In the past, a purchasing agent might send a purchase order to a supplier via email. In the age of Web Services, a company's purchasing application communicates via the Internet directly with a supplier's warehousing application to check price and availability, submitting the purchase order to the supplier's shipping application automatically, with little or no human intervention. ... For example, if an e-mail is send stating that "Mr T is not allowed access to Data bank A-, then altering "Data bank A- to "Data bank B- might allow Mr T illegal access to Data bank A. 2...

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Evason (2001) says that all over the world, companies are effectively deploying e-business strategies both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C) to exploit new markets, reduce costs and improve communications with their customers and suppliers. ... Some of these might be: • Reduced costs - faster and efficient communications with customers, distributors and suppliers • New opportunities - the Internet offers a global market in one place, even in places where little or no marketing is actually carried out. ...

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EDI is used for the exchange of structured data between the computer systems of trading partners e.g. suppliers to manufacturers. ... As previously stated, electronic EDI has also helped reduce costs of organisations as they are now in constant contact with suppliers and any other businesses that have a direct affect on their operations. ... The Internet also allows you to design your own product. ...

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