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Want to be agile? Master your data

By ANDREW WHITE

Your supply chain's speed and efficiency depends on the flow of synchronized data between you and your partners. The first step: making sure your own data is clean and consistent.

From the Quarter 02 2007 issue

When change occurs, the agile organization will spring into action, delivering a swift and effective response. The era of lumbering corporate giants has finally given way to the age of the nimble, adaptive competitor—one that considers agility to be both a competitive weapon and a corporate strategy. The more agile your organization, the new thinking goes, the better it will be able to handle such challenges as growth, structural change, globalization, and regulatory pressures. But how do you achieve agility?...

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