E-Commerce(FA4)

An e-marketplace owned by large buyers that invite sellers to browse and offers to fulfill orders.

• Avatar e-marketplace

• Virtual e-marketplace

• Portal e-marketplace

• Buy-side e-marketplace

A third-party entity that brokers the transactions between the buyer and seller and can be either a virtual or a click and- mortar intermediary.

• Offline intermediary

• Sideline intermediary

• Inline intermediary

• Online intermediary

Orders from several buyers are aggregated so that better prices due to larger quantities purchased can be negotiated

• Group Purchasing

• Corporate Purchasing

• Collaborative Purchasing

• Mobile Purchasing

Items, such as office supplies or light bulbs, which support operation and production.

• Indirect materials

• Direct materials

• Fixed materials

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  Dynamic Materials

One-to-many and many to- one markets where one company does either all the selling (sell-side market) or all the buying (buy-side market).

• Consortium trading exchange EC

• Corporate-Centric EC

• Collaborative EC

• Company-centric EC

An exchange formed and operated by a group of major companies in one industry. They can be suppliers, buyers, or both.

• Consortium trading exchange CTE

• Company-centric EC

• Collaborative EC

• Corporate-Centric EC

Portals accessible via mobile devices, especially cell phones, smartphones, tablets, and other handheld devices.

• Group Portals

• Mobile Portals

• Collaborative Portals

• Corporate Portals

The auction process in which many sellers (suppliers) compute to fulfill orders requested by one buyer.

• Online auction

• Reverse auction

• Open auction

• E-auction

Temporary or permanent showplaces where exhibitors present their new products to potential customers.

• Indirectl trade show

• Virtual trade show

• Horizontal trade show

• Direct trade show

Virtual games designed to support B2B training and decision making.

• Gamification

• Game Development

• Game Play

• Virtual Gaming