INFORMATİON TECHNOLOGİES

IBM defines e-business as the transformation of key business processes through the use of Internet technologies.

If any financial transaction takes place during e-business processes, this process is defined as e-commerce rather than e-business.

ERP is an acronym for enterprise resource planning, while the other available choices are acronyms for e-commerce models such as business to consumer and business to business.

E-business is the broader term referring to all business processes, while e-commerce mainly refers to the commercial aspect of e-businesses and may therefore be considered a subset of e-business.

The use of EDI (electronic data interchange) for an online retailer, which is a business, to notify their supplier, which is also a business, of an increased demand in a certain product would exemplify a business to business (B2B) model of e-commerce.

B2B, or business to business is an e-commerce model in which both sides of the exchange are businesses. Therefore the manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer are all businesses which have a B2B relationship with each other.

GittiGidiyor.com operates on a consumer to consumer e-commerce model, but if they were to only allow businesses to use them as intermediaries, they would be transitioning to a business to consumer model.

When consumers either sell their products or services to businesses, or they initiate a transaction by requesting certain products or services from a business, these transactions follow the consumer to business model of e-commerce.

Amazon.com was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, and was established as an online bookselling business. He believed that most people would take the risk of online buying for a product such as a book.

The sales module allows an organization to track sales processes efficiently, assisting functions such as order placement, scheduling, shipping and invoicing. Item prices are maintained within this module.

E-business can be defined as the usage of the Internet technologies to enhance business processes. E-business is the transformation of key business processes through the use of Internet technologies.

Consumer to Consumer is type of e-commerce model where the two sides of exchange are both consumers. This model provides an opportunity to consumers to sell their assets via the Internet. These assets can be anything such as their previously used electronic devices and books. A transaction takes place directly between two consumers.

In Consumer to Business model, the transactions are initiated by consumers. Consumer sends a request to businesses for a product or service and then businesses make a bid. Then, consumer decides where the product or service will be bought from.

Some of the key components of Amazon.com are as follows:
• Browsing;
• Searching;
• Reviews and content;
• Secure credit card payment;
• High level of customer service.
The initial concept of Amazon.com was to create a virtual bookshop on its website.

ERP is a type of software solution that aims to meet the needs of an organization for its business process flow. It must take into account the business processes in the organization and incorporate all the functions of an organization. It must also manage the organization’s connections with its outside stakeholders. So, it is possible to say that ERP integrates all departments and functions across a company into a single computer system.

ERP system has 8 functional modules. The names of these modules are finance, customer relationship management (CRM), human resource management (HRM), supply chain management (SCM), inventory, purchase, production planning, and sales. These
are some common modules which exist in many ERP systems. Delivery management is not one of the ERP system modules.

Financial management refers to the efficient and effective management of money to accomplish the objectives of the organization. An ERP finance module is a part of ERP software that gathers financial data and generates reports, such as overall balance sheets and quarterly financial statements. Some basic components of ERP finance module can be general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and financial reporting.

Sales module allows an organization to track the sales processes in an efficient way. It helps such functions as order placement, order scheduling, shipping, and invoicing. Prices for items are maintained with this module.

SAP ERP has Germany as the country of origin, Oracle ERP has United States of America, Microsoft Dynamics ERP has United States of America, Netsis 3 Enterprise has Turkey, and Abas ERP has Germany as the country of origin respectively.

Various factors may affect the ERP software choice of companies. These factors may be related to requirements of companies, licence price of ERP software, hardware requirements, cost of integration, cost of maintenance, and cost of software consultancy. The size of companies and industry they included help determining their requirements. As it is valid for many software solutions, big companies require more professional and sophisticated software solutions.