An intricate network of global supply chains has emerged to accommodate the rising cthat defines many of today’s products. Comprehensive material, component, and product information must be easily accessible to every node in the supply chain if companies are to produce the high quality and sustainable products consumers increasingly demand.
Even the simplest of products may contain parts from dozens of suppliers, themselves often only the visible tree in a larger forest of suppliers. As a result, information about what went into any given product is often scattered across non-connected sources spread around the world. We need end-to-end data flow if we are to make sense of today’s complex and far-flung supply chains. Silos of data about individual components must be knit together to deliver comprehensive intelligence to support better decisions.
