Manufacturing exchanges have emerged as a bold new tool of efficiency and communication. Their strategic value lies in how you use them. Linking business systems is the key to the success of online exchanges. The early hype over B2B trading exchanges may have stirred unrealistic management expectations and blurred potential pitfalls. Success will depend on aggregation, integration.
Online auctions have their role, but so do extranets and private networks.
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