Personal Coaches' Help Execs Get' the Net
Two years ago, Harold Kutner, group vice president of worldwide purchasing at General Motors Corp., had never even popped the cover off a laptop computer.
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Wagoner: GM Embraces IT
General Motors Corp. President and soon-to-be CEO Rick Wagoner said he has seen the light about tapping information technology to unleash a river of new revenue from an old-line car manufacturing company.
Six Major Energy Firms Launch Online Market
A consortium of six of the top 10 U.S. energy companies are partnering to launch an Internet-based trading exchange for gas, electricity and other energy-related commodities by year's end.
Staples Integrates Catalogs, Procurement Software
Staples.com today announced that its online contract customers can access their personalized catalogues and pricing at the StaplesLink.com e-commerce site via several major vendors' electronic procurement systems.
Raytheon's Exchange Takes Wing
Continuing its electronic-business roll, Raytheon this week will launch EverythingAircraft.com, an Internet trading exchange for the $5 billion leisure aircraft market.
Supplier Network to Ease Online Exchange Access
Ironside Technologies Inc. in Pleasanton, California, today announced software and services designed to offer suppliers plug-and-play, real-time data integration with multiple online exchanges. The Ironside Network is significant because it gives suppliers a way to quickly enter and exit online marketplaces without creating separate back-end links to each exchange.
New Tools May Make E-Life Easier
Maxager Technology Inc. in San Rafael, Calif., has announced software that enables suppliers to calculate their costs and profit in real time while simultaneously bidding at online exchanges. The software identifies which contracts are potentially the most profitable and flags the lowest price a supplier can bid and still earn a profit on net assets based on real production costs.
Smaller Players May Benefit the Most
For now, the biggest beneficiaries on the seller side of the digital exchanges seem to be small and medium-size suppliers.
Online Grocery Buying Booming in Europe
While U.S. consumers continue to stroll the supermarket aisles, online grocery shopping is booming in Europe.
Companies Aren't Rushing to E-commerce
For all the hype surrounding e-commerce and digital marketplaces, a new study indicates that corporate industrial giants are lumbering, rather than sprinting, their way to the brave new world of Internet business.
Is IT Ready to Support Ubiquitous E-Commerce?
A teen-ager pulls a packaged dinner from the kitchen freezer, scans it across a countertop Web pad and downloads cooking instructions from the food manufacturer. A computer system at the local supermarket receives an electronic replenishment order for the item and adds the same dinner to the family's weekly order.
P&G, Other Goods Giants to Launch E-market
Kraft Foods Inc., Procter & Gamble Corp., Nabisco Inc. and Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. are among the 50 food and consumer goods giants that plan to develop a multibillion-dollar online exchange open to virtually all companies across the industries' supply chains.
Businesses Weigh Pros and Cons of Web Marketplaces
Companies should immediately quit building their own e-commerce applications and instead take up with one or more of the hundreds of business-to-business marketplaces springing up on the Internet.
GE Info Systems Exits Proprietary Network Arena
GE Information Services (GEIS) is getting out of the proprietary networks business.
Quit Building Your Own E-Commerce Infrastructure
Companies should immediately quit building their own electronic-commerce applications and instead take up with one or more of the hundreds of business-to-business marketplaces springing up on the Internet.