Level 5: full network connectivity

Level 5, full network connectivity, focuses on cyber technology as the value chain enabler to achieve network optimization. 

The final level of progress is more theoretical than factual because of the limited number of firms that occupy this space. It is an area where full network connectivity has been achieved in which all of the important transactions are visible online. Partners share vital information electronically and bring an unprecedented low cycle time to the processing that takes place across the full network. 

Finally, we see how a very few Level-5 firms have taken the time and expended the effort to create full network connectivity through design and implementation of e-business models that span a single inter-enterprise network. With these most advanced models, we look at the future state of supply chain modeling and what it holds for those needing to be in the frontmost position. 

Automotive is an exquisite example for a long term vision in the area of critical applications, because the potential for networking to build adaptive systems on several levels of connectivity, which requires the full set of dependability attributes to be fulfilled (safety, security, reliability, availability, maintainability) in a holistic manner, is already there, although the gaps are at the moment bridged by human interaction only ... 

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