E-business includes a wide gamut of initiatives such as Merchandise planning and analysis, order entry and order tracking, order fulfillment, warehousing, inventory management, customer service and knowledge management.
There are a set of steps in which typical wholesale e-commerce transaction is concluded. Initially, the buyer logs on to the browser, he then looks for the relevant product, selects the product and orders the same. Post this, a purchase order is sent to the seller which the seller confirms. Then payment information is sent to the bank. The credit is checked, the credit is approved and the product is finally shipped. Further, In a B2B supply chain a raw material supplier sends the raw material to the manufacturer who in turn sends the finished product to the wholesaler and the wholesaler transmits the same to the retailer. The retailer then generates a demand with the wholesaler when he anticipates a higher off take from the shelves which in turn gets transmitted to the raw material supplier.
Moreover, before a product reaches a consumer there are different objectives on each aspects of the value chain. Differentiation is the goal in product development while lowering the cost is the objective when it comes to manufacturing and distribution while marketing is all about carrying out a focused campaign.
E-business is propagated through a host of community building programs such as E-mail newsletters, industry relevant reports, chat events and promotions and contests.
In this presentation we will discuss the necessary equipments that one would need to set up an e-business. E-commerce came into existence with the Internet and therefore an internet connection is a mandate to start an e-business.
To know more about Welingkar School’s Distance Learning Program and courses offered, visit:
http://www.welingkaronline.org/distance-learning/online-mba.html
E-commerce Technology for Safe money transaction over the netRaman K. Attri
The Buzz word E-commerce has revolutionized the way the business and money transactions used to work in the past. It is the latest impact of software arena in the field of banking, business and purchasing. The term also refers to online stock and bond transactions and buying and downloading software without ever going near a store. In addition, e-commerce includes business-to-business connections that make purchasing easier for big corporations. This paper mainly concentrates on technology revolution behind the transaction of money over the net. There are still doubts and questions from business and corporate users on the safety aspects of e-commerce. The software and web technology has innovated many encryptions and secure software layering and protocols techniques which tries to make the e-commerce transactions safer. The concept behind these techniques along-with the technical aspect of e-commerce and how it can be implemented in bank for money transaction is discussed in this paper. Further it deals with safety and security issues related to e-commerce implementation in banks and business transactions.
E-business includes a wide gamut of initiatives such as Merchandise planning and analysis, order entry and order tracking, order fulfillment, warehousing, inventory management, customer service and knowledge management.
There are a set of steps in which typical wholesale e-commerce transaction is concluded. Initially, the buyer logs on to the browser, he then looks for the relevant product, selects the product and orders the same. Post this, a purchase order is sent to the seller which the seller confirms. Then payment information is sent to the bank. The credit is checked, the credit is approved and the product is finally shipped. Further, In a B2B supply chain a raw material supplier sends the raw material to the manufacturer who in turn sends the finished product to the wholesaler and the wholesaler transmits the same to the retailer. The retailer then generates a demand with the wholesaler when he anticipates a higher off take from the shelves which in turn gets transmitted to the raw material supplier.
Moreover, before a product reaches a consumer there are different objectives on each aspects of the value chain. Differentiation is the goal in product development while lowering the cost is the objective when it comes to manufacturing and distribution while marketing is all about carrying out a focused campaign.
E-business is propagated through a host of community building programs such as E-mail newsletters, industry relevant reports, chat events and promotions and contests.
In this presentation we will discuss the necessary equipments that one would need to set up an e-business. E-commerce came into existence with the Internet and therefore an internet connection is a mandate to start an e-business.
To know more about Welingkar School’s Distance Learning Program and courses offered, visit:
http://www.welingkaronline.org/distance-learning/online-mba.html
E-commerce Technology for Safe money transaction over the netRaman K. Attri
The Buzz word E-commerce has revolutionized the way the business and money transactions used to work in the past. It is the latest impact of software arena in the field of banking, business and purchasing. The term also refers to online stock and bond transactions and buying and downloading software without ever going near a store. In addition, e-commerce includes business-to-business connections that make purchasing easier for big corporations. This paper mainly concentrates on technology revolution behind the transaction of money over the net. There are still doubts and questions from business and corporate users on the safety aspects of e-commerce. The software and web technology has innovated many encryptions and secure software layering and protocols techniques which tries to make the e-commerce transactions safer. The concept behind these techniques along-with the technical aspect of e-commerce and how it can be implemented in bank for money transaction is discussed in this paper. Further it deals with safety and security issues related to e-commerce implementation in banks and business transactions.
