Innovative solutions like demand-driven forecasting, in which real-time customer demand information is translated into super-lean production and delivery, have allowed companies to dramatically reduce inventory levels and the costs associated with them.

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In contrast, MSN Mobile 2.0 offers real-time, on-demand information such as flight schedules, weather conditions, and sports scores.

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Dell uses the system to give suppliers real-time information on customer demand and expects them to pass along some of the savings.

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The result is Investments Connect, an online resource that offers on-demand access to high-quality investment applications and real-time information investors need to manage their investments.

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In addition to those demand response dispatches, Constellation Energy was providing real-time market price information to many of its customers, thus giving them information on the value of curtailing energy use during the heat wave when power prices jumped.

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Fluctuations in the market price of gold as measured in dollars and euros would send the respective central banks real-time information on how to adjust dollar and euro liquidity to accommodate the demand for money.

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