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COMMERCE SYSTEMS
INTRODUCTION TO E-COMMERCE
Electronic commerce encompasses the entire online
process of
Developing
Marketing
Selling
Delivering
Servicing
Paying for products and services
E-BUSINESS
refers to all uses of advances in
information technology (IT),
particularly networking and
communications technology, to
improve the ways in which an
organization performs all of its
business processes.
MATRIX
E-business encompasses an
organizations external interactions
with its:
Suppliers
Customers
Investors
Creditors
The government
Media
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CATEGORIES OF ECOMMERCE
Business-to-Consumer
Business-to-Business
Consumer-to-Consumer
Business to Government
Tax Filing Systems and access to laws and ordinances that may
affect the business
Government to Business
Business to Employees
Employees to Business
E-BUSINESS EFFECTS ON
BUSINESS PROCESSES
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Standard protocol,
available since the 1970s, for electronically transferring
information between organizations and across business
processes.
EDI:
Improves accuracy
Cuts costs
INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC
DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI)
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EDI
Suppliers
Purchase orders
EDI
Customers Customer orders
Company
AIS
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INFORMATION FLOWS IN
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
1. Inquiries
Seller
Buyer
2. Responses
3. Orders
4. Acknowledgment
5. Billing
6. Remittance data
Explanations:
EDI = Steps 1-6
EFT = Step 7
FEDI = Steps 1-7
7. Payments
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FINANCIAL ELECTRONIC
DATA INTERCHANGE (FEDI)
The use of EDI to exchange information is only part of
the buyer-seller relationship in business-to-business
electronic commerce.
FINANCIAL ELECTRONIC
DATA INTERCHANGE (FEDI)
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Company A
Company B
Remittance data
and payment
instruction
Company As
Company Bs
bank
bank
Remittance data and funds
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SEARCH MANAGEMENT
Search processes help customers find the specific
product or service they want
E-commerce software packages often include
a website search engine
A customized search engine may be acquired from
companies like Google or Requisite Technology
Searches are often on content or by parameters
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WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT
E-business and e-commerce workflow management
depends on a workflow software engine
Contains software model of business processes
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EXAMPLE OF WORKFLOW
MANAGEMENT
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EVENT NOTIFICATION
Most e-commerce applications are event driven
Responds to such things as customers first website visit
and payments
Monitors all e-commerce processes
Records all relevant events, including problem situations
Notifies all involved stakeholders
Works in conjunction with user-profiling software
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COLLABORATION AND
TRADING
Processes that support vital collaboration arrangements
and trading services
Needed by customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders
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ELECTRONIC PAYMENT
PROCESSES
Complex processes
Near-anonymous and electronic nature
of transactions
Many security issues
Wide variety of debit and credit alternatives
Financial institutions may be part of the process
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ELECTRONIC PAYMENT
PROCESSES
Web Payment Processes
Shopping cart process
Credit card payment process
Debit and other more complex processes
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ELECTRONIC PAYMENT
EXAMPLE
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SECURING ELECTRONIC
PAYMENTS
Network sniffers easily recognize credit card formats
Encrypt data between customer and merchant
Encrypt data between customer and financial institution
Take sensitive information off-line
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E-COMMERCE SUCCESS
FACTORS
Some of the success factors in e-commerce
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SERVING YOUR
CUSTOMERS
Convert visitors into loyal customers
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MANAGING A WEB
STORE
Manage both the business and the website
Record and analyze traffic, inventory, sales
Use CRM features to help retain customers
Link sales, inventory data to accounting systems
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B2B E-COMMERCE
B2B is the wholesale and supply side of
the commercial process
Businesses buy, sell, or trade with other businesses
Catalog systems
Trading systems
Data interchange
Electronic funds transfers
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One to Many
E-COMMERCE
MARKETPLACES
Sell-side marketplaces
One supplier dictates product offerings and prices
Many to One
Buy-side marketplaces
Many suppliers bid for the business of a buyer
Some to Many
Distribution marketplaces
Unites suppliers who combine their product catalogs to
attract a larger audience
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E-COMMERCE
MARKETPLACES
Many to Some
Procurement marketplaces
Unites major buyers who combine purchasing catalogs
Attracts more competition and thus lower prices
Many to Many
Auction marketplaces
Dynamically optimizes prices
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E-COMMERCE PORTALS
B2B e-commerce portals offer multiple marketplaces
Catalogs
Exchanges
Auctions
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E-COMMERCE
INTEGRATION
The business case for merging e-commerce
with traditional business operations
Move strategic capabilities in traditional operations to the
e-commerce business
Integrate e-commerce into the traditional business
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REFERENCES
Marshall B. Romney, Paul John Steinbart