Selasa, 21 April 2009
e-procurement
E-procurement is the business-to-business purchase and sale of supplies and services over the Internet. An important part of many B2B sites, e-procurement is also sometimes referred to by other terms, such as supplier exchange. Typically, e-procurement Web sites allow qualified and registered users to look for buyers or sellers of goods and services. Depending on the approach, buyers or sellers may specify prices or invite bids. Transactions can be initiated and completed. Ongoing purchases may qualify customers for volume discounts or special offers.
E-procurement software may make it possible to automate some buying and selling. Companies participating expect to be able to control parts inventories more effectively, reduce purchasing agent overhead, and improve manufacturing cycles. E-procurement is expected to be integrated with the trend toward computerized supply chain management.
Benefits of Adopting an E-Procurement System
E-Procurement helps with the decision-making process by keeping relevant information neatly organized and time-stamped. Most are template-driven which makes all transactions standardized and traceable. Keeping track of all bids means leveraging your knowledge to obtain better pricing. Companies can focus on their most lucrative trading partners and contracts.
Well-managed e-procurement helps reduce inventory levels. Knowing product numbers, bid prices and contact points can help businesses close a deal while other suppliers are struggling to gather their relevant data.
E-Procurement systems that allow multiple access levels and permissions help managers organize administrative users by roles, groups, or tasks. Procurement managers do not need to be as highly trained or paid because such systems are standardized and easy to learn.
Typical Adoption Strategies
Some firms have discovered that many of their transactions still take place on paper, and they have run into problems ranging from content management to supplier participation in their systems. Most companies who desire to make the switch fall into two camps. The first are the slow step-by-step adopters. They implement one piece of their system at a time and slowly bring trading partners on board. The others follow the total replacement model. They build a totally parallel system, test it, then switch over to it when it works. There is usually some pain involved and some mistakes are discovered, but by and large these are absorbed and the business continues.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Don’t bite off more than you can chew. The parallel system approach should only be used if you have the time and resources to do this. If not, stick to the incremental approach.
Don’t expect an immediate return on investment. A short-tem gain may be noticeable, but it may be eaten up by the cost of staff training and equipment purchases. A year or two down the road, a larger ROI should be evident.
Source: www.epiqtech.com
Rabu, 15 April 2009
E-BUSINESS STRATEGY individual assigment chapter 5
individual assigment chapter 5
For a company with which you are familiar with, review the six strategy definition choices.
www.prodirectsoccer.com
prodirectsoccer.com is the World's Largest Online Football Store, this website provide an excellent and unique service to the professionals, with the most comprehensive choice in Football Boots, Goalkeeper Gloves, Footballs, Football Equipment, Football Kits and Teamwear, Replica Football Shirts, Football Trainers, Football Accessories, Football Clothing, Training Wear and Base Layer ranges available today.
1)E-Business channel priority
The strategic channel that prodirectsoccer.com use is click’s which means all transaction and customer service is conduct online. It also help the company to reduce selling cost by selling through the internet channel.
2)Organizational restructuring and capabilities
By using the strategic partnership prodirectsoccer.com have built valuable relationships with the leading global football brands. This enables prodirectsoccer.com to bring to customer the latest, most exciting and innovative Football Boots available anywhere.
3)Business, Service, and Revenue model
•Business and revenue model
By selling football shoes and equipment from trusted and famous brands like Nike, Adidas, Puma, Mizuno, Umbro, Mitre, Under Armour etc.
4)Market Place Restructuring
prodirectsoccer.com is a direct seller controlled website, they don’t use intermediary to do the transaction with customer
5)Market and Product Development Strategies
•Product development strategies
Is to satisfied the football lovercustomer with practical method of buying and always update with the football news.
6)Positioning and Differentiation Strategies
•Product performance excellence
Customer can create/customize the product
•Price performance excellence
Offer many cheap and discounted product
•Relationship excellence
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Selasa, 07 April 2009
Tugas 2 summary guide for a small retailer company about the stages that are necessary in the creation of a web site and the management issues involve
Langkah dan apa saja yang Anda butuhkan untuk memiliki sebuah Website di Internet?
| LANGKAH 1: DAFTARKAN DOMAIN ANDA DAN SEDIAKAN SPACE UTK WEBSITE ANDA! Pertama Anda akan membutuhkan sebuah Alamat Website (domain/URL) yang mudah diingat, agar pengguna Internet dapat dengan mudah menemukan Website Anda. Untuk itulah Anda akan membutuhkan "Nama Domain" (misalnya alamat domain berupa "www.PerusahaanAnda.com" atau "www.PerusahaanAnda.co.id").
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| LANGKAH 2: SIAPKAN BAHAN, DESIGN & LENGKAPI WEBSITE ANDA! Anda harus mengumpulkan bahan-bahan yang akan anda muat di Internet, dapat berupa text, gambar/foto atau suara. Atau segala sesuatu yang dapat Anda scan melalui scanner Anda.
Untuk gambar/foto, Anda harus merubahnya ke dalam file yang berformat JPEG atau GIF (biasanya berakhiran .jpg dan .gif) agar dapat dibaca oleh program Internet Explorer (browser Anda). Anda dapat membuatnya dengan program gambar seperti Paint yang telah tersedia di Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista anda atau dengan software gratis yang lebih baik seperti GIMP atau software komersil seperti: Photo Shop, Fireworks, Corel Draw/Photo Paint, Paint Shop Pro, atau software grafik lainnya.
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| LANGKAH 3: PROMOSIKAN WEBSITE ANDA! Salah satu langkah membuat website Anda berhasil adalah mempromosikannya. Sungguh sayang apabila Anda memiliki website yang bagus tetapi tidak ada yang mengenalnya. Ada banyak cara untuk mempromosikan website Anda (iklan banner, dari mulut ke mulut, beriklan di iklanbaris, beriklan di media massa, membagi brosur, dan lain-lain). Tetapi salah satu cara yang paling penting dan terbukti efektif adalah dengan pertukaran banner. |
| LANGKAH 4: ANALISA HASIL WEBSITE ANDA! Setelah Anda mempromosikan website anda dapat melihat statistik jumlah pengunjung perhari, perminggu, perbulan, mayoritas dari negara apa, ISP mana, masuk dari website mana dan lain sebagainya. Anda bahkan dapat mengetahui di mana iklan Anda paling efektif untuk dipasang.
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Adapun beberapa aspek penting yang harus diperhatikan dalam membuat website, antara lain:
- Concept, yang merepresentasikan keunikan website dan ide yang dibawakan, Content, isi dari website itu sendiri apakah sejalan dengan tujuan yang diinginkan perusahaan
- Domain dan hosting, tentunya organisasi harus mendaftarkan alamatü situs yang tidak hanya mudah diingat, namun juga dapat merepresentasikan ruang lingkup, tujuan atau motto.
- Design layout, sebagai sarana marketing, tentunya kita juga harusü mempertimbangkan target market yang akan mengakses website. Oleh karena itu design layout sebaiknya sesuai dengan karakteristik target market, misalnya pemilihan desain sesuai dengan usia, atau kemudahan penggunaan sesuai pendidikan
- Security, bagian yang sangat vital dari sebuah website adalahü security, anda harus menjamin bahwa website anda aman untuk dikunjungi, dan aman dari serangan-serangan dari hal-hal yang tidak diinginkan.
- Update, sangatlah penting untuk terus tanggap terhadap perubahan danü trend terbaru. Jika perusahaan anda jarang mengupdate isi / content dari website, maka pengunjung tidak akan sering mengunjungi website anda.
- Maintenance, perawatan tentunya sangat diperlukan untuk menjamin keberlangsungan website.
Lalu bagaimanakah sebaiknya yang harus dilakukan perusahaan retail kecil-menengah apabila ingin membuat website?
Biasanya perusahaan retail kecil-menengah memiliki segmen pasar masyarakat kelas bawah-menengah, dimana dalam hal ini desain yang tidak rumit, kemudahan bahasa dan penggunaan menjadi pertimbangan utama. Hal ini dapat dilakukan misalnya dengan menggunakan bahasa indonesia pada petunjuk, serta link yang tidak terlalu banyak. Sebagaimana umumnya bisnis retail dimana pergerakan barang dan distribusi yang cepat, maka konsep website harus mengandung pesan keandalan, kecepatan dan dapat dipercaya.
Domain sebaiknya bukan merupakan suku-kata yang terlalu panjang agar mudah diingat
Informasi produk yang singkat dan padat juga tidak kalah pentingnya. Dalam bisnis retail, apalagi di Indonesia, harga menjadi nomor satu. Update website dari sisi harga produk harus terus dilakukan agar dapat terus menarik konsumen
sumber: http://techscape.co.id/hosting/prosedur.ts