How to use the Internet to support business automation and ERPgc This book offers technology strategies and solutions for manufacturers using automation tools such as ERP, as well as those who are faced with challenges relating to customer-based product design and development, automated operations and supplier management, and effective time-to-market strategies. Featured are numerous real-world examples of how well tools can be used for business automation and various ways to establish the core Web metrics of customer responsiveness, service, and cost–the keys to success in this new competitive environment.

• Explains how to enhance the ability to successfully execute an e-business strategy–a key determinant of success in the new millennium