Midterm Question #2

1.) Research one Philippine company and international company that have employee e- commerce?
Answer:
Philippines

The 2008 Philippine E-Commerce Forum

We finally pulled it through! For the first time we were able to gather in one place all the major industry players in the field of ecommerce.

Together with the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), we were all able to bring in one place from Tel cos, Internet Service providers, Various government instituions, all the major banks including govt banks, payment gateways, online merchants, bloggers. online auctions and job sites, research companies and media to discuss and brainstorm the current ecommerce situation and how to move forward.

International

About Digital River, Inc.

Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, site merchandising, advanced reporting and analytic s, product fulfillment, e-marketing and multi-lingual customer service.



2.) Describe his e-commerce operates in these companies?
Answer:NetSuite enables companies to manage all key business operations in a single, integrated system, which includes customer relationship management; order management and fulfillment; inventory management; finance; ecommerce and Web site management; and employee productivity. NetSuite is delivered as an on-demand service, so there is no hardware to procure, no large, up-front license fee, and no complex set-ups. Finally, NetSuite's patent-pending "real-time dashboard" technology provides an easy-to-use view into role-specific business information that is always up-to-date.



3.) Identify the benefits/constraints/desired by these companies from e-commerce.
Answer:
The purpose of this unit, on Benefits and Limitations of e-business / e-commerce, is to give you the tools to answer to people who question the value, or purpose, of having an online component of their marketing program. Most people appreciate the basic benefit that e-business may help them sell more, but beyond that they are not too clear - your job is to point out more benefits so it will become obvious that e-business is a great thing and that they need you to help them do it. ..

Basic Benefits of eBusiness eCommerce o increase sales - this is the first thing that people consider when dealing w e-commerce o decreasing costs o increase profits o understanding that profits is not the same as sales o Expands the size of the market from regional to national or national to international o Contract the market o reach a narrow market o target market segmentation allows you to focus on a more select group of customers o and therefore have a competitive advantages in satisfying them

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Decreasing costs o costs of creating the product o marketing o of promotional material o costs of distribution eg. Netscape allowing you to download instead of waiting to get the CD by mail o costs of processing (orders from the customers) repeat activities and information processing of handling customer phone calls of handling sales inquiries determine product availability (inventory management) o costs of storing information o lowers telecommunication costs

Benefits to organizations that use e-Commerce with their business partners
- manufacturers and service companies
o minimizes Supply Chain inefficiencies

• reduces inventories
• reduces delivery delays
• enables efficient e-procurement

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Reference:http://www.witiger.com/ecommerce/benefits-limitations.htm

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