E-Commerce

E-Commerce By: Chemaou El Fihri Introduction An e-commerce solution for a business is the incorporation of all aspects of the business operation into an electronic format. Many well-established businesses have been selling on-line for years. For example, Dell Computers Corp., has been selling computers directly to end-users for years. Currently, Dell is selling excessive of 1 million dollars worth of computers everyday on the World Wide Web (WWW). When a business has incorporated an e-commerce solution, the business will experience a lower operation cost while at the same time increasing its profit. The e-commerce solution will allow businesses to eliminate unnecessary paperwork. All paperwork and data can be transformed into an electronic format. Thus, it will eliminate valuable shelf space and data can searched and accessed in matter of seconds. E-commerce will also automates the sales process. Customers can "point & click" on the products they wish to purchase, fill out the customer information, and the product will be shipped and received in a matter of few days. The administration department does not have to fill out any paperwork because the customer had done it already. Thus, the efficiency will be greatly improved. With an e-commerce solution, the business will be one, one's, business, e-commerce, market, internet, web, solution, 1999, information, on-line, customers, reach, www, even, operation, make, local, electronic, cost, august, years, wrong, time, research, phone, people, page, out, new, needs, know, international, following, businesses, before, available, advertising, able, world, technology, serve, product, media, knows, illustrates, hours, great, expensive, demographic