...whether the utilization of internet technology in the Malaysia Palm Oil Industry (MPOI) and exploitation by industry participant using technologies in the logistic sites. The participants or workers acceptance to evolve the operation is less as where they prefer to conventional ways of managing their logistics. There a lots of effect that cause efficient and effective to the industry rather staying in old operation that referring to lack real-time information and experiencing the high cost of face-to-face interaction. The reason they avoiding using technologies as the internet facilities leading to slow speed of internet connection, resistance to change regular business method, ‘wait and see’ attitude among companies and the issue of internet security and trust among drawbacks that have discovered and discussed in many e-commerce studies. E-commerce appointed improvement in business logistics activities and assisted companies to carry out logistics activities electronically where cheap and in an easily accessible form. The operation provided real-time information to reduce cost on logistic activities such as distributing, storing and retrieving product. This system created ‘new channel’ for information flow, goods flow and new partnership across distribution channel. The application affects all elements in the supply chain that rely on data flow and to improve efficiency of deliveries activities along supply chain. The smooth integration of information flow based on e-commerce that improving...
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...Mobile Technology, Social Media and a 180 million peopled Market Introduction “Information technology has for sometime been a wildcard in business, a source of opportunity and uncertainty, of advantage and risk” (Applegate, Austin, & McFarlan, 2007). Advanced economies of the world have in the past three decades taken advantage of Information Technology in all facets of life especially in the utilization of IT to drive efficiency in organizations as well as the linkages between the organization and its internal and external stakeholders. Though technology in advanced economies of the world has become embedded in the everyday life of people especially in the way they define strategy and how business is defined, not much can be said for the advancement of such new technologies in developing Nations due to so many reasons. The main reason for the hitherto poor penetration and utilization of IT in developing countries can be attributed to various factors including poverty, inadequate infrastructure, poor Internet penetration, high cost of energy, corruption and an unstable political system. However the trend seems to be changing since the mid 2000s. Economic index and a potential growth market Nigeria is an example of a developing economy that is embracing IT systems in organizations due to the rapidly growing trend of consumers utilizing the Internet. Internet usage has increased as a result of the increasing use of smart phones, which has in recent years become more...
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...therefore they can absorb wireless radio frequency (RF) signal (Oppenheimer, 2011). Therefore, the selection of technology that can meet Harriett’s goals for accommodating her tall fruit trees is vital and the having proper storage is essential as well, because the cold storage buildings have ice hazards, which impedes the installation of equipment. Scalability is integral during the phase of network design process such whether to use LAN or WAN. In my opinion the usage of WAN would be better due to the cold storage buildings, because it have less capacity than LANs, but also it has more affordability due to routing protocols that can minimizes WAN traffic, improve efficiency on WAN circuits the utilization of a compression, allocated WAN bandwidth (Oppenheimer, 2011). The utilization of Ethernet because it has the standard method for connecting servers, switches, and end users’ machines (Oppenheimer, 2011). Make a list of business goals for Harriet’s Fruits and Chocolate Company. What are some constraints that will affect these goals? The value of knowing the Harriett’s business goals and constraints is a crucial aspect of network design (Oppenheimer, 2011). Keep in mind network upgrades are made not because some new technology sounds interesting to engineers, but because it will help an enterprise increase profits, productivity, market share, and cash flow, therefore, network designers must choose solutions that address the business dilemmas faced by business managers (Oppenheimer...
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...has fostered businesses to make use of digital technology in their operational activities in effectively meeting their customer's need. Most of the businesses are indulging in e-commerce practices in effectively performing their operations across boundaries. E-commerce is an important medium of presenting the business offerings to customers, as it involves the usage of technology that aids businesses in reaching wider markets easily. The objective of this project is to create an e-commerce web portal with a content management system which would allow product information to be updated securely using a mobile device. The web portal will have an online interface in the form of an e-commerce website that will allow users to buy goods from the “Antel Art” Fashion Company. Electronic commerce (E-Commerce) E-trade has made it conceivable to speak with individuals and do exchanges whenever of the day at the client's simplicity. It is valuable for the organizations to get access to the worldwide markets and contend effortlessly with bigger comparative markets. Shopping online makes a virtual store for the clients to buy the items and administrations hence utilization of online retail in style is developing everywhere throughout the world. United Kingdom's design industry is partaking with positive thinking in e-business. As indicated by (National Statistics,2009) organizations in the online retail segment demonstrated the biggest ascend in deals by 106.6bn pounds in 2008...
