Today's supply chain software solutions are enhancing every link in the supply chain, enabling real-time communication and effective management between an operation's internal departments and its global trading partners. As the technology evolves, so does the seamless sharing of information. Software applications are moving away from stand-alone applications to systems that are working together and using common data to effectively plan across the broad enterprise. Todays software provides an end-to-end process, says Richard Kirker, SAP's SCM solution management and solution owner for warehousing. From the end users' perspective, as technology evolves and becomes more affordable, organizations that didn't think they could afford it are taking advantage of the optimization offered by the common data and architecture that today's solutions offer. From the suppliers' perspective, the goal is to keep up with end users' demands and market-driven changes. "As businesses look to refresh their offerings, software has to keep up," says Jennifer Sherman, senior director of logistics product strategy for Oracle. As a result, software applications at all levels have an increased depth of capacity.
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