Case 3

Memorandum

To : The Vice President of supply chain management

Subject : The importance and virtues of e-commerce for Fitter Snackers

From : The purchasing agent

Date : July 26 , 2010

Sir : First of all , I would like to express my gratitude to the company for making me part of the endeavor towards the corporate growth of Fitter Snackers . It is my intention to bring all the best I can in order to contribute to the success of the company . In line with this , I would like to bring to your attention the benefits and

advantages of using e-commerce and why the company should do procurement through the internet

As you may know , most companies are now using the internet as part of their business operation . Apparently , more and more companies are realizing the benefits of doing business over the internet . This is known as the e-commerce , to which , B2B or business-to-business e-commerce is currently the emerging trend . Indeed , prior to the development of the Internet , companies were doing business through electronic system known as electronic data interchange (EDI (Chapter 8 . During this time , companies enjoyed enormous benefits from the EDI such as : the elimination of costs of printing , paper , and postage , avoidance of errors in the procurement of supplies and processing of orders , fast and efficient ordering system , and suppliers and buyers are bounded into business relationship

Given the enormous development of the internet , e-commerce will certainly provide tremendous benefits and advantages for Fitter Snackers such as given above and certainly more , given...