by Robert Solomon | May 19, 2020 | B2B Software, Retail, Supply Chain Automation
Gartner recently issued the second iteration of its Magic Quadrant for Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Business Networks (MESCBNs). (Catchy acronym, huh?) While, there’s no perfect definition of a Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Business Network, Gartner’s...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 20, 2014 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments |
In my last post, I offered a new segmentation for B2B platforms, suggesting that these platforms offer some combination of nine basic value propositions. Starting with this post, I’ll discuss each of the nine value propositions in detail, using the same three...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 24, 2013 | Automobile, Industry Concentration |
Yes, that is a headline from 2013, not 1999. Those of you old enough to remember 1999 remember that name. Covisint was the marketplace set up by the Big Three automakers at the height of the Commerce One and Ariba battles. (C1 ended up giving up stock to the Big...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 21, 2011 | Consolidating Competition, Healthcare |
If you are interested in B2B e-commerce, you are interested in the history and future of the EDI giants: GXS and Sterling Commerce. They remain behemoths in the space, despite almost 20 years of Internet-based encroachment. Pre-Internet Days EDI was the original...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 31, 2011 | Foodservice, Uncategorised
In the last post, I wrote that B2B networks, marketplaces, and Industry in the Cloud (IC) platforms tend to grow like flywheels, rather than like viruses with “tipping points”. One of the reasons for this, as anyone who has sold software to a business...
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