What is Electronic Commerce? "E-commerce has the potential to unleash enormous savings and business efficiencies, but the practicalities remain elusive. How will e-commerce change the global planning and purchasing of transport and logistics in the supply chain? Logistics has been described as the key enabler for e-business - but how can individual logistics and transport companies ensure that they benefit from, rather than perish in, the e-commerce revolution?" Alan Waller, partner, PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS, EMEA. Electronic …showed first 75 words of 1050 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1050 total…following rules quite different than those which traditional businesses may follow. E-commerce appears to be exempt from the kinds of constraints that have limited companies historically. An e-commerce environment handled in a proper manner, with the right customisation of products and services, in innovative ways, can lead to win-win situations. The customers can get the right product at the right time and for the right price, companies can set new standards in efficiency and profitability.