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Outward bound

A practical guide to building an extended enterprise, and the adventures you'll encounter along the way

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Straight Talk Series - Book #3
The Extended Enterprise: It's been touted as the business world's next new thing. You know it by many names: Collaborative Commerce, ERP II, One Degree of Separation, Integrated Enterprise Solutions, Enterprise Commerce Management... But what is it really?

Our third book in the Straight Talk Series spells it out in plain language.

Here's an excerpt:

Ouch
Got aches and pains in those spaces between you and your business partners? If so, somewhere in there lies your starting place — where you'll begin building your Extended Enterprise.

First, identify your most strategic partner. You know, the one who:

is likely to grow with you
has a culture that fits yours
has the technical ability to collaborate
offers substantial mutual benefit
is ready and willing to do it with you - not to you

Now, apply some pressure to the points where you:

don't share knowledge or expertise
duplicate each other's processes
aren't collaborating on product or service design
never seem to be able to sync up product and order flows
have inventories building up
struggle to get quotes, access to product specifications, and answers to each other's questions

Did you hear a big yelp?

Start there. Where it hurts and matters most

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