By Martin Barkman, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Industry Cloud, SAP
Let’s talk about bending time. This concept may sound straight out of Star Trek, but the fact is that anyone involved in supply chain management has already witnessed the compression of time.
Think about it: 100 years ago, how long did it take for a commodity to arrive after it was ordered? Weeks? Months? How many systems were required to support that process?
The order could’ve arrived by telegram or by mail....