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Business to Business Collaboration Why provide B2B Collaboration
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E-business Model The e-business model is multifaceted providing a strategy for enterprise management and collaboration between organizations. The model provides seamless integration for a complete suite of business applications that is shared between multiple sites all within one data base. Financial information for multiple companies and operations in different locations is available within the same GL all in real-time. Consequently, the integrated data base provides a collaborative model for e-business in management and analysis. The e-business model reduces operating costs. Sharable data is available for evaluating any number of companies. Additionally, newly created or purchased companies maybe incorporated into one system. The system is designed for web-based connectivity for multiple companies. Thomas Large and Singer turned their company into a national company by integrating newly purchased companies all within their existing information system while maintaining regional autonomy. Affordable B2B and EDI solutions regardless of company size. The EDI and supply chain component provides an additional B2B layer that is complex but really easy to manage. Since the EDI is menue driven and fully integrated within the core product, supply chain management data is easily accessed. Furthermore, the design of the EDI system is innovative yet cost effective. The operating costs for EDI have been significantly reduced by eliminating third party EDI software and VAN services. EDI may be performed over the internet. There is one set up procedure for enlisting trading partners that requires no hard coding. Instead the EDI system has some degree of artificial intelligence to monitor changes in the trading partners information. While our competitors find hard coding EDI costly and frustrating; this EDI product completely eliminates the high cost of maintenance for software developers and customers. Secured executive information systems is shared between suppliers and customers. The executive information system provides easy access to web-based information. With a strong data base available behind the scenes, clients may drill down to multiple levels in order to evaluate information such as sales, costs, or location of goods. The internet access makes this very attractive to companies that require many different levels of access to sensitive information because the information is secured to ensure privacy. This executive information is one of the most customer desired features in the series because of easy access to information and analysis of data.
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