Electronic Commerce Strategy & Planning

CoreTech's CorePlan helps clients develop a plan for Electronic Commerce that aligns with their business strategy

Your corporation rushed to get a web site up last year in response to competitive pressures or just the publicity generated around the web. Maybe your corporation also has some experience in Electronic Commerce (EC) through applications such as Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). To date, that was all you really needed.

But now you are struggling with the next question. How can my company use Electronic Commerce to:
     • Increase Efficiencies in Process (e.g.Order Fulfillment,
         Transaction Processing)
     • Generate New Sales/Open New Markets
     • Increase Service Levels for Customers
     • Respond to Competitive Threat(s)
     • Enhance Marketing and Advertising Efforts

Within many organizations, Electronic Commerce is rapidly moving from providing a web presence to one of offering commerce or "Electronic Business" solutions to customers and partners. As a result, many organizations are looking for strategies to employ EC solutions within their business. These solutions typically go beyond technology decisions and require self-examination of key business processes and competitive opportunities that might benefit from the use of EC solutions. Many organizations are struggling with completing this self-examination; this is where CoreTech’s EC CorePlan offering can help.

EC CorePlan assists corporations in identifying what aspects of Electronic Commerce make sense based on the business strategy and creates the foundation for EC efforts with the company. This is accomplished through a two day facilitated session focused on uncovering business needs for Electronic Commerce and building consensus on a plan of attack. EC CorePlan will uncover priorities and help set direction for the planning process.

Components of EC CorePlan
This two-day planning session is built on a series of client meetings with the content owners to determine the focus sessions. CoreTech incorporates both a facilitator and an Electronic Commerce strategist to provide the necessary technical content for the session. The following is a typical EC CorePlan agenda.

1. Deliverables:
     • Final Document summarizing the results of the two day planning
         meeting

2. Preparation:
     • Interview key participants to understand EC drivers and issues
     • Preparation of EC overview based on drivers

3. Two Day Meeting:
     • Introduction
     • EC Overview
     • Objectives
     • Critical Success Factors
     • Barriers
     • Breakthroughs
     • Actions
     • Prioritization
     • Macro Plan

Why use CoreTech’s EC CorePlan?
     • CoreTech personnel are divested of any internal "politics"
     • Proven process for building consensus among differing agendas
     • CoreTech Consultants have cross-industry experience in
         understanding and evaluating EC initiatives
     • We understand not just the Technology but also its impact on the
         organization, the process and the people
     • Understand the impact on your business

Who will benefit from EC CorePlan?
EC CorePlan is designed to bring together individuals responsible for EC strategy and planning as well as individuals representing the organizations that will be impacted by EC initiatives. This typically includes representation from:
     • Corporate Strategy & Planning
     • Information Systems
     • Sales & Marketing
     • Finance
     • Operations, Manufacturing & Support

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