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Electronic Commerce Solution

Business Issues

Issue 1: The Company has realised that the lack of an e-commerce strategy is placing the organisation at a serious competitive disadvantage against their competitors.

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Issue 2: There is a gap in the market that can be profitably exploited if the company can create a channel directly to its customers

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Issue 3: The company is able to effectively market its products and services to customers but has operational problems because of difficulties in keeping its suppliers in touch with current demand.

Solution

MEC Services Ltd can work with you to prepare and implement an e-commerce strategy. We will not give you a prescription of what you must do, as only you will know the nuances of your business and how it competes in its market place. However, building on our theoretical knowledge and practical experience we can work in partnership with your team to devise and implement an effective e-commerce strategy through our 7 Step Process.

The MEC 7 Step Process

Step 1

An initial discussion with the senior management team decides the aims and objectives for an e-commerce strategy; i.e. how does this approach fit in to the organisation's current business strategy; also, what assistance would you like from MEC Services.

Step 2

We then provide your senior management team with a one-day Introduction to E-Commerce Course that discusses the supporting theory behind e-commerce and presents the various e-business models employed by successful organisations.

 Step 3

Working with you will we assist in the preparation of a strategy and full business case including a costing for the project. A repeat of the Introduction to E-Commerce Course, this time to your middle management team, creates a forum for you to communicate the new strategy to the business.

Step 4

Together with all your management team, we will help in communicating the e-commerce strategy to the rest of the business and assist in the writing of the functional specification that details the implementation of new strategy.

Step 5

The successful implementation of any new business process or IT system requires that the effective management of the whole process. We will help you set up a project office together with the appropriate project team(s) and run our Project Management Workshop so that all team members are well versed in best practice project methods.

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Step 6

MEC can then work with you throughout the critical stages of the implementation by drawing on our project management expertise, both in the technical and commercial aspects, as well as in the important soft side of the project i.e. the management of change through our Change, Teams, and Culture Management Course.

Step 7

The final step in the process will be, following the successful implementation of the project, to conduct a review highlighting the lessons learned throughout the lifecycle of the project and discussing how these insights can help the organisation meet its other goals.

Summary

Although you decide how and when MEC Services Ltd will be involved in the project we believe that by following this 7 Step Process together we have a realistic opportunity to achieve the commercial goal and implement a successful e-commerce strategy.

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