E-Business Models and Protocols

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E-Business Models and Protocols
Iftikhar NadeemSenior Consultant,
E-Business SolutionsCenter for Economics
Management SystemsResearch Institute, KFUPM
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E-Business Models and Protocols

• Business models
• Internet trading protocols
• Saudi Tradanet (EDI)

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Business Model

• Business model is the method of doing business by
  which a company can sustain itself -- be
  profitable.
• The business model spells out how a company makes
  money.

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Business Models

• Brokerage
• Advertising
• Infomediary
• Merchant
• Manufacturer
• Affiliate
• Community
• Subscription
• Utility

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Types of Brokerage Models

• Buy/Sell fulfillment
• Market exchange
• Buyer aggregator
• Distributor
• Virtual mall
• Metamediary
• Auction broker
• Reverse auction
• Classified
• Search agent

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Types of Advertising Models

• Generalized portals
• Personalized portals
• Specialized portals
• Attention/Incentive marketing
• Free model
• Bargain discounter
• Recommender system
• Registration model

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Types of Merchant Models

• Virtual merchant
• Catalog merchant
• Surf-and-turf
• Bit vendor

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Types of Community Models

• Business trading community
• Knowledge networks

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Internet Transactions

• Purchase
• Refund
• Value exchange
• Authentication
• Withdrawal
• Deposit
• Inquiry
• Ping

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Internet Trading Roles

• Consumer
• Merchant
• Payment handler
• Delivery handler
• Merchant customer care provider

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Internet Trading Exchanges

• Offer
• Payment
• Delivery
• Authentication

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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

• EDI is computer-to-computer exchange between two
  companies of standard business documents in
  electronic format.
• EDI has two elements
• Electronic document
• Standard format

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Major EDI Application PURCHASES

• Information
• Orders
• Invoices
• Price lists
• Remits
• Statements

• Issues
• Mass of papers
• Re-keying
• Slow transfer
• High of errors
• High cost

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Saudi Tradanet
Logistics Transportation
Suppliers
Saudi Tradanet Service
Ports Customs
Your Organisation
Customers
Financial Institutions
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Technical Overview of Saudi Tradanet

• Postboxes and mailboxes
• Binary data
• Trading relationships
• EDI standards
• EDIFACT
• ANSI X12
• TRADACOMS
• Data security
• Password
• Pre-established partnership controls
• Data integrity
• Error handling and reporting

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Saudi Tradanet (Contd.)

• Network protocols
• Saudi PDN (Al-Waseet)
• Internet
• Session protocols
• Tradanet interface protocol (TIP)
• Tradanet standard protocol (TSP)
• X.400/435
• Enterprise access protocol (EAP)