Whats this a picture of The Grand Canyon

What’s this a picture of ? ? ?

The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon

A BOARDROOM

A BOARDROOM 1 mile deep

A BOARDROOM 28 miles across 1 mile deep

Huge information chasm… Management 3, 000 hours BOARD ~260 hours

The information chasm is deepening and widening with increasing size and complexity… Management 3, 000 hours BOARD ~260 hours

The information chasm is deepening and widening with increasing size and complexity… Management • 3, 000 hours/yr • Lifetime experience • Similar colleagues BOARD • ~260 hours/yr • amateur “drop ins” • otherwise engaged

The information chasm is deepening and widening with increasing size and complexity… Management • 3, 000 hours/yr • Lifetime experience • Similar colleagues …and they don’t even speak the same language BOARD • ~260 hours/yr • amateur “drop ins” • otherwise engaged

Generic E-Procurement architecture – so today we’d like approval for our $1, 400 mn budget…. Training Software Corp. Systems ERP CMMS … D 1 Interfaces Communication / Services • ECXpert • … Horizontal Marketplaces 3 rd Party Content Site • TPN • Harbinger • Aspect XML OBI EDI S 1 Content S 2 Content Fax S 3 D 2 Intranet D 3 Buying Application Travel Expense D 4 Supplier interface for P. O. s DB • Oracle • SQL D 5 Content • • Required HW DB servers Web servers Appl. Servers … Content Authoring Software Pilot Implementation Existing Content created for Dana Selfmaintenance software for suppliers Global Implementation FIREWALL Reporting Internet S 4 S 5 S 6 • • Marketplace / Portal Market. Site ariba. com Oracle Exchange … Hosted Content XML OBI S 7 EDI Fax Vertical Marketplaces

The information chasm is deepening and widening with increasing size and complexity… Management • 3, 000 hours/yr • Lifetime experience • Similar colleagues …and they don’t even speak the same language BOARD • 260 hours/yr • amateur “drop ins” • otherwise engaged