... range of leading hardware and database platforms. These platforms offer an open integration functionality, which means one can connect her/his enterprise to any environment giving a smooth upgrade (http://www.peoplesoft.com/en/tools_technology/index.html). This is a form of ERP because the open integration quality of this software integrates all associated departments thus planning for all enterprises ... and education. Regardless of size, a strategic plan can help your organisation know where it needs to go, and what it needs to do to get there (http://www.ask.com/main/metaanswer.asp'm...

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... to consumer commerce (B2C) is any business organization that sells products and services to individual customers over the Internet (www.cio.com). B2C commerce is rapidly growing and expected to grow from a 38 billion dollar industry to a 184.5 billion dollar industry by 2004 ... (www.cio.com). Why is B2C becoming so popular? Business to consumer commerce provides an organization with the opportunity to sell it's products ... grown from being the largest Internet site for purchasing books to a virtual shopping arena providing consumers with the ability to purchase anything they desire onl...

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... would be a greater loss of sales and money to neglect problems. He strongly believed that putting more money into the company to prevent these problems would be a greater investment. (http://www.well.com/user/vamead/demingdist.html) W. Edwards Deming strongly believed in defining a businesses mission vision and goal. He believed in aiming towards constant improvement in the product or service offered ... them to perform well. Finally, W. Edwards Deming believes in setting a good example, being a good listener, continually teaching other people and entering the practice with no guilt from ...

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... from another direction. Two of the biggest grocery stores in Australia, Coles and Woolworths both, have an online store to help their customer's needs and save them time. www.Coles.com.au and www.Woolworths.com.au are the lead website URL's for the two companies. These websites audiences are mainly aimed at families and women who do not have enough time ... ...

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... information about different products were located in various websites. For instance, information about Johnson and Johnson in the UAE was on a website called www.lifescan.com, whereas information about the pharmaceuticals division was on the original website of www.jnj.com. This posed many problems as to consistency of information. Furthermore, if collaborative information was required about the families of company under ... ...

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... a continues four step cycle. The first step is realizing the indicators of success. IBM is concerned with financial performance. IBM has a fancy web site dedicated to its financial reports, http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/, it's updated every year. The diagram to the left shows IBM's revenue over the past ten years. Meeting customer needs is critical for IBM. But who are ... develop it further?". IBM is legendary for providing value to customers. As mentioned earlier, IBM routinely meets with some of the top IT professionals from around the world. DeveloperWorks, http://www-106.ibm.com/...

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... differences both retailers have been very sucessful and continue to be so. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibliography BJ's Warehouse Club, Inc. "Fact Sheet". Acessed September 26, 2003. http://www.bjsinvestor.com/downloads/Q1FYE04FactSheet.pdf The Home Depot. "About The Home Depot". Accessed September 26, 2003. http://www.homedepot.com/HDUS/EN_/corporate/about/about.shtml Weitz, B. and Levy, M. Retailing Management. New York: McGraw-HIll/Irwin, 2001. ...

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... to survive in the face of super stores and Home Depot. By adhering to practices of quality customer services at fair prices inclusion of Home Depot may increase sales. http://www.saveagoura.com/opponents_take_step_to_stop_home.htm...

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... its customer across all customer touch points and dramatically improve the quality of customer interactions. Whether through outbound communications from the airline's interactive marketing team or the American Airlines Website (www.aa.com) or even the American Airlines Partner organization, the E.piphany Marketing solution allows the company to better manage and coordinate its marketing activities and outreach across multiple points of ... ...

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