This is an expanded version of the article that was published in New Steel .
Executives grapple with how to make use of the benefits of electronic commerce.
Orders can be aggregated in order to gain more leverage with buyers and rail companies. A financing intermediary can provide instant liquidity for every transaction and assume the risk of shippers not meeting quality requirements. Most mills don't have a clue about logistics. Prices will become more transparent, which could lead to a futures market. The Internet would end the filtering of information and the disinformation.