And for all business, the Internet is changing working practices. Opening up new markets. Bringing new competition. Creating new products and services. Revolutionising distribution and relationships between businesses and their supply chain.
Huge gains are possible.
Our estimates suggest that if UK companies adopted best practice in the narrow field of stock control alone, this would cut the cost base of UK business by some fifteen billion pounds per year. The new Thomas Harris book, Hannibal had a List Price of 16.99. While over the internet, the book was available at 10.78 delivered to your door. But the internet is about more than shopping. It also gives us new access to a whole wealth of information.