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*Research about "The case of IBM integrated supply chain" (case study) and answer the following:

1. The high levels of inter-organizational coordination necessary to improve supply chain performance require high levels of integration between partners' information systems. How does this level of coordination affect the ability to redefine or adjust business relationships when frequent and rapid changes are necessary?

2. What kind of relationship can be identified between the degree of integration and the degree of flexibility present in inter-organizational systems?

3. Describe E2Open main characteristics and operation?

4. Which elements of E2Open are enablers of agility? How this agility is being measured?

5. How the use of new IS can sweeten the relationship between the degree of integration and the degree of flexibility in an inter-organizational system?