Supply chains are nothing new. In fact, over the past ten years, most organizations have spent an awful lot of time making sure their supply chains are efficient. In many cases, this meant not only automating the supply chain and building tighter electronic relationships with business partners and suppliers, but it also meant looking at supply chain processes and identifying areas where time, costs, or waste could be reduced. But, as I've noted in my previous columns, there's a real need for organizations to also think about their information supply chain and their underlying data, particularly when they start to implement SOA.
