... 1978). These theorists have placed more recognition onto the purchasing manager of a company. The purchasing manager will have a mental ranking of companies whether this be correct or not and that suppliers will be mathematically chosen depending on there importance ranking. This can be linked to Sherth's theory. Sherth suggested that when choosing a supplier, the main, " Importance was placed on ... included a function in which you can create saved lists of frequently ordered products to speed re-order and to climate manual product entry. Relationship management Relating to relationship...

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ABSTRACT E-commerce and the Internet have created new ways in which businesses can relate to their customers, suppliers, partners and investors. The Internet's open architecture allows new relationships, channels and ways of doing business among manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, service providers and end-users. These relationships are beginning to challenge the traditional distribution structure that dominated 20th ... to the person on the other side of the world and is open to capture or hacking. The newest form of encryption is the public and private key encryption which allows a u...

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... led to the explosion of a number of related ventures, such as companies who speci alise in producing multimedia web pages (such as Adept Internet), Internet commerce, cable companies and modem suppliers (Perlman, 1996). 2.3) Technological Implications for Marketing Joseph (1996, p. 29) concisely described the situation as such: ' Marketing, like most business disciplines, is undergoing a period of change as a direct result ... above the line advertising. The developments allowed by interactive marketing throug h the Internet focus mainly on how profitable market segments were identified...

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