Business To Business E -Commerce

Business To Business E -Commerce : 

•  Local LAN of business would normally follow TCP/IP protocol of internet
  and is called corporate intranet.
•  Purchase order entered by business1 in its PC and electronically dispatched to vendor (by e-mail).
•  Vendor acknowledges electronically the order.
•  Vendor dispatches goods (physically) and delivery note electronically to
  business1
•  Business 1 can compare delivery note against order -both are in computer
  readable form
•  Discrepancy note(if any) can be immediately sent to the vendor(business 2)
•  Business 1 can carry out all local transactions using its LAN
•  Local transactions are inventory update by stores - advice to accounts to
  pay for goods taken into stock.
•  Accounts can make payment electronically to Vendor.

   

 Implementing B2B E-Commerce requirements :

• .Agreed on formats for Purchase order, delivery note, payment order etc.
  Standard known as EDI (Electronic Data Interchange Standard) is used to
  send documents electronically.
• Each Business must have corporate intranet and the two nets are connected by public switch telephone network (PSTN) or leased line.
• Transactions must be secure - particularly if PSTN is used.
• Secure electronic payment methods are required.