All of these systems are integrated with the company's Accounts Payable (a/P) and Accounts Receivable (a/R) and financial reporting systems so that a true measure of overall profitability can be attained. In conjunction with all of these systems the traffic and quotes on the e-commerce site also need to be fulfilled real-time from the supply chain, pricing and delivery location systems (Todd, 2007). This is a complex system design

e-Business Models of Dell Computer and Gateway The e-business models of high tech manufacturers that combine quoting, pricing, and product configuration systems with production, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and fulfillment systems exemplify how advanced multichannel selling has progressed over the Internet. The intent of this analysis is to evaluate Dell and Gateway's e-business models, as each have real-time integration of their customer facing quoting, pricing and product configuration systems with

" The final force of collaboration, which Freidman (2006) calls "informing"-which are search engines like Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc., which has facilitated "Internetizer technologies" to work together with limitless information all by itself (Freidman, 2006). Therefore, the initial three flatteners formed the novel stage for cooperation, and the subsequent six have been the novel shapes of cooperation that flattened the world. The last flattener is referred to as "the steroids," and

e-Business on Supply Chain Management With an increased competition in the marketplace, one can observe an increase in product offerings in the market. This should lead to shorter product life cycles. It has therefore become essential for retail firms to better manage their supply chain process so that they can better control the supply and demand aspects of their product portfolio. It is, however, interesting to note that with the advancement

FedEx is a worldwide delivery service specializing in the transportation of parcels and packages, and is the largest express transportation company with about 30 per cent of the market share. Since its founding in 1973, FedEx has done business with an eye to technological improvement. When it became one of the first companies to do business using the Internet in 1994, it was considered one of the only companies to

You need a stable foothold and insight into the dynamics of the marketplace from which to be able to peer effectively into the future.... Marketing research can provide real value by helping to provide the radar that will alert the enterprise to perils -- and opportunities -- ahead" (Duboff & Spaeth 2000, pp. 3-13). Proponents of market research maintain that these activities help to ensure that companies remain consumer-orientated.