B2B Integration : A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce

442 B2B Integration — A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce
Network and PurchasePro are examples of horizontal marketplaces.
Most of these companies also provide buyer and seller packages that
integrate their exchanges with a corporation's enterprise resource planning
(ERP) system.
Buyer vs. supplier controlled e-marketplaces
Supplier centric or e-distribution sites — Supplier centric markets are
developed, managed and run by major suppliers, such as Cisco and
Marshall. In such markets, one supplier offers goods or services to
several buyers (see Figure 15.4). It is the buyer's responsibility to do
comparison-shopping.
Buyer centric or e-procurement sites — Buyer centric markets are
developed, managed and run by buyer(s) (see Figure 15.5). By installing
Figure 15.4. — Supplier centric e-marketplace
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Buyer
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Suppliers
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Figure 15.5. — Buyer centric e-marketplace