The Internet offers an open platform for new E-commerce, removing the long lead times, asset specificity, and bilaterality of E-commerce based on the traditional proprietary EDI.
Polar Bears International is working on innovative technologies that could help provide longer lead times between when polar bears and people meet or prevent them from meeting altogether.
Delivery lead times can be reduced through close cooperation with suppliers, possibly by inducing suppliers to locate closer to the factory or working with a faster shipping company.