Buy Side E-Commerce

SAP's New Level of e-Commerce: mySAP.com

by A. Turner ... SAP AG (NYSE ADR: SAP), announced the availability of new functionality for its mySAP.com e-commerce solutions. The announcement covers both buy side and sell ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/01/news_analysis/NA_EC_ADT_01_07_00_2.asp - 7k - 2000-01-07 Summary: SAP adds functionality to its role-based workplace portals.

Commerce One Holds Announcement Festival

by D. Geller ... see SAP Gives Up, Declares Victory Again ), the partnership with SAP remains big news for Commerce One. ... Enterprise Buyer is a buy-side e-procurement application ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/10/news_analysis/NA_EC_DPG_10_02_00_2.asp - 10k - 2000-10-02 Summary: Commerce One’s eLink2000 in Las Vegas is less about gambling than it is about sure things. Except, perhaps, for just how close it’s willing to get to SAP.

SCT Corporation Means (e)Business For Process Manufacturing

by P.J. Jakovljevic & P. Catz ... a leading food ingredient exchange, as part of their buy side e-business efforts ... consider these announcements as central to their e-commerce plans, although ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/04/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_04_30_01_1.asp - 12k - 2001-04-30 Summary: SCT has announced more e-commerce offerings for the process industries, including an expanded vision for their iProcess.sct solution called 'Collaboration in Process' which is based on recognition that process manufacturers and distributors will increasingly go to market as members of competing commerce

Differences in Complexity between B2C and B2B E-commerce

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Although the buy-side workflow can be very complicated ... dollar amounts, still, sell-side solutions are ... even thousands of parts into e-commerce environments, and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2004/11/research_notes/TU_EC_PJ_11_06_04_1.asp - 13k - 2004-11-06 Summary: Business-to-business (B2B) selling has proven to be more intricate than business-to-consumer (B2C) selling, as B2B involves dealing with longer-term contracts and complex products with specific requirements that are not needed in the consumer world.

New Dimensions in EC and SCM Part 1: The Benefits of E-Procurement

by Scott A. Elliff ... and tactical choices that companies need to make in order to answer these questions and to take full advantage of new "buy" side e-commerce developments. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2001/02/research_notes/MI_EC_XSE_02_14_01_1.asp - 17k - 2001-02-14 Summary: From point-and-click ordering using Web-based catalogs of individual suppliers, to marketplaces that bring together in one place the products or services offered by multiple suppliers, to live auctions that determine the lowest-price bidder — there is a wide range of new e-procurement methods and tools

New Release For Ariba’s Software

by D. Geller ... are beginning to develop look-alike buy-side applications ... where we think this high-end e-procurement market ... Although we see Commerce One stronger in building a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/09/news_analysis/NA_EC_DPG_09_19_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-09-19 Summary: Busy as it’s been with wheeling and dealing, Ariba has still found the time to release an upgrade to its Ariba Buyer software.

USinternetworking: One Suite ASP

by A. Turner ... The new version of USi's E-Commerce ASP services leverage partnerships with Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA) and Broadbase to add "buy-side" applications services and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/03/news_analysis/NA_EC_ADT_03_29_00_1.asp - 11k - 2000-03-29 Summary: USi Delivers Complete Set of ASP Enterprise Solutions for Buying and Selling over the Internet.

GE and Commerce One Turn on the Lights - But You Ain’t Seen ...

by D. Geller ... for customers who wish to purchase and manage their buy-side software ... But a breakthrough in providing e-commerce to small businesses could certainly hurt other ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/08/news_analysis/NA_EC_DPG_08_11_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-08-11 Summary: General Electric’s Global Exchange Services announces a far-reaching partnership with Commerce One. The first target market is the 100,000 current trading partners of GXS. After that, although plans aren’t final, you can be sure they won’t be hiding their light under a bushel.

QAD Explores E-Business While Not Abandoning ERP

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... QAD's comprehensive e-business offering, which includes the following modules speaks for it: ... sell-side B2B eQ (integrated with MFG/PRO); buy-side B2B eQ ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/05/research_notes/EN_BA_PJ_05_22_00_1.asp - 18k - 2000-05-22 Summary: QAD, one of the leading ERP vendors, announced a number of product and alliance initiatives prior to or during Explore 2000, its annual user conference that took place in Nashville, TN from May 15 to May 17. We express our view regarding its latest announcements and strategic direction.

PeopleSoft’s ASP Play

by A. Turner ... ECenter offers access to PeopleSoft front- and back-office applications, as well as both buy-side and sell-side e-commerce solutions. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/03/news_analysis/NA_EC_ADT_03_31_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-03-31 Summary: PeopleSoft announces the “Next Generation ASP”