TJT V12 E-business models

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TJT V12 E-business models

• Tuesday 24 April 2001
• Group 7
• Minna Karhu, Jarmo Huttunen

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METALSITE.COM

• Services
• Metal buying and selling agent
• Market place
• Traditional metals supply chain as a fully
  networked value chain
• Online logistics
• Credit services
• Tools that support transactions at each step of
  the way, from inquiry through settlement and
  delivery Online information

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• More services
• News
• Quote finder
• Metalsite University
• Stock values and financial information
• Industry statistics
• Event calendar and almanac
• Trade association connections

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Tutorials

• Tutorials on the Metalsite-pages are informative
  and clear way to make the users comprehend the
  use of this site in purpose of selling or buying
  metals.
• Following are the subjects of the tutorials at
  site
• Complete Buyer Tutorial includes both Auction and
  Product Guide
• Buyer Product Guide Tutorial includes Product
  Guide only
• Buyer Auction Tutorial includes Auction only
• Auction Seller Interface for Prime Non-prime
  Products
• Product Guide Seller Tutorial

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THE DESCRIPTION OF THE METALSITE AS
INTERORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

• Metalsite introduces itself as a premier site of
  Internet for buying and selling metals. The
  pioneer of e-commerce in metals. Companies can
  buy and sell there online. The site offers many
  tools and services to make it easier to access,
  buy and sell metals using MetalSite Catalog etc.
  The support also includes online information and
  news sources, state-of-the-art e-commerce
  integration capabilities and other services for
  the needs of the business field.

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• Metalsite wants to advance the metal industrys
  online technology for entire sales cycle and to
  make it fully networked value chain. They strive
  to do that by offering companies services as
  online logistics, credit services and tools
  supporting transactions from inquiry through
  settlement and delivery. And Internet is seen as
  a tool to make all these services available for
  members in business.
• Metalsite is a connection to other companies,
  trade associations, events, business information
  and so on.