Many companies are finding that e-commerce's primary value is to decrease operational costs. The opportunities are very large and vary from one company to another. Order confirmations that are faxed or mailed can be e-mailed . Delivery status reports that are faxed, mailed or delivered by courier can be e-mailed from spool file reports or from your application programs. Weekly sales reports that are delivered by courier and usually late, can be e-mailed overnight to arrive when the data is still valid.
Nightly updates can be e-mailed to customers, clients, vendors, headquarters.
Spool files can be electronically burst into separate page s and automatically e-mailed rather than manually burst and faxed or mailed. EDI files can be e-mailed to trading partners at no costs. EDI files can be received and turned over to EDI translators for processing at no costs. Web site marketing queries can be e-mailed direct into your system for fulfillment and further processing. They are being done today by a large number of Net400's customers.