Who is involved in an e-commerce project?
E-commerce impacts upon almost every function within a business. The interested parties within a business include:* board-level management
* purchasing
* inventory management
* manufacturing
* service provision
* direct sales
* sales channel management
* fulfilment
* post-sales support
* marketing and PR
* accounting
* training
* legal
Externally, a variety of suppliers will also need to be involved within an e-commerce project including:
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existing hardware and software suppliers
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specialist internet hardware and software suppliers
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programmers, web designers and consultants used on an 'as required' basis
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internet service providers
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domain name registrar
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telecommunication providers
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major suppliers
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major customers
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advertising/marketing design agencies
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specialist business media
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accountants/auditors
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solicitors
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training companies
The range of specialist IT skills required will be dependent upon the scale and complexity of the proposed e-commerce system. However, these skills are likely to include experience of:
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servers - Microsoft, Sun, Linux etc
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firewalls and security
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graphic design and production
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HTML and XML coding
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programming languages
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database technologies
Here at CEMIT we are able to offer services (in some cases with 3rd party companies that we work with) on all of the above.
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