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Future of B2B systems

8 September, 2015 - 14:52

Many B2B systems were setup creating new, and sometimes, unconventional business models. These systems modified the conventional way businesses interacted. Some of these interactions (e.g., information sharing, online bidding, and auctions) affected the competitive position of the business. Hence, many participants agreed to come onboard, but their participation was minimal. With few active participants, these business networks did not produce the value they promised.

The trend towards more integrated systems, both intra- and inter-organization, is expected to not only continue, but to increase in pace. This trend towards integration, particularly inter-organizational integration, is the central concept of B2B systems. As more businesses accept the use of B2B systems, the users of these systems will become even more sophisticated in their expectations and the designers of these systems will provide better technologies to meet these increased expectations. Will this result in new ways of operating within the supply chain of the business? Certainly! Will this result in a new business model? Possibly! However, the supply chain model, although extremely simple, is very capable of representing any modification in the ways that business partners interact.