E-commerce Technology Manual

Author: Li Guoying
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: This manual is one of the "New Economy Business Practice Dummy Books" published by the U.S. IDG Global Publishing Company. The term "e-commerce technology tools" refers to new electronic technologies and computer network technology tools used in business practice. For convenience of description, the book shortens "e-commerce technology" to "technology." It is an excellent reference book. The author explains how to make e-commerce technology work for your business, including how to develop a technology strategy, how to improve production and business efficiency, how to actively and effectively collaborate with technology consultants, how to use technology to evaluate your business practices, how to leverage electronic services, and many other aspects. This book can help you avoid the top ten common mistakes made by small businesses. The accompanying CD-ROM provides tools to evaluate your company's technology needs. The book uses icons such as Tips, Remember, Caution, Technical Notes, and Case Studies to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the content.
Chapter 1: Embracing the Digital Age
Chapter Summary
Keeping Pace with Technology
What Can Technology Do for Your Business?
Final Goal: Digital Nervous System Technology—you can't live without it.
Whether good or bad, technology has occupied a significant portion of our lives. Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and other media have given everyone the opportunity to spread technology and participate in the technology revolution more quickly. In the new century, what does technology mean for the success of your business? Since Japan has long prioritized quality as a competitive advantage, many companies in the 1980s focused on quality because the entire world wanted to catch up with Japan. In the 1990s, those companies became large enterprises in form but small in operation. Today, businesses value speed, accelerating operations, faster connections, and quicker production. Quality and adaptability remain important, but their development pace has accelerated. Technology has changed the way we work, the actual work we do, and the purpose of our work. Statistics show that, on average, companies spend 1.8% to 5% of their budget on technology to seize opportunities, shorten product life cycles, and speed up time-to-market. For many companies today, technology has even become the driving force. Technology is pushing companies in directions they never dreamed of. The Internet is a clear example of a technology-driven company strategy. In fact, its existence has given birth to tens of thousands of new companies that otherwise would not have been created. In this chapter, we will introduce why you need technology and how to maximize its benefits for your company. If you haven't yet leveraged technology to make your company's goals easier to achieve, streamline your business processes, or redefine your company, you may not have a business in five years. You need to use technology wisely. Technology is a catalyst for company success and a means to achieve goals, not the goal itself. The purpose of using technology is to help achieve the goals your company has set.