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In the 21st century, business moves at an ever-faster pace. Communication is cheap and fast, and consumer expectations are higher than ever. It's your ability to sense and respond to shifting demands, especially in your supply chain, that will give your company a competitive edge well into the future. Tomorrow's most successful businesses will deliver exactly what customers want right when they want it without spending a fortune on inventory.

Adapt or Die describes the perfect solution to attain new levels of business flexibility and efficiency - the adaptive business network. The adaptive business network will streamline your supply chain and improve your customer service by creating a fast and efficient web of communication among all the participants in the supply chain and the customer.

Based on years of research by the supply chain experts at SAP, the adaptive business network allows businesses to respond swiftly to changing market conditions, increase opportunities for revenue growth, and lower costs for all participating companies. The adaptive business network is not a top-down exercise. Both within a company and between companies, it emphasizes peer-to-peer communication rather than proclamations from on high.

Adapt or Die explains everything executives and managers need to know to move to an adaptive business network. It provides a vision and goals for developing your adaptive business network and outlines the roles different types of companies will play. The adaptive business network provides benefits for almost any company. Examples are included that highlight the benefits of the adaptive business network in the retail, manufacturing and service industries.

Today's businesses can either Adapt or Die, so make the right choice and let this book be your road map to success.

SAP is the world's third largest software company and the leading provider of inter-enterprise software solutions. Over half of the world's top 500 companies rely on SAP software to increase their competitiveness and efficiency.