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Supply chain Exceptions

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Another information flow challenge is ensuring that the right people receive the right information. The information is used in different ways depending on their job functions and how the companies are organized.

The flood of available information overwhelms users. Solutions should strive to customize information for each individual user. Today's software technologies support creation of solutions that filter information based on individual preferences and job functions.

Many sources of information can be aggregated to provide a single stream of data. This changes the paradigm of supplier notices from supplier-centric to customer-centric. For example, aggregating product change and obsolescence information across all suppliers, filtering this stream based on individualized settings, and then disseminating customized information to users optimizes the use of an important resource - time. This information can then be sent to the Suppliers who are geographically and functionally disbursed.