Contents 1 Understand how business and consumer purchase transactions differ 2 1.1 Describe the purchasing process used in b2b and b2c 2 1.2 Explain how use of professional buyers affects the buying process 3 1.3 Analyze variables in purchasing 5 2 Understand EDI and Electronic transactions 6 2.1 Explain how electronic transactions can reduce paperwork and delay 6 2.2 Examine how EDI has developed and laid the foundations for b2b e-business 7 2.3 Evaluate the use of different Electronic Payment Systems 8 3 Be able to demonstrate the benefits of electronic transactions to supply chain management 10 3.1 Create a diagram for an e-business supply chain 10 3.2 Write a report on the advantages of e-procurement 11 3.3 Present an analysis on the flow of information in a typical logistics operation 13 3.4 Demonstrate the benefits of electronic processes in integration of supply chain management 14 4 Understand issues in e-business including quality recruitment and security decisions in an organization 15 4.1 Explain how the issues of trust and security apply to supply chain management and other e-business operations. 15 4.2 Evaluate how the internet can be used for communication with prospective/current employees 18 4.3 Assess the issue of quality for an e-business 19 4.4 Review the development of the internet technologies on b2b industry networks and b2c markets 21 References 22

1 Understand how business and consumer purchase transactions differ
1.1 Describe the purchasing process used in b2b and b2c

The reason of having a better considerate of B2B market, it is intuitive to compare it with B2C market and to see the similarity and difference between these two market As a matter of fact, whether it is B2B or B2C market, the incontrovertible fact is that they are all collected of people. Maybe, to speak in a broad sense, what