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e-business in Manufacturing Industry

Overview ARBURG Online is an IBM WebSphere-based, highly integrated Internet portal for product enquiries, configuration, remote diagnosis, key after-sales services and handling spare parts ordered directly over the Internet. It is an example which clearly illustrates how customized integrated e-business solutions can help small and medium enterprises (SMEs), boost efficiency and increase performance by further improving their business relationships with both customers and suppliers. The heart of the portal provides access to product and spare parts data for ARBURG machinery and the online ordering system gives availability details of replacement parts for ARBURG machines.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	March 2004	Downloads	1
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Portals, Application Servers

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