Real-World Case Studies
#1 The MarketSite and BuySite applications represent a collaborative online commerce environment from Commerce One for buying and selling. MarketSite is a portal for exchanging goods and services on the Commerce One Global. MarketSite lets buyers, suppliers and net market makers conduct business, source new products and services, create new sales channels and access industry-specific information. BuySite is an electronic procurement application that automates the goods and services procurement process.
#2 Buying power vs. selling power most likely motivated Eastman to start with purchasing. Eastman Chemical manufactures and markets more than 1,200 chemicals, fibers and plastics products, meaning that its selling power is highly distributed. Thus, a sell-side effort in electronic commerce would be more complex, requiring the ability to attract world-wide customers from many industries. But, with 2002 revenues of $5.3 billion the company has extraordinary buying power, meaning that sellers are more than happy to cater to the needs of the company.
#3 Traditionally, sales representatives conduct excess inventory sales over the phone, calling customers and offering products at a certain price. If no customer accepted the offer, the representative lowered the price and began calling customers all over again. This process is labor intensive, costly and makes it difficult to assess the market value of inventory. Moai's LiveExchange Enterprise solution provided online capabilities and features to facilitate dynamic commerce, the buying and selling of...
Real World Case Studies #1 Guess.com may be able to apply the same transactional scoring techniques that it uses for traditional card payments to other forms of e-payment. However, it's going to require a host of new interfaces and processes to accommodate non-credit card payments such as say a link to a payment bureau such as PayPal or the Bankers Automated Clearing System. In some instances different forms of e-payment may
Real-Life case study The research informant selected is a soldier who was deployed in Iraq who is 35 years of age and who was in the army for 15 years. He suffered from drug and alcohol addiction along with post traumatic stress syndrome. At this time he is still battling both of these conditions. When interviewing him, the clear purpose of this project was stated without a doubt, and he
Electronic Commerce #1 The electronic service delivery (ESD) Scheme represents a combination of C2G and G2C activities. The G2C element is the delivery of informative content while the C2G element involves the online access to applications and services. The Interactive Government Services Directory (IGSD) is also C2G / G2C, simply providing access to information and services not included in the ESD as is the HKSAR Government Information Center, the official government
Runners world: CASE STUDY Sue Koenig established Runner World in 1987 at age of 24. The Shop was an immediate success due to certain reasons that are still part of her present strategy. One of the most important factors that contributed to her success was herself: a nationally acknowledged runner. This helped her attract customers as people find it easier to trust someone who was well aware of the needs of
Network and IT Technologies and Programs to Improve Small-Firm Efficiency and Staff Satisfaction Company Overview The networking needs of a small organization are just as vital to that firm's operational success, and in many instances are even more essential to their efficiency and degree of employee satisfaction. At Knobs R Us, a lack of common technologies and basic network interfaces is creating an unnecessarily slow workflow, with inefficiencies that both limit the
The Canadian Centre for Policy Initiatives, on the other hand, is an Interventionalist think thank that advocates government intervention in some cases, but chides it in others. On the other end of the spectrum, the Montreal Economic Institute can be described as a Neoliberal think tank. The organization, which was founded in 1999, seeks to "promote an economic approach to the study of public policy issues." By studying the organization's
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