Zero latency requires global systems that cover your entire enterprise and beyond, and that allow you to flexibly promise, cross-deliver, and pool your inventory and deliver the excellent level of service you need to differentiate in the marketplace. Companies that have invested in these new technologies and systems are the ones that will thrive in this new business model.
What this means is that if you are in the supply chain area of your business, now is the time to begin. Change takes time. And although the cloud can speed implementations, cultural change can take longer. That means the sooner you start having these conversations inside your business, the sooner you can start discussing the art of the possible.