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Integration in Retail - Presentation for 2 ME Retail IT Summit in DubaiDarko Pavic
Integration in Retail IT environment is crucial subject. Supplay chain, POS, Customer Loyalty, Self-Service …. but also very specific retail hardware like scales, price checkers, people counting …. and all of them have to be integrated. This is not easy taks at all. But there are solutions which can make the life easier.
If you like you can follow or contact me at Twitter @PavicDarko
Trans Armor are you ready for the next level in security encryption in the credit card processing industry? Simplify your PCI DSS, Protect your customers, PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS!
Brief introduction to Rubik Financial Limited - the 'Bank-in-a-Box' for financial institutions.
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value proposition to mid-sized businesses is paramount.
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EDI into its ERP software, improving efficiency and
reducing operational costs by eliminating mistakes and
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Integrating EDI into the enterprise offers significant benefits to both small and large
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In this presentation, we will discuss what is E-Commerce, its definition, main activities, goals, technical components involved, functions, prospects and advantages of e-commerce, scope etc.
To know more about Welingkar School’s Distance Learning Program and courses offered, visit:
http://www.welingkaronline.org/distance-learning/online-mba.html
Doing business through the e-commerce channel is quite demanding. The one who does business through the e-commerce route needs to have an intensive knowledge of various web languages coupled with knowledge of web servers communications and networking. E-commerce has tremendous utilities: it can be used for buying and selling of products and producing financial documents. The broad goals of e-commerce include reduced costs, lower cycle time, faster customer response and improved service quality-commerce has promising prospects in India. That’s because people buying online is expected to double year on year. Financial services, entertainment, travel and groceries are the areas where e-commerce will see the maximum leverage. However, it is pertinent to note that e-commerce also has certain drawbacks. Customers cannot touch the products that they plan to buy. Businessmen in India do not know how to run e-commerce business leading to immense client dissatisfaction. E-commerce is an ineffective medium when it comes to reaching out to women and elderly citizens. To set up e-commerce entrepreneurs need three primary things: website, a shopping cart and an on-line payment system. Some of the examples of e-commerce include product catalogs on the internet, inventory databases, interactive marketing, supply chain management among others. Some of the common methods of conducting e-commerce business include electronic mail, voice mail, discussion forums, data conferencing and electronic meeting system. Major segments of e-commerce include Inter-organizational (B2B), intra-organizational (Within retail) and Retail.
In this presentation we will discuss what exactly is e-commerce, it’s definition, goal and activities that happens in the e-commerce circuit.
To know more about Welingkar School’s Distance Learning Program and courses offered, visit:
http://www.welingkaronline.org/distance-learning/online-mba.html
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The 3 Stages of E-Commerce
1. The three stages of e-commerce
Understanding the types of e-commerce avaliable
In order to benefit from e-commerce organizations must
first understand the types of e-commerce solutions and
models available. Electronic Commerce is an established
industry - far older than most businesses can imagine.
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2. Electronic Commerce in the 21st Century
There are a number of ways to define the term ”Electronic Commerce.” Today, most consumers think of electronic com-
merce as the use of a website to search and place an order or purchase a product. In fact, elec-tronic commerce is sig-
nificantly more involved and has been in practice for a number of years prior to the explosion of our current definition of
e-commerce. As far back as 1994, the need was driven by work performed related to the electronic exchange of transac-
tion documents for several large corporate entities (the most basic definition of electronic commerce), and the difficulties
faced in performing tasks within this field.
