Do I need a control tower to achieve end-to-end visibility?

Not necessarily. What matters is the ability to connect data, anticipate risks, and support decision-making across the extended Supply Chain. A control tower is one way to package that capability, but the underlying value comes from the data integration and the analytical layer on top, not from the visualization itself. Many organizations achieve effective end-to-end visibility through their existing planning platform, provided it ingests demand, inventory and supplier data consistently and surfaces risks at the SKU and location level. The right question is not whether to deploy a control tower, but whether decisions are arriving early enough to make a difference.