SAP partner Plaut was also involved in the implementation, Web design firm iXL built the Web site using Front Page. For the auction platform the company used a system from Beyond Solutions. The suppliers gave us a lot of help. Some of them had implemented e-commerce initiatives of their own and could draw on that experience,' says Lyritzis. Although eLabs also drew on the expertise of its own staff for the project, it found consultants were preferable to recruiting new employees with the right skills because recruiting candidates would have held up development.
People often underestimate the complexity of the exercise.
They think the technology is not a problem and they can buy it off the shelf. That's a sign of trouble. The next step was to raise the capital to get the business on its feet. Some suppliers had reservations. They saw the idea as more of a threat than an opportunity.