This allows Cisco to save money on printing and mailing, while making it possible for shareholders to vote their proxies online. Amazon and Cisco have taken full advantage of the Internet to conduct eBusiness. They've done it by looking for ways to exploit the market reach and the technology made available by the net. You can too. Determine which of your manual processes can be automated.
Chances are that if a process can be automated, there's a way to use Internet technology to do it.
Examples might include order processing, inventory control, and various personnel tasks. Start with the processes that involve the most manpower now, and those that can be automated simply and quickly. For instance, if your marketing department deals with outside designers and publications, you can create a Web site specifically to download camera-ready artwork and boilerplate text. Make sure your employees and contractors use the Internet while doing work for you. This may require a training effort.