Levels of E-Business
1 - Electronic communication medium
Fax, e-mail, instant messaging
2 - EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
Source documents between two organizations
3 - Web pages
Web pages mirroring paper documents
4 - Active web sites
web sites making use of Internet communication features
5 - Intranets
Browser access to internal corporate systems
6 - Supply chain
Integration across supply (and distribution) chain
7 - Extranets
Direct access to internal systems by outsiders
8 - Collaborative commerce
Electronic partnerships
9 - Virtual organizations
Interlinked organizations with little or no physical presence
- R. S. Kulzick - 12/28/2004 -