二十一世纪即将来临,现在是评估一些正在出现的流程工业技术的时候了。新世纪预示着“零准备期企业”(zem-latency enterprise)的到来,这是个能对产品需求波动立即作出反应的企业。这些需求可能来自通过扫描仪检验的顾客,或是由企业资源计划(ERP)系统中由保证供应软件模块所追踪的销售。零准备期企业将使用最佳化供给链,能够持续 The twenty-first century is imminent and it is time to assess some of the emerging process industrial technologies. The new century signals the advent of “zem-latency enterprise,” an enterprise that immediately responds to fluctuations in product demand. These requirements may come from customers who have been scanned by the scanner or from sales of guaranteed software modules in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Zero-preparation companies will use the optimal supply chain, to continue