services are termed “business events” and require a data, transaction, and messaging infrastructure that supports the movement and processing of data much P A Y O F F I D E A