An Enterprise Data Architecture

by Ken Orr

"Adopt thy partners. The real-time enterprise must span the physical boundaries of an enterprise and should extend as a virtual enterprise through the entire end-to-end chain. For example, Colgate-Palmolive trimmed its inventory 13% and saved [US] $150 million by attaching its order planning systems to thousands of Wal-Mart and Kmart cash registers. This extension includes the collaborative partners, suppliers, subcontractors, and vendors (all referred to as "partners" hereafter)."

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An Enterprise Data Architecture December 2002