ELECTRONIC BUSINESS STRATEGY

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ELECTRONIC BUSINESS STRATEGY
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• THE INTERNET WEB CONCEPTS

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PUTTS LAWTechnology is dominated by two types
of people those who understand what they do not
manage and those who manage what they do not
understand.
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THE INTERNET WEB CONCEPTS
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THE INTERNET

• Can be described as A collection of
  thousands of individual networks connected and
  co-operating together for the purpose of
  information communication.

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THE INTERNET

• The Internet Society supports
• The Internet Activities Board (IAB) which handles
  architectural issues.
• IABs Internet Engineering Task Force oversees
• Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
  (TCP/IP)

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THE INTERNET

• TCP breaks down the packets for transmission and
  reassembles them at the receiving computer.
• Each packet is enclosed in an IP envelope
  containing addressing and other information. This
  ensures that the packets are sent to the correct
  destination

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THE INTERNET

• The WWW is the fastest growing part of the
  internet and is made up of Web Pages.
• It operates on a client/server model (the client
  browser contacts the server which locates and
  send the information which is displayed by the
  browser).
• Navigation between the pages is achieved using
  HYPERTEXT.

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THE INTERNET

• The Internet is primarily a collection of
• LANs (Local Area Networks) connected by HUBS,
  BRIDGES, GATEWAYS and ROUTERS.
• WANs (Wide Area Networks) is a series of LANs
  connected together under the control of one
  organisation

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INTRANET

• Is a LAN or WAN that uses Internet technology and
  is dedicated to one company.
• A server (firewall) isolates the intranet
  providing limited access to authorised employees.
• Intranets provide the infrastructure for
  INTRABUSINESS COMMERCE.

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INTRANET GENERIC FUNCTIONS

• Integration with Electronic Commerce
• Departmental Web pages
• Document distribution and workflow
• Database access
• Interactive communication / groupware.
• Search engines and directories.

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INTRANET APPLICATION AREAS

• Product Catalogues and Manuals
• Purchase orders/order entry
• Document storage
• Policies and procedures
• Legacy System access
• Inventory
• ANY INTERNAL BUSINESS PROCESS

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EXTRANETS

• Are EXTENDED INTRANETS which provide secure
  links to the intranets of associated companies
  such as
• Suppliers
• Customers
• Financial services
• This platform is ideal for Supply Chain
  Management (SCM) and Customer Relations
  Management (CRM)

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EXTRANETS

• Forms the infrastructure for e-commerce
• Szuprowiczs 5 Benefits include
• Enhanced communications
• Enhanced productivity
• Business enhancement
• Cost Reduction
• Information delivery.

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THE VALUE SYSTEM
Accounting Invoicing etc.
Administration Personnel.
Sales Marketing
FIRM
DISTRIBUTORS/ CUSTOMERS
SUPPLIERS
Customer Relations
PRODUCTS SERVICES
Stock control
Distribution
MONEY INFORMATION
Operations
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DISTRIBUTORS/ CUSTOMERS
SUPPLIERS
FIRM
INTERNET
INTERNET
INTRANET
EXTRANET
EXTRANET
THE VALUE SYSTEM
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SUCCESS DEPENDS UPON

• ScalabilityInteroperabilityConfigurabilityComp
  atibilityManagebility

• Availability
• Reliability
• Distributability
• Serviceability
• Stabiltiy
• (Turban 2000)