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E-Commerce Management. Supply Chain Management. Supply Chain. Product information Pricing Shipping Order status Invoice. Customer. Vendor. Supply Chain. Product specifications Inventory levels Purchase order Payment. Vendor. Customer. Purchasing, Logistics, and Support Activities.
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E-Commerce Management Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Product information Pricing Shipping Order status Invoice Customer Vendor E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Supply Chain Product specifications Inventory levels Purchase order Payment Vendor Customer E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Purchasing, Logistics, and Support Activities • Purchasing activities • Include identifying vendors, evaluating vendors, selecting specific products, placing orders • Supply chain • Part of an industry value chain that precedes a particular strategic business unit E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Purchasing, Logistics, and Support Activities (Continued) • Procurement • Includes all purchasing activities, plus monitoring of all elements of purchase transactions • Supply management • Term used to describe procurement activities E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Purchasing, Logistics, and Support Activities (Continued) • Sourcing • Procurement activity devoted to identifying suppliers and determining their qualifications • E-procurement or e-sourcing • Use of Internet technologies in procurement and sourcing activities E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Sourcing • 10-32 x ¾” hex head machine screw • Sheet copper .010” • 4” plastic swivel casters Where to start?http://www.thomasregister.com/ E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Logistics Activities • Include managing • Inbound movements of materials and supplies • Outbound movements of finished goods and services http://freightquote.com/tour/TourTwo.asp • Objective of logistics • To provide the right goods in the right quantities in the right place at the right time • Logistics management • Important support activity for both sales and purchasing activities E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Materials-Tracking Technologies • Radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs) • Small chips that use radio transmissions to track inventory • New development is the passive RFID tag • Passive RFID tag does not need a power source • Small enough to be installed on the face of credit cards or sewn into clothing items E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs) • http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html • http://www.spychips.com/what-is-rfid.html • http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002065830_rfid18.html • http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002066022_chipprivacy18.html E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition
Summary • Companies are using Internet and Web technologies • To improve purchasing and logistics primary activities • Internet • Now providing the inexpensive communications channel • Supply chain management • Incorporates several elements that can be implemented and enhanced through use of Internet and Web E-Commerce: The Second Wave, Fifth Annual Edition