The Applications of Electronic Commerce in Supply Chain Management

Abstract

Electronic commerce (EC) acts as a greater enabler for supply chain management (SCM) and will totally change the way that companies manage their supply chain.It is of great interest to investigate how companies can apply EC to facilitate their SCM and further reap benefits from that.This paper aims to explore this issue.Through extensive literature review, the paper systematically discusses possible applications of EC in traditional (internal) and extended SCM.Some areas of applications of EC in internal SCM are identified as: Internet-based marketing, web storefront and purchasing, virtual warehouses, and online customer services.Some applications of EC in extended SCM include small and medium enterprise (SME) collaboration, supplierassisted inventory management, supplier collaboration and management, customer interaction, Internet-based manufacturing system, enterprise channel integration and inter-supply chain collaboration.

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