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How Does The Supply Chain Differs Between Websites

Posted by Anonymous on 2/21/2005 at 1:25 PM ET 250 Points
How does the supply chain differs on a B2C site compared to a B2B site? Give specifics.
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  • Posted by Pepper Blue on 2/21/2005 at 1:38 PM Member
    Hi wpimental,

    Before asking us to do your homework and "give specifics" why don't you do it first and give us specifics, then we can maybe help you out.

    BTW, instructors at all levels monitor this website looking for students taking the easy way out, so you might want to be more careful next time and pass the word around that this isn't a homework site.

  • Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 2/21/2005 at 2:31 PM Member
    Pepper Blue didn't mean to come off rude, but what he says holds true. By posting a vague question, it looks to us like you want us to do your homework for you. We didn't want to do it when we were at school, so why would we do it for you?

    Student questions are welcome, but what we expect is that students will have done the main work themselves. A good question is one where the student will have started the project and then come to us with specific areas that confuse them.

    https://www.marketingprofs.com/ea/qst_question.asp?qstID=5495 is an example of a decent question. They didn't just post the question that was assigned to them, and you can tell they have put work into their project. They asked us about their very specific area of confusion.
  • Posted by Pepper Blue on 2/21/2005 at 3:26 PM Accepted
    Hi wpimental,

    Most of here are old school taught but have put a lot of time, sweat and money into becoming "Internet savvy", that is why we have a hard time having empathy, but is also why we volunteer our time here helping people, as long as they are willing to put forth their own efforts once we provide the guidance.

    Learning how to use search engines effectively is the best use of your time right now. Visit www.googleguide.com and work your way through it. In just a couple of hours you will have the answers to your supply chain question as well as a new set of skills that will last you a lifetime.

    Google itself has a wealth of information on how to use their search engine, becoming familiar with all they have to offer will also provide you extreme value long-term.

    I hope that helps.




  • Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 2/21/2005 at 3:56 PM Accepted
    Supply chain is how a good goes from manufacturer to the end customer. So using Amazon as an example, the steps are:
    1) publisher warehouses the books they print
    2) books are shipped to Amazon's warehouse when Amazon places an order. They are probably shipped in bulk by a slow, but inexpensive, transit method.
    3) when a customer places an order on Amazon, Amazon then ships the book to customer. Usually shipped as small order (could be 1 book, or maybe a couple of different books, etc.) and by a faster, but more expensive, means (1-5 day shipping).

    For Amazon, supply chain management is the art of managing:
    - Holding product in inventory costs money - money tied up for goods sitting on your shelf, cost of the shelf and building, etc. The goal is to minimize this.
    - Shipping products cost money - much higher if you need to ship express versus slower methods. The goal is to minimize this cost.
    - Not having inventory when desired reduces sales - if Amazon doesn't have a book, the customer could go to Barnes and Nobles.com or a local book store. The goal is to minimize lost sales.
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