One of the lessons from this work was that transactions can exist within separate business entities and between groups
or divisions within the organization. This concept of ‘trading partners’ clearly shows that there are often many different
trading patterns within and between organizations, and that there is no one solution that addresses both. Consider that
within business-to-business markets, most businesses do the majority of their trading volume with a few loyal custom-
ers who have set trading patterns. Nevertheless, most businesses also have a lot of customers who trade with them in
irregular patterns. This, of course, is a result of the inherent nature of the market and the position of different businesses
within their market categories. There is very little if anything that individual businesses can do to change this fact. As a
result, the electronic commerce solutions they implement should take this inherent nature of doing business into account.
Electronic commerce solutions are implemented as a tool in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Extranets Internet
Marketplace Network
Transaction Information
Fully Automated Solution
Hybrid Solution
Manual Solution
Raw materials Sub Assemblies Manufacturing Distributor Dealer CUSTOMER
Product Avalibility & Design
Market And Demand Information
Figure 1: The Business-to-Business Electronic Value Chain
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3. The business-to-business e-commerce value chain
The Internet has revolutionized electronic commerce and has provided a standard protocol for the exchange of informa-
tion, thus giving companies a window into a worldwide market for their products. Though electronic commerce has
been around for a long time, electronic commerce has historically been prohibitively expensive for small and mid-sized
businesses. The introduction of the Internet has made it possible for companies of any size to benefit from e-commerce.
Figure 1 illustrates the electronic commerce value chain where the marketplace network is the Internet or Internet
technology-based network. There are two orientations in the e-commerce value chain: (1) Transaction orientation and (2)
Information orientation.
The transaction orientation
The transaction orientation is focused on business transactions that take place on the Internet, i.e., purchase orders,
order confirmations, invoices, payments, etc. Network-based business transactions can be done by using the Internet
or other types of networks. The characteristics of the different transaction-oriented electronic commerce solutions are
listed in the table below.
SOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS
AUTOMATED No human involvement
Computer to computer
Time & accuracy are critical
Computer system integration
HYBRID Web-based purchasing
Computer to computer exchange of data
Flexibility and on-line information are critical
System integration to achieve efficiency and accuracy
Computer to computer exchange of data
HYBRID Web-based purchasing
Flexible & easy to use
Very low cost to the purchaser
Efficient for the supplier
Table 1: The Electronic Commerce Solution Characteristics
The information orientation
Information oriented transactions, on the other hand, are practically always restricted to the Internet. The Internet has
opened vast opportunities for suppliers to exchange information with their customers. Information about product design,
specifications, capabilities, and availability flows freely through the value chain, while the supplier gets feedback through
the value chain on market demands and needs. This information is not only restricted to product information, services
can be offered and demanded, project plans can be exchanged and worked on by several parties, and workgroups can
be formed to exchange joint information. A basic characteristic of the information orientation is that no transaction or
purchase is performed. The transaction or purchase has taken place or will take place depending on the information
exchanges.
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4. Fully Automated Electronic Commerce Solution
The definition of a fully automated solution is that there is full integration between the information systems on both ends.
A significant characteristic of the fully automated electronic commerce solution is that each trading partner only works
within their business application. The process is initiated by either an application or by an operator registering information
into the business application. An example, for instance, is registering purchase orders in the purchase order system. The
electronic commerce system will then automatically communicate this purchase order to the vendor. In a fully automated
system all further exchange of information will be done by software applications. All necessary actions are triggered by
the system. Companies with established trading relationships are using fully automated solutions with suppliers and/or
customers. Usually, the trading pattern is high volume and repetitive in nature. Important aspects are lead times, fault
tolerance, and accuracy.
order dispatch
invoice
information notice
purchase order
generated
In-house order
automatically
and inventory
by in-house
supplier CUSTOMER
application
supplier electronic
customer
purchase order
Figure 2: The Fully Automated E-Commerce Solution
The Case of the Automobile Industry
A common trait for the automobile industry in more recent times has been “just-in-time” delivery and manufactur-
ing. Since cars are high cost items, excess inventory is costly, and there is a risk of producing units that will not move
in showrooms, increasing the need for discounts and purchase incentives. As a result, automobile manufacturers have
increasingly pushed the inventory risk of raw material and sub-assemblies over to their suppliers, resulting in a massive
focus on delivering materials and sub-assemblies only when needed by the manufacturers, a concept commonly known
as “just-in-time” deliveries. In fact, it is fairly common for a supplier to build a new factory and warehouse close to the
automobile assembly plant in order to fulfill the terms of their contracts of delivering just-in-time. Naturally, this has also
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5. led to high demands on the information system infrastructure in both organizations. The automobile manufacturers have
fully automated assembly plants, where each and every aspect of logistics, planning, and purchasing is being handled
by the computers. The human involvement has been reduced to the minimum, as the risk of not having the right part at
the right place at the right time is too high. Car manufacturers have demanded that their suppliers cater to this situation
by instituting similar information-systems capability on their side to handle the flow of information back and forth. Most
supplier contracts within the automobile industry have specified time limits for the processing and response to any given
exchange of information, with accompanying fines should these limits be exceeded. Some also risk the cancellation of
contracts should they miss deadlines repetitively. In this environment, electronic commerce is not only an efficient tool
it is absolutely necessary in order to operate the business. It also means that there is a very high level of integration
between the information systems being used on both sides, and the exchange of data is fully automated. This character-
izes the Fully Automated Electronic Commerce Solution.
order dispatch purchase
information notice order created
automatically
integration
supplier CUSTOMER
manual order entry
order confirmation
order confirmation
web server
(xml, activeX to back-end)
order confirmation
html to browser browser
supplier customer
Figure 3: The Hybrid E-Commerce Solution
Hybrid Electronic Commerce Solution
Hybrid electronic commerce solutions use the World Wide Web in the electronic commerce process. The hybrid solution
implies that there is at least one manual process involved to complete the exchange of data, and that this operation is
done outside the customer's business application. A typical configuration could be a distributor that uses a web site that
allows customers to manually make purchases. Four criteria have to be fulfilled to qualify as a hybrid solution: The cus-
tomer enters the purchase order manually on the suppliers web site. The order confirmation is returned from the supplier
both to the browser as a web page, and an application-readable structured message (order confirmation/purchase order
copy) is returned either through the browser as an ActiveX object, a Java Bean or an XML message, or an application-
readable structured message (order confirmation / purchase order copy) is returned by e-mail. The structured message
is automatically interpreted and registered in the customer’s business application/ERP system. On the supplier side, the
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6. process will be totally automated, while on the customer side there is one manual operation only – entering the purchase
order on the web. The hybrid solution ensures that there is a complete integration between the business applications
of both trading partners. The hybrid solution offers some superior qualities compared to the fully automated solution
and the manual solution. Compared to the fully automated solution the hybrid solution is superior under the following
circumstances:
The customer wants to have instant access to product availability before purchasing.
The customer wants to have information about delivery times prior to purchasing.
The customer wants to have information about substitute products available and the availability and de-livery times of
such products.
None of this information is available in a fully automated e-commerce solution since the purchase order is either gener-
ated automatically or the person entering the purchase order can only access information stored in their own business
application. Yet, the hybrid solution is inferior to the fully automated solution when the above mentioned circumstances
are not of importance. The hybrid solution is superior to the manual solution under the following circumstances:
The customer needs to have all purchase orders registered in his own business application.
The volume of purchase orders from the specific supplier is large enough to defend the substantial investment the
hybrid solution needs compared to the manual solution.
The hybrid solution is not yet widely in use because the software technology is not commercially available yet.
Companies can create a hybrid solution today by combining a web site for customers to make purchases as well as
software for fully automated solutions to send an order confirmation to the customer. However, the technology where
a structured message is sent back to the customer in ActiveX, XML or, Java Bean and integrated with the customer’s
business application is not yet available. DiCentral is in the forefront of researching this technology and is committed to
requires additional
software
optional
integration
order entry
supplier CUSTOMER
web server browser
manual input manual input
order confirmation
html to browser
printout
printout
supplier customer
Figure 4: The Manual E-Commerce Solution
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