E-Commerce: Organizing Themes
- Technology
- Business
- Society
Technologies used are:
- Personal Computer
- LAN
- RDBMS
- Client/Server
- Fibre Optic Switches
As we all know that
now a days computer has become a necessity as it is no more for accounts
and finance people rather they are eduinfotainment. Evolution of Internet has brought the world of digital era to a next level. LAN(Local Area Network) and (RDBMS)Relational Database Management System use packet switching technology for transfer of data in the form of packets. Fibre Optics are generally used for long distance transmission because of high data transmission rate and minimum attenuation.
Business Computing Applications
- Enterprise wide computing system
- Supply Chain Management system: Transformation of raw material into selling of product
- Manufacturing Resource Planning system: Inventory/database management
- Customer Relationship Management system: Feedback from customers
Society
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| Different disciplines that are directly concerned with E-Commerce |
Amazon .com is one of
the dot com that has survived the breakdown period of E-Commerce I and came up
as one of the emerging dot com in E-Commerce II with great variety and opportunity
over other surviving websites. Junglee.com is the E-Commerce portal for India.
Aim: To
become Earth’s biggest store
“To
become best place to buy/find/discover any product or service online.”
History of Amazon.com
Period
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Contribution
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1990
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Jeff Bezos started
an Online retailer store with the vision to form a ‘Virtual Store’
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1995
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Opened a business on web which required building a website and large
database. Initially discounted rates were offered
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1996
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Moved from a small
office to big office. They had around 2 lakh customers. However they later
incurred some losses
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1997
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Started with their Initial Public Offerings(IPO)
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1998
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Expanded their
product to music(video, cd)
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1999
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Borrowed money to expand. They expanded to softwares, electronic toys,
videos, home products etc and started with Amazon auctions
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2001
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Rose again
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Reasons for loses
- Building more and more warehouses
- Moving away from the mission/vision of virtual retailer with less inventories, low head count(no. of people) and significant cost.
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