Project Overview

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Project Overview

• E-Commerce - Purchasing
• www.buyproduce.com
• Sarah Suh

Project Goals
Applications
Project Description
Demonstration Packages
Features Benefits
Technology
Competitive Analysis
Key Learning Points
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Project Goals

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• To explore and learn what a business-to-business
  e-commerce site provides and offers for buyers
  and sellers in a digital marketplace and what
  type of software allows them to do so
• To see how buyproduce has revolutionized the
  fresh produce industry since their creation in
  1999
• To be able to apply this concept in the industry
  that Id like work to in

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Project Description

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• Buyproduce is the premier e-commerce provider for
  the produce industry and all perishables. They
  link buyers and sellers through e-commerce,
  creating a business-to-business digital
  marketplace, focused on the unique requirements
  of the produce and other perishable industries.
  They offer a variety of e-commerce applications
  and services, including an on-line exchange and
  customized e-commerce solutions.
• Buyproduce provides information on the best
  prices of quality produce, without time-consuming
  and numerous phone calls and faxing that
  traditional transactions entail.

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Features Benefits

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• Odyssey Software enables business to business
  e-commerce in real-time
• Reduction of time and error though premier
  handheld technologies through real-time
  communication
• Synchronization with existing systems without
  re-keying purchases through Microsoft and Compaq
• Automation of the most simplest to the most
  complex buying processes
• My Buyproduce offers news, stocks, industry
  sources
• Importance of Key Features
• Time is essential
• Eliminates double-entry
• Rapidly respond to market changes.
  Cost-effective and powerful. Streamlines the
  supply change of goods for production and
  distribution

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Competitive Analysis

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• Create document in Word.
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• Click Object Action and select Edit
• Click OK

• Competitors
• Strengths
• Three-tier architecture designed as a highly
  scalable solution
• Partnerships with Microsoft and Compaq to create
  reliable and secure technology
• Weaknesses
• Do not provide a buyers guide or a suppliers
  guide of products and services as the competitors
• Needs a virtual tradeshow or a forum for buyers
  and suppliers to discuss and share products and
  services

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Applications

• Instructions
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• Click OK
• Select icon
• From Slide Show Menu, Select Action Settings.
• Click Object Action and select Edit
• Click OK

• User Examples
• Mission Produce, Inc. (Oxnard, CA)
• Uses Buyproduce Private Marketplace to enhance
  business relationships and for competitive
  advantage
• Andrew and Williamson Sales Co., Inc
• www.awfresh.com
• Grower/Shipper/Packer
• Uses the website to transmit shipment records so
  that buyers receive correct records

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Demonstration Packages

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• Click OK

• Buyproduce offers a separate demonstration for
  buyers and sellers. It shows the digital
  dashboard technology matrix that allows customers
  to identify orders which are in need of attention
  or are approaching a critical point in the supply
  chain process
• It also implements CPFR (Collaborative Planning
  Forecasting and Replenishment) capabilities.
• What did you learn from the demonstration
  package?
• How the Order Management page is used to review
  orders. Shows how carriers effectively manage
  their loads and deliveries
• Pocket PCs are used to scan and track inventory,
  capture images and transmit shipment records to
  the website
• Where can we get a copy of the demonstration
  package?
• www.buyproduce.com

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Technology

• Instructions
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• Create document in Word.
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• From Insert Menu, select Object
• Click Create from File
• Locate File name in File box
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• Click OK
• Select icon
• From Slide Show Menu, Select Action Settings.
• Click Object Action and select Edit
• Click OK

• Helpful Technology Enhancements
• STS (Satellite Tracking System) to locate trucks
  anywhere in the world. This technology will be a
  useful tool for the produce industry. Right now,
  the company doesn't build loads but aids in the
  communication of orders and pick-up, drop-off
  locations
• Needs integrated accounting features,
  logistics,and financing services

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Resources

• Chapter 3 General Application Software
• Chapter 10 Accounting Applications
• www.buyproduce.com
• www.foodservicecentral.com
• www.foodservice.com
• www.microsoft.com
• www.compaq.com
• www.ac.com (Andersen Consulting)

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Key Learning Points

• Instructions
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  working document icons as follows
• Create document in Word.
• Return to PowerPoint.
• From Insert Menu, select Object
• Click Create from File
• Locate File name in File box
• Make sure Display as Icon is checked.
• Click OK
• Select icon
• From Slide Show Menu, Select Action Settings.
• Click Object Action and select Edit
• Click OK

• Electronic Commerce presents tremendous
  opportunities for businesses. It represents a
  market worth potentially hundreds of billions of
  dollars
• Internet Commerce the exchange of goods and
  services for value on the Internet is evolving
  into a more cost-effective and powerful way to do
  business
• Digital marketplaces are a efficient way to build
  and strengthen relationships between trading
  partners
• Goals Accomplished
• Odyssey Software provides users for completing
  transactions on the website, providing real-time
  order management
• Buyproduce targeted a 200 billion global fresh
  produce industry, securing 30 million in funding
  over the last 2 years
• This technology allows hotels and restaurants to
  achieve business-to-business marketing and
  purchasing. Restaurants may quickly order
  products without the hassle of calling nor faxing