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... Submission Date: 13th April 2014 Course: E-Commerce Class Timings: Sunday 4:15 – 7:15 Student ID#: 2011-3-07-12484 Course Instructor: Mr. Faisal Dehdi A STUDY OF THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE ACCEPTANCE OF E – COMMERCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SUMMARY: E-Commerce which facilitates transaction of goods & services via computer networks such as internet has become a powerful tool of socio-economic development & therefore is a significant issue for developing countries. Many developing countries have made Information & Communications Technology (ICT) as part of their development plans to ensure deployment & utilization of ICTs in their country for the benefit of enterprises & citizens. This research paper aims to study: - * E-Commerce across national borders to find out relationships among certain factors & attitude about e-commerce. * Issues & areas necessary to the implementation of e – commerce that may be influenced by National culture. * Impact of culture, previous web purchased experience & age of developing countries on e-commerce. The two nations (Iran & UAE), gender & previous experience are the independent variables whereas attitudes about different aspects of technology use are taken as the dependent variable. From the literature review, we conclude that E-Commerce has a potential to add value in developing countries by offering advantages such as globalization of commerce, elimination of time & space limits, easy...
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...Vision 2020 - Long-term Outline Perspective Plan - Five-year Development Plan - K-Economy - ICT policy, regulation and industry 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 3 2. PROGRESS, 1996-2000 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Utilization of ICT National IT Agenda Development of the Multimedia Super Corridor MSC Flagship Applications Development of Communications Infrastructure Electronic Commerce Human Resource Development for ICT Funding for ICT Industry 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 4 2.1.1 - UTILIZATION OF ICT: ICT Expenditure by Sector, 1995-2000 Total expenditure on ICT increased 9.2% p.a. in 1996-2000. Big spenders on ICT: 1995 2000 AAGR Banking & Finance 27% 15% -4% Manufacturing 13% 16% 19% Distributions 8% 10% 16% Government 10% 8% 7% Home 2% 8% 44% 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 5 2.1.2 - SELECTED ICT INDICATORS, 1995-2000 Indicator PC (units installed) PC per 1,000 pop. Tel.lines/1,000 pop. Tel.Subscribers Mobile Phones Internet Subscribers 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 1995 610,000 29.5 161.7 3,332,447 700,000 13,064 2000 2,200,000 95.7 204.8 4,650,410 2,717,000 1,157,384 6 2.2 National IT Agenda The objective is to transform the nation into knowledge-based society in line with V2020. NITA has Five Strategic Thrust Agenda: 1. E-Economy, 2. E-Public Service, 3. E-Community, 4. E-Learning, 5. ESovereignty. Strategic Thrust Implementation Committee (STIC) was established to monitor the implementation. More than 60...
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...CoLinx A Shared Service Portal In Manufacturing A Case Study About Surgency ™, Inc. and Benchmarking Partners ™ Surgency is an e-business solutions firm, building market leaders among the Global 1000. Surgency’s consulting and collaborative software accelerates the transformation and market impact of its clients. Benchmarking Partners is the industry analysis and research division of Surgency. Since 1994, Benchmarking Partners has been working with multinational corporations to advance emerging best business practices and assess the benefits of technology-based transformation. Acknowledgements: BroadVision, Inc. sponsored research performed in support of this white paper. We would like to thank all the BroadVision customers who contributed their time and insights to this process. CoLinx Case Study Table of Contents Contents Company Profile CoLinx History Timeline Organization Objectives and Goals Anti-Trust Policy Benefits for Manufacturers Marketing Capacity Utilization: Reining in Expense Individual Control of the Customer Relationship Logistics Benefits for Distributors 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 Project Description Background Strategic Goals Scaleable E-Marketing Personalization Consultant/Third-Party Support Integration Maintaining Control of Customer Relationship Business Rules and Training Look and Feel Observation Reports and Analytics Conclusion 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 13 14 ©2001 Benchmarking Partners™ / Surgency™, Inc. i CoLinx Case...
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...Analysis 2 Environmental Analysis 2 SWOT Analysis 3 E-Marketing Strategic Plan 4 Segmentation and Targeting 4 Differentiation 5 Positioning 5 E-Marketing Objective 5 E-Marketing Strategy 6 Implementation Plan 7 Evaluation and Budget 9 Introduction Mitsui Travel is an independent and privately owned full service travel agency, which specialized in assisting customers who are planning to travel to Japan (Mitsui Travel 2014). Located in Sydney since 1977; Mitsui offers variety of Japan-related pre-planned tour packages, ski packages, rail pass, and accommodation. However, the major aspect of Mitsui’s service lies on its flexibility and expertise in terms of building a personalized itinerary for individual and family who plan to travel to Japan (Mitsui Travel 2014). The travel agency industry- where Mitsui operates in- has been dramatically changed due to the significant rise of online tourism (Dixit et al. 2006). The advancement of Internet has resulted in a rapid rise of direct bookings and reservations aided by the invention of specialist software and GDS sites (Bergin-Seers et al. 2006). Consequently, this phenomenon gave rise to the significance of electronic-marketing (E-marketing) for travel agencies around the world. With a clear E-Marketing plan, any travel agent- including Mitsui- can better integrates Internet into their traditional business method. Hence, the purpose of this report is to establish an E-Marketing plan for Mitsui which focused on Japan as...
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...Analysis 2 Environmental Analysis 2 SWOT Analysis 3 E-Marketing Strategic Plan 4 Segmentation and Targeting 4 Differentiation 5 Positioning 5 E-Marketing Objective 5 E-Marketing Strategy 6 Implementation Plan 7 Evaluation and Budget 9 Introduction Mitsui Travel is an independent and privately owned full service travel agency, which specialized in assisting customers who are planning to travel to Japan (Mitsui Travel 2014). Located in Sydney since 1977; Mitsui offers variety of Japan-related pre-planned tour packages, ski packages, rail pass, and accommodation. However, the major aspect of Mitsui’s service lies on its flexibility and expertise in terms of building a personalized itinerary for individual and family who plan to travel to Japan (Mitsui Travel 2014). The travel agency industry- where Mitsui operates in- has been dramatically changed due to the significant rise of online tourism (Dixit et al. 2006). The advancement of Internet has resulted in a rapid rise of direct bookings and reservations aided by the invention of specialist software and GDS sites (Bergin-Seers et al. 2006). Consequently, this phenomenon gave rise to the significance of electronic-marketing (E-marketing) for travel agencies around the world. With a clear E-Marketing plan, any travel agent- including Mitsui- can better integrates Internet into their traditional business method. Hence, the purpose of this report is to establish an E-Marketing plan for Mitsui which focused on Japan as...
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...Classact the competitive advantage that can be gained by implementing IS and IT strategies within the organisation. Specifically this report will be discussing about supply chain management, customer relationship management and E-commerce as three very innovative solutions that are very crucial for the continued existence and increased profitability of Classact. We will be discussing on how other organisations who have implemented customer relationship management, supply chain management and E-commerce have been able to forge ahead of their competitors, increase their profits and maintain that same one to one relationship with the customers. Finally recommendations have been made as to how Classact can forge ahead of their competitors instead of falling prey to bankruptcy by lagging behind in IS and IT innovation. Today it has become critical for businesses to adopt e-commerce in order to gain a competitive advantage and meet customer needs. It's biggest advantage being the accessibility to customers, suppliers and buyers all over the world by the medium of Internet and various networks. It has also resulted in cost reduction in areas like marketing, processing and storage of information. It has proven to be increase efficiency of the business. E-commerce works in collaboration with another crucial area for businesses 'Supply Chain Management'. 'Supply Chain' is an entire chain of facilities and various distribution channels facilitated for a whole network of businesses to be...
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...Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce An open access Internet journal (http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, December 2007, vol. 12, no.3 (http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) ICT Adoption in Malaysian SMEs from Services Sectors: Preliminary Findings Alam, S. S., Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business Management, MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia E-mail: syedshah@salam.uitm.edu.my Dr. Syed Shah Alam is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Business Management at MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia. He holds a B.Com (Marketing), M.Com (Triple) Marketing, Finance and Banking and Management, Ph.D. in E-Commerce. His research interest includes Mobile E-commerce, E-business, Ecommerce and online trust. Mst. Nilufar Ahsan, Research Fellow, Faculty of Business & Law, Multimedia University, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia E-mail: nilu-far70@yahoo.com Mst Nilufar Ahsan holds a B.Com (Management), and M.Com in Management. Her research interest includes organizational behaviour, and ICT management area. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Business and Law, Multimedia University, Melaka Malaysia. Abstract The purpose of this research was to investigate the extent to which small and medium size businesses in the southern region in Malaysia are prepared for ICT adoption. Most of the businesses have now accepted ICT as an important tool to increase its business in the domestic...
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...implementation of the eStore, the company was faced with high customer response in applying to use eStore but low overall customer utilization. In addition to this the company faces technical issues , where considerations must be made for both utilization & technical issues to determine what must be done to improve the current status of the online store. Evaluation of eStore Basis for Development The development was based on customer habits and e-commerce is viewed as a method utilized when minimal but effective interaction is required. Thus based on the prominent customer group of Shell Canada, the idea of the eStore was developed. These groups being: • Transactors: highly price sensitive with no consultation which accounted for 95% of the customer base • Progressives : price insensitive with required price consultation These transactors significantly influenced the development of the eStore, as it required minimal consultation. Accomplishments of the eStore The eStore put in place different measures to ensure it met the outlined goals of the project and had several accomplishments through the course of its development, which included: 2,000 Customer Target : - The statistics of the company revealed that the target of customer for application was on course, unfortunately with a low customer utilization eStore application : - Reviews...
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...e-governance: e-Services from Citizens Perspective | Problem Statement Bangladesh is a small developing country with millions of people living under poverty. There is a scarcity of resources with high demand of services in the public sector. So, there is no alternative than to find more cost-effective ways to ensure these service deliveries. The digital (or e-) revolution holds the potential to increase the quality of citizen services and increase accountability, transparency and efficiency. Bangladesh in recent times, takes various initiatives to benefit from ICT. However, the effectiveness of this initiatives and its’ impact on present service delivery scenario and citizens experience – the end user of such initiatives are yet to explored in Bangladesh. In this we paper, we will try to evaluate the progress from these initiatives and explore these unexplored questions. Literature Review E-Governance E-governance is the most attractive, interesting and growing phenomenon and has become one of the central parts of administrative reform and good governance (Moon, 2002). According to the E-Government Act of 2002, it is the use by the government of Web-based Internet applications and other information technologies, combined with processes that implement these technologies, in order to enhance the access to and delivery of government information and services to the public, other agencies, and other government entities; or to bring about improvements in government to...
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...E-Commerce Website Analysis BIS/375 4/11/16 E-Commerce Website Analysis In today’s business world, the utilization of the internet is a necessity in order to attract, secure or conduct business transactions. And while some businesses only use the internet for E-commerce interactions towards further advancing their business, other companies rely on E-commerce as the driving force of their organization. These companies face large risks by doing this, but the payout can be vastly beneficial to the brick and mortar side of business. One company that has taken advantage of the internet to conduct business is Amazon.com. Through the use of the E-commerce, Amazon.com has positioned itself to becoming a household name. To gain an understanding at how Amazon.com has managed to accomplish this, their history should be understood, the regulations, issues and opportunities should be reviewed and the website experiences should also be explored. Once these are done, the phenomenon that Amazon.com is today can be grasped and understood. History of Amazon Amazon is the largest online e-business in America founded in 1994 by Jeffrey Bezos. Amazon original worked as an online bookstore branching into clothing, gourmet food, watches, jewelry, baby product, apparel, and many other products by 1999. To keep up with changing times and competition Amazon developed their prime service. Amazon prime released in 2005 gave customers the option of fast delivery by paying on flat rate each...
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...Online Marketing Marketing businesses, products and services has become much more complex with the introduction of the internet. In this paper I will attempt to describe the effect of e-business on marketing strategies today, as well as describe the e-business marketing strategies utilized by Kmart, Inc. The internet is an enormous environment that is advancing and developing at a very erratic pace, and only companies able to adapt will survive. The World Wide Web provides a medium that breaks through geographical boundaries, allows the customer much more control, and has no time restrictions as it is always “open”. According to an article by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Niche Marketing on the Web, there are three important steps to marketing on the internet; (1) profile your customers, (2) decide where they congregate, and (3) communicate the message where they congregate in a net-acceptable manner (Wilson, 1996). Bluelight.com, Kmart’s e-commerce site launched in 1999, is a shining example of this philosophy, having accumulated over 3.5 million customers in less than one year. Although Kmart had an obvious advantage with a n existing strong customer base, these shoppers were not internet customers. In an effort to establish a web based customer segment, they targeted these existing customers by placing Bluelight.com CD ROM’s which provided information, special offers, and Blue Light specials on-line, throughout all of their stores. According to Mark Goldstein, CEO of Bluelight